Tuesday 4

Your Town

Hello!  This is Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 where we ask just 4 questions each week in an effort to get you blogging, thinking and learning about others.

Maybe we can discuss the town  you live in.  It might be nice to find out more about where you live and why you live there. Sometimes we just fall into a place and other times we \choose. 

Michelle Byrne painting

1. What are the good points to living in your town? 

 We  are  a city  but  small enough    to be  friendly and  easy to get around. Could you interest us in moving there?  Our city is very beautiful, situated at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains...

we actually have a beautiful star   that leads  many visitors to our lovely  vicinity!

We have a gorgeous Hotel named after our  city.....   that draws many  to town!

2.  Are the things you need convenient to your home? (shopping, library, schools, entertainment?)Everything we need is within a 2 mile radius..Amanda's elementary school is right across the street.   The  wonderful  university  where  Amanda and her husband attended  is  within an hour away. Virginia Tech! Our church is a bit further away, but  we can be there in 15 minutes!

3.  Did you choose your town or did you just end up there?  Both Lynn and I were  born here.  We love it  here so much  we  easily made the decision to move back here  when we returned from  Germany in the 70's!

4.   Is your town known for any special foods, activities, places or people? We have the usual  activities.. We have  3  colleges  within our own metropolitan area, our own civic center,  our own symphony orchestra,  as well as , many  set foot races and mountain bike races.  Seasonally, there are parades and  carnivals  with large amusement park style attractions.   We have  natural beauty  all around us and the Blue Ridge Parkway at our doorstep.    Hiking trails,  historical  sites, and  gorgeous vistas  are common to our area. Covid did a job on our restaurant  situation. So many places have closed since covid.   It really is  rather maddening.  It seems all of our very favorite places  closed.    But  new places are  replacing them now and  it is jsut a matter of  getting  connected once again!

We have  lovely older  inner city   neighborhoods

as well as,  neighborhoods springing  up   all about the  country  surrounding the city!