Aaargh!

Pirates are all the rage these days, and rest assured that your loyal narrator of Asheville life (for the moment) has not let this trend pass him by. Below is a photograph representing a night of high-jinx face-painting here in town.

Oddly, even with my face paint I was turned away from the Jolly Rouge Bar, generally described as the "Pirate Bar" (or alternately as the "Goth Bar"). Apparently, the Jolly Rouge is not a bar, but rather a "private club" and my lack of membership prevented my access.

Those people obviously know nothing about the pirate life.