#LAAFF - 2010 photo album (See these Asheville Pics) #avlpics

The Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival has created an event to be remembered in Asheville North Carolina. The community is growing and LAAFF has a lot to do with it. Thank you to Kitty, Michael, Erin and the countless others that have taken a part in making this happen. See these great photos of the day.



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Official Asheville Picture Point #5, Asheville Kissing Point #5

Asheville is full of little surprises all over the City streets and sidewalks! Here is a monument that I had called "Asheville's Liberty Bell" for years. This is Asheville's Kissing Point #5! Take your picture at this point and name it "Me @ Asheville Photo Point #5".

This historic bell is similar to the one that hung in the 1892 City Hall that stood on the East end of Pack Square in Asheville North Carolina. The granite circles at the base of the bell represent bollards and are in the shape of the octagonal City Hall belfry. Information supplied Sarah Meyer from the Asheville Area Arts Council and taken from the “Urban Trail” brochure.

The Asheville Bell is located on the corner of College Street and North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Many historic buildings in this area as this is the Centerpiece of the City. You can look across the street from here and see the Jackson Building (one of my favorite taller buildings) and it has Sisters McMullen bakery on the very lower level. And, you can look down N. Market Street and find a few Asheville restaurants including Vincenzo's and Magnolia's. If you were to walk straight ahead, you would also see Fiore's Ristorante Toscana (the Asheville Italian Restaurant that we Loveeee!) on the left. Arcenio runs a great lunch and dinner spot here, and we have always enjoyed that second level exposed seating area upstairs. Anthony is the Manager at Fiore's and you can visit them by going to www.fioresasheville.com

Official Asheville Photo Point #4, Asheville Kissing Point #4 -

Our Asheville Picture Point #4 is one of the Urban Trail stops. Asheville’s Urban Trail was started in 1991 and is a great walk through Asheville's history. We talked to Jenny over at the Asheville Community Theatre and she mentioned the sounds you hear as you spin the record on this Asheville monument. Great Asheville Kissing Point!

You can see ACT in the backround and there are so many theatrical events going on there all of the time. My friends attend these events regularly. 35below is in the rear of the ACT building and they are committed to supporting works by local playwrights through full productions, staged readings, or developmental workshops. Behind me is one of Asheville's main nightclubs called "Magnolia's", which is also a restaurant. Mellow Mushroom Pizza is right down the street to the left. There is a bunch of Asheville Attorney offices down this street including the law offices of Jack Stewart, who is one of the "best" in the area. Many more little shops all over this great spot in downtown Asheville.

Take a pic here at Asheville Picture Point #4 and name it "ME! @ Asheville Pic Point #4!".

Official Asheville Pic Point #3, Asheville Photo/Kissing Point #3

In front of Malaprop's Bookstore on Haywood Street in Downtown Asheville is where you will find Asheville Picture Point #3. It is a metal art sculpture of 3 women walking a dog and shopping.

You can take your picture at this photo point and name it "Asheville Kissing or Pic Point #3".

Plenty of really great businesses surround Asheville's Pic Point 3, including Malaprop's (which is the most popular non-chain bookstore in Western North Carolina), the Haywood Park Hotel across the street, Souper Sandwich and the Bier Garden across the street, Mobilia Contemporary Furniture of Asheville to the left, Constance Women's Boutique and the Asheville Public Library right up the street, Sensibilities Spa, Zambra's Restaurant (Hector's Creation!), Studio Chavarria (Asheville's Premier Hair by Guadalupe himself), and a small line of other businesses right down in the lower rear in the alley behind Malaprop's Bookstore.

Official Asheville Picture Point #2, Asheville Kissing Point #2 - Federal Building Monument

Our Asheville Photo Point #2 is the Asheville Federal Building Monument. It is set on the side area of the Federal Building on Otis Street. This "new" Federal Building in Asheville was completed in 1995 and the Monument was set afterwards. The have a nice open space around it, not really used for anything. This is Asheville Kissing Point #2!

We invite you, whoever you are to take a pic at this point in Asheville and share it with the 1000's of others who will do the same. You may live in or near Asheville or you may just be passing through. Get a photo at the Asheville Federal Building!

Take a pic at this point and name it "So and So at the Asheville Federal Building - Pic or Kissing Point #2".

Many businesses right around the Asheville Federal Building including Wick and Greene Jewelers, Thrifty Mufflers & Brakes, Downtown Inn (be careful), Wall Street up and to the right with dozens of fantastic Asheville businesses, Asheville Imagining Technologies and Asheville Bus Depot down the street (behind), and Jack of the Wood bar, The Asheville Yacht Club, and Thirsty Monk to the right on the way to Pritchard Park.

Official Asheville Kissing Point #1, Asheville Pic Point #1 - Pritchard Park Monument

We have talked about setting up Picture Points and Kissing Points for years in Asheville North Carolina. We are starting it right here and now, with our 1st Point being "Pritchard Park" in Downtown Asheville at the Monument.

We invite you... whether resident, visitor, implant, replant, or passerby... to follow these Asheville Kissing Points and Asheville Picture Points to visit some great areas in Asheville and get some photos in the same Asheville spots as 1000's and 1000's of other people from all around the world!

This Monument is surrounded by many great Asheville businesses including Tupelo Honey Cafe, Mayfel's Restaurant, College Street Bar & Grill, Jerusalem Garden Cafe, Weinhaus Wine Store, Wachovia Bank, Bank of America, S&W Cafeteria Building, The New Capital Center, and the rear entrance to "The Shops On Wall Street" in Asheville. This is a great landmark and we are glad to have this as our first Asheville picture point. Take your pic here and name it "So and So at Asheville Photo Point #1".

Once we document these, all of these points will soon be on our main website www.AskAsheville.com. We have about 30 more places to document, but if you have somewhere that you think should be a kissing or picture point, please email it to AskAsheville@gmail.com.