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Blue Linin’
Because of its geographic location, the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau is located on the southern edge of where trout can survive. Even though we sit high atop a mountain, our summers can still get pretty warm. Off the mountain, at lower elevations where most of the bigger rivers are, it is even warmer…sometimes by eight or 10 degrees. What does this mean …
Pickelsimer Falls
Picklesimer Falls is not as grand as the vistas from Whiteside Mountain or the three-tiered cascading Glenn Falls, but it has a charm of its own, nestled a half mile off the road in Blue Valley. Like many waterfalls in Western North Carolina, visitors can walk behind the falls while surrounded by a giant natural amphitheater of rock. The Falls …
Acorns’ Annual Trunk Shows
Highlands is known for the fun shops and cozy boutiques that line Main Street, each one with its own wide variety of clothing and gifts. The only drawback is the limited floor space. Shop owners have to be judicious and work with the space they have, which means they often can’t carry full lines of merchandise. What do you do …
A Journey of Faith
Colonel Mustard’s, the iconic condiment/gourmet shop, has become a Highlands Institution. That’s because it’s jammed chock-a-block with jams, jellies, nuts, hot sauces ranging from sweet and mild all the way to let’s-get-you-to-the-Emergency-Room-right-away, pickles and pickled products, barbecue sauces, sweets, mustards (of course), and gastronomic rarities that you just won’t find elsewhere. And honey in different varieties, from Acacia to Lavender. …
Lenz Gifts & Fine Linens
Just half a mile outside of Cashiers, on 64 West toward Highlands, is Lenz Gifts and Fine Linens. This little shop blends in so well with the mountain laurels that surround it that if you blink you’ll miss it, and you definitely don’t want to do that. Since 2007, Lenz Gifts has been pampering the Plateau with classical elegance. Lenz …
Town Square Shopping
There’s a lot to see and do in Highlands, but you can easily spend an entire afternoon in the Town Square. As my grandfather used to say, we don’t have a sweet tooth, all of our teeth are sweet. And the new owner’s of Kilwin’s Fudge Shop know that all too well. Landon and Ashley Clark took over the chocolate …
Buy a Stack. Give Something Back.
The Scaly Mountain Women’s Club is working to provide scholarships to local students. Their fundraisers are under way, with the first Pancake Breakfast of the season held in May when the ladies got out their big mixing bowls, spoons, and went to work to prepare pancakes, including their famous blueberry pancakes. The blueberries are picked by the members of the …
Highlands Food And Wine Festival
As organizers draw up their plans for the 2019 Highlands Food & Wine Festival, they’re mindful of the second portion of its title. Since its inception, a concentration on the mystery and miracle of wines has elevated the festival to its rank as the premier small town culinary event in the Southeast. This year, organizers are looking to cement that …
Lunch for Literacy
Local restaurants have banded together to support the Literacy Council of Cashiers. Lunch for Literacy, slated for Friday, July 5, is a marvelous way for everyone in the community to enjoy a great meal and benefit the 30 percent of Jackson County residents who live within the lowest levels of reading and math literacy. Participating restaurants will split their proceeds …
The Altitudes
There’s a reason they call it Altitudes. At 4,300 feet, the restaurant at Skyline Lodge commands an awe-inspiring view of the Nantahala National Forest. The casual elegance of Altitudes is quintessentially Highlands. Now in their 26th season, they’ve added a few new menu choices to bring your dining experience to new heights. The bright, airy dining room is bathed in …
Champagne Supper Club
The 1920’s was a wild and extravagant decade. Celebrities and socialites rubbed shoulders with artists and the well-to-do at glitzy parties and hot-jazz clubs. Supper clubs and speakeasies were filled with philosophical conversations between poets and intellectuals. This carefree atmosphere was especially alluring against the elegant backdrop of Left Bank Paris. On Wednesday, June 12, experience this decadent era for …
Big Ol’ Mountain Breakfast
Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry invites everyone out to their 11th annual Big Ol’ Mountain Country Breakfast on Saturday, July 6, from 8:00 until 11:00 A.M. at the Cashiers Community Center. This Cashiers tradition is a must-do to finish your Fourth of July week off with delicious home cooking. Worry about calories tomorrow, today throw caution to the wind and …
