- Hey.
(woman laughing)
- What's up?
I'm Philwaukee and today's a good day to have a good day.
And I am here in Asheville, North Carolina,
on top of the Blue Ridge mountains.
I have Caleb here, who's a local.
He's coming here this morning,
and then after he's going to show us
all around beautiful Asheville.
I am going to namaste in nature.
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- Okay.
- I'm not that flexible.
- You can reach up or you can do a little back bend.
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- Yeah, perfect Phil.
- Yay, definitely yes.
- Phil, so glad you're here, man.
Like, just take it in.
The views are breathtaking.
Got to tell you, we have a really exciting day planned.
First, we got to go to the Grind.
Black owned business.
Hey, what's going on man?
- How you doing?
- I'm good, how you doing?
- What's going on man?
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- I've read that this is one of the top coffee shops
in North Carolina.
- Every Saturday Black businesses come here
and all this space has cleared out
and they're setting up their vendor spaces
and they're selling their products and services.
Black wall street still lives.
It's important.
- And so I just commend you guys for doing a great job
and I'm looking forward to see what happens in future.
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- So we're here at Forestry Camp for some good old
Appalachian cuisine.
Let's go.
Hello.
- Hey, welcome to Forestry Camp.
I'm Jess one of the owners here.
- Nice to meet you Jess, I'm Phillip.
Tell me about this place.
- Yeah, so you are sitting in a restaurant
called Forestry Camp.
And this restaurant is located on a two acre property
that was built by the U.S. government in the 1930s
to support people who helped build
the national parks program and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The history of the property, you know, rooted in Appalachia.
The connection with the Blue Ridge Parkway
really did inspire us to hone in on in supporting
local agriculture, which kind of themes,
the Appalachia feeling, right?
Like, like food from the mountains.
You know?
- There's a common theme I've seen in Asheville,
it's all about the community.
- Yes.
- And it hasn't stopped here either so.
- It hasn't.
- Good job.
- Yeah, thank you.
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- Hey, Joseph.
- Hey.
- Hey, I got to introduce you, Phil Calvert.
- Phil, how you doing?
- This is my old buddy I've been telling you about.
- Yeah, okay.
Positivity, I like that.
I found this and I put these two guys together
and it's called The Talk.
And everybody in the black neighborhood
knows what the talk is about.
And for those who don't,
this is where we are taught how to navigate
the challenges of society.
This is Diversity.
- Art is life.
And this is the lighter side of what I do.
You know, it's not all this--
- It's therapeutic.
- This heavy stuff.
It is.
And folks need to see it.
They see it,
but they don't see it because everybody living their lives.
And I get that.
We're rushing, we're rushing there.
We're thinking about I need to do this,
I need to take care of that.
This freeze frames it.
Part of what my art is about, is giving back.
It's about giving back by making folks aware
of certain aspects, certain concerns and issues,
in the community and society that they live in.
You know, I found Asheville to be welcoming.
I've learned there's plenty of opportunities
to get involved if you want to.
If you want to give something back, you can here.
- I appreciate you.
For sure.
- It's a pleasure.
- It can easily--
paint a lot of big stuff.
(laughing)
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- I'm rolling on the Asheville river, French Broad River.
Hello, good day.
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