Asheville Birthday Extravaganza, April 3 thru April 4, 2007
This year has been my least extravagant birthday extravaganza, but the job is done. I don't work on my birthday (as I never do), and I stay in a lovely hotel room (Crowne Plaza), have delicious food and drink, and visit an attraction that has always been endeared by my heart: The Biltmore Estate. The thing I was most looking forward to was taking pictures of the Biltmore mansion. Sadly, photographs are not allowed inside. Sorry, not a whole lot of pictures here, but here is what I have on these two pages (link to page 2 at the bottom).
Nighttime shots from downtown Asheville (the first is a store front):
A plaque honoring writer, O. Henry. And the ATM machine sitting on the same site.
On the morning of my birthday:

Room service breakfast in bed!
The Biltmore mansion: