By Grant Emrick Grant and Lynn Emrick “Me, retire? What wilI I do with myself?” Grant Emrick asked his wife during a retirement party on his 75th birthday. Several months later, he “unretired” to spend a year with Lynn in Haiti working on the financial records of an American-supported hospital. While in Haiti, they decided to settle in Winston-Salem. They [...]
Five pots of herbs… sage, thyme, rosemary, oregano, and basil… thrive in Mary Ann Guinn’s garden, the rewards of a recent trip to the annual Herb Festival at The Vineyards of Swan Creek in the Yadkin Valley. The Vineyards of Swan Creek held their annual Herb Festival the first weekend in May. With the purchase of a $25 ticket for two, [...]
The dramatic rise of golf’s star has brought a blossoming of a new lifestyle in the last 20 years: golf and real estate. Baby Boomers have it figured out. Why buy a house near a golf course when you can live on the course with a golf game outside the front door; however, it’s a relatively new phenomenon. Grande Dunes [...]
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up By Marie KondoTen Speed Press (Penguin Random House) or Amazon.com Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess? Then this is the book for you. Marie Kondo, Japanese cleaning consultant, has taken tidying up to a whole new level in her [...]
Mary Ann & Brian Guinn are enjoyinga glass of wine at Sanders Ridge Vineyards. The Sixth Annual Yadkin Winter Reds wine event offered two weekends of wonderful wine and food in Yadkin County. It was a great opportunity to visit Yadkin County wineries and taste the variety of wines they produce. Brian and I attended the first weekend of the [...]
“Calabash” Not long ago it was a name attached to a collection of seafood restaurants, where people would drive several hours just to dine on the best fried seafood in the land. Today it has become a peaceful enclave of homes, villas and condos, representing some of the best real estate values along the Grand Strand. Peaceful and family-oriented, it [...]
The Grand Strand offers many worlds besides the glitz and glamour of Myrtle Beach. There is Pawleys Island, probably the country’s oldest beach retreat. In the 1700s, it was a summer paradise for river planters seeking cool sea breezes. Today it is still a paradise for those who like the “laid back” pace of Pawleys life. With the Atlantic on [...]
The Grand Strand is “the East Coast’s ultimate vacation hub”, according to the Travel Channel. Miles of golden beaches offer a unique combination of past and present, rustic seclusion with the dynamism of the city. Visitors can stroll through a world-famous sculpture garden (Brookgreen Gardens) or attend a live theatre production (Carolina Opry, the Palace, and Alabama Theatre); shag the [...]
Foods That Make You Say Mmm-mmm By Bob GarnerJohn F. Blair Publisher$24.95 hard cover Bob Garner, 67, is known for his appreciative murmur of gustatory delight after tasting food on air for UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Weekend”. In fact, his grandchildren (ages 2 – 12), who tease him about how he almost smacks his lips when tasting dishes on television, are [...]
By Jessie Ammons As the sun rises on an early February morning, temperatures are already approaching 50 degrees. A full day awaits: a round of golf on the course that boasts the most seaside holes in the northern hemisphere, a massage in a Forbes five-star spa, and dinner at an elegant restaurant, hailed by Wine Spectator magazine. Kiawah Island Ocean [...]
