Flight Savor Fare

on July 28, Tuesday from 5 pm to 7 pm.  Meet Bob Davis, the artist of the new art hanging on Flight’s walls and Marilyn Bailey, a national award winning jewelry designer.  (All is for sale.)  Flight is offering wine and tapas gratis.  Please come!

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Little is known about Bob Davis, other than he is teaching art for the summer at the Green River Preserve, the camp for smarties here in Henderson County. Also known: He spends the winters in Grenada with his wife who is going to vet school there and his six year old daughter. [...]

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Grilled (gruyere) cheese sandwich, mussels in wine sauce, the bar tapas change frequently, but one thing that won’t be changing anymore is the price: $2 all the time. Same for the high gravity beer – $2 all the time. So come on in out of the heat, enjoy the food and the [...]

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Rob’s photo of the Garden Club luncheon.

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I’m not a beer drinker, so the wonderfulness of the beer on tap at Flight eluded me until my daughter, Alana, came home from Argentina to bartend while sending out resumes. She was astonished at the incredible beer we have on tap and for only $2 on Monday and Tuesday night. (Along with [...]

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Celebrate the day of the Norse goddess Frigga. According to wikipedia (so it must be true, right?) Friday is named for Frigga, the free-spirited goddess of love and fertility. When Norse and Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, Frigga was banished in shame to a mountaintop and labeled a witch.
And then, they dreamed up [...]

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Light Jazz Christmas by John Darnall. And Yo-Yo Ma & Friends, Sounds of Joy and Peace. Yo-yo is not jazz, but is so delicious. I hope Rob will let me sneak it in.
Any suggestions for jazz with no vocals? Rob says the music should be like wallpaper and not compete for [...]

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Flight Wood Grill’s August email offered a prize for the best cocktail/martini recipes and the winner is….. Rick Prudhomme. Rick is the Marketing Director at Pardee. Flight will feature his martinis in September, but in the meantime, if you’d like to give it a go, here are the recipes:
The Bleus
2 1/2 oz vodka [...]

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Check out the post, Wine and the Spillover Effect. Apparently, we’ve all been trained from childhood that brands are better. But, in fact, we all like “Two Buck Chuck” if it’s packaged nicely and comes from a region somewhat known for vineyards and wine making. Interesting reading.

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is NCAA basketball. The ACC Tournament is March 13 through 16th in Charlotte. Go Heels!

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