We Are TR

Ever drive by an elementary school and see those cute painted rocks wishing Taylor a happy 8th birthday?Today’s guest has turned her creative talents into a rock painting business for moments just like that!

.He’s making the mortgage game easy to understand. Craig Williams is a numbers guy. As in. Spread sheets and math are exciting to him. And that’s exactly what you want with an expert in loans. On today’s episode we chat about mortgages, of course, but also about stress and life balance and favorite jobs!

.Salutations!Today’s episode gestures Abbey Garcia, owner and yoga instructor at Zen Rabbit Yoga. She’s delightful and engaging - and she loves spiders!We chat about favorite board games and why yoga can benefit every person who tries it.

The one, the only - JACOB JOHNSON. Jacob Johnson is born and raised in TR kind of local who is a master at the guitar. You’ve heard him on stage at Trailblazer, he is an instructor at North Greenville University, he travels across the United States performing his own unique and beautiful style of guitar that sounds like jazz and folk and Americana, but mostly just sounds like Jacob Johnson. On this episode we talk about Jacob’s high school jobs - you’re going to have to listen to find out more, but you might be able to guess one of the jobs, but not the other! We also talk about favorite cereals and dumb injuries. Tune in!

. Jim Kyker is building the sort of houses families will call home for a lifetime. He’s our guest on this episode of the We Are TR podcast and we chat about house building, finding land, styles that remain classics and more. Plus - we rate our favorite pizza toppings (Brandon is Team Pineapple - how do we feel about that?) and we talk about first jobs.

. You’ve seen it as you walk the Swamp Rabbit Trail. The cute cottage style rentals with the coming yellow chairs on the porch. It’s called The Station and today on the We Are TR podcast we are chatting with founder Brice Bay. Listen in to hear about the vision for the future, treehouses and a food hall and event space. Tune in.

. Welcome Miranda to the podcast today. She owns Highwheel Barbershop and is a long time TR resident. She’s funny and smart, a fantastic barber and she’s also got deep TR roots. Miranda is the great great granddaughter of the famous bike riding TR icon - Pop Kramer.

. We always have a good time on these episodes - but this one was extra fun. Brandon maybeeeee had to reign Meredith and Lacey in a little. Meredith is a local real estate agent, a mom, a bike guide at Hotel Domestique, a triathlon athlete and just a really cool human. We talk a lot about the upcoming Trail Mix, Summer Kick Off Concert on May 23 - Meredith is a sponsor an she’s got an important personal cause that she’s promoting in her sponsorship. We also get sidetracked talking about houses for sale, bad date stories and bizarre would you rather questions involving port-potties and dumpsters. Happy Listening!

. It doesn’t matter if you have a green thumb, you’re going to want to listen to this episode with Mary Dunlap at Wilder TR. We’re talking about our favorite drinks - who loves the sparkling water like Brandon and Mary? And of course we’re talking about plants and Travelers Rest and whether we think Brandon should start buying his wife house plants.

In this episode we probably mention the words ONION RINGS a few too many times! But @phillgrilll says their onion rings are fresh and made to order and not beer battered so yeah, they’re worth talking about. Tune in to this episode of the @wearetr podcast featuring Ron Fine, owner of the TR Philly Grill.