The Shallow Ford Wine Trail consists of five wineries in the heart of Yadkin Valley, a short drive from Winston-Salem and only minutes apart. The Wine Trail has Wine and Dine events throughout the year, offering participants a taste of wine with a souvenir wine glass and a dish specially prepared to serve with the wine at each vineyard. Brian [...]
8th Annual Yadkin Winter Reds January 28-29 & February 25-26 The Eighth Annual Yadkin Winter Reds wine event offers two weekends of wonderful wine and food in Yadkin County. Sponsored by the Town of Yadkinville and Yadkin County Tourism Development Authorities, this event is a great opportunity to visit Yadkin County wineries and taste the excellent wines that are being produced. [...]
Jekyll Island…in 1904, the winter haven of the ultra rich. They arrived by private Pullman cars and gleaming yachts, to be transported by horsedrawn carriages to their luxurious cottages or the palatial Victorian clubhouse. The titans, who owned a sixth of the money that flowed through American banks at the turn of the century, gathered here…John Pierpoint Morgan, William Rockefeller, [...]
By Jessie Ammons When it came time for Herb Fussman to retire, the lifetime New Yorker knew he wanted a change. He and his wife, Rita, wanted to stay on the East coast – still an accessible flight away from their remaining family in New York. And they were looking for a place to slow down and take it easy, [...]
Carolina Arbors by Del Webb has introduced pickleball, the hottest sports craze sweeping the country, and its residents love it. Using the size of a badminton court, the look and feel of a ping-pong paddle and the nostalgic pop of a wiffle ball, pickleball’s appeal is unmistakable as it has become one of the newest sports clubs at Carolina Arbors. [...]
Six reasons for the huge influx of seniors and others who are moving to Raleigh’s bustling state capital are listed by Managing Editor Rebecaa Troyer in a recent issue of the Triangle Business Journal. Urban Living, Southern Flair: The apartments, condos and many other housing options surrounding downtown Raleigh make it easy for residents to bike to the farmers market, [...]
The life of Father Thomas Berry, cultural historian, passionate priest, and renowned scholar, will be celebrated during a Thomas Berry Centennial in Greensboro in October and November. A public performance citing his words will be presented Friday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Greensboro Historical Museum. Andrew Levitt will deliver the recitation, titled “The Meadow across the Creek,” with [...]
Author of Teaming Up to Travel Again, is Weezie Glascock, an independent leisure travel consultant with 35 years in the travel business. She poses here in Rome with her daughter, Ginny Mabry, a travel agent and partner. I began my career in travel 35 years ago as a leisure travel planner at Lucas Travel. The year was 1979 and Lee [...]
When to fly – Travel on off-peak days (Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday) and at off-peak times for lower fares, a less crowded cabin and a better chance of snagging an elusive mileage-award seat. Taking a long weekend? Fly Thursday – Sunday, Friday through Monday or best of all, Saturday – Tuesday. Air-travel booking sites (Expedia and Travelocity) may seem all [...]
A gnarly old vine on Roanoke Island is the Mother Vine of our nation’s first cultivated wine grape. First recorded in 1584 by Sir Walter Raleigh’s explorers, today the vine is a trunk two feet thick with tendrils stretching on wooden arbors across an acre of land. It was the beginning of wine in America. Before the Civil War, there [...]
