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Annual Guide to Fly fishing
Every December I like to take a break from writing articles about fly fishing techniques and fishermen and focus on the people who have the unfortunate task of trying to buy Christmas presents for these extremely particular folks. Fly fishing has become so specialized that attempting to purchase the correct gear and accessories for an angler without being an angler …
A walk in the Woods
A year ago this month I planned and executed a mini-tour of my favorite places in the Highlands area for my then-friend, now boyfriend, Matt. Other than a quick caffeination mission to Buck’s, all these places were outside. (Surprise, surprise.) Our first stop was Granite City, where we rock-hopped and climbed up between steep cracks in the huge boulders, hearts …
Fruitcake Gets a Bad Rap
Fruitcake gets a bad rap. It’s dry and gross – at least, it can be. The fruitcake has a long history in almost every culture, but only recently has it become ubiquitously hated. The rise of commercialism is partly at fault for that. The mass production of fruitcake resulted in a dry, unappealing brick. But real, homemade fruitcake is …
Slices of Heaven
Krysti and Thomas Henderson have always loved being in the kitchen, though they never imagined themselves full-time bakers. But with a gift for hospitality and a passion for comfort food, the pair have taken what was once a simple cottage industry to a small-batch baking enterprise that is making bellies full and hearts happy across the Southeast. From humble beginnings …
Holiday Reservations
If your holiday plans include meals out at one of our area’s fine restaurants, please note that many restaurants will be open on Christmas Eve for your dining pleasure. Your options on Christmas Day are limited and listed below. Reservations are required and should be made well in advance. Your choices on New Year’s Eve are plentiful but make those …
Not for Sale
The odds are not in favor of a family-owned winery making it to future generations. Only 30 percent of wineries will pass to the second generation and only two percent will transition to the third generation, according to Forbes. Don’t get over-confident with your own wealth, you only have an eight percent chance of passing wealth past the third generation. …
Aunt Jo’s Coffee Cake
Barbara Werder of Highlands has fond memories of making her Great Aunt Jo’s Coffee Cake in seventh grade. This was the first “real” recipe she tried that wasn’t Chef Boyardee pizza! It was an old-fashioned dish which was an instant success. Her friends and family were thrilled because, quite frankly, they were tired of her pizza experiments. Years went by …
An Upside Down Christmas
Highlands United Methodist Church’s Children’s Christmas Program will be staged during the church’s 5:30 P.M. Christmas Eve Service. “An Upside Down Christmas” examines the Christmas traditions and music from cultures around the world, beginning with a visit by the Traditional Saint Nicholas from Turkey, with stops at a little Austrian village high up in the Alps, and a poor church …
Calendar Girl auditions
The Highlands Cashiers Players are presenting the play, “Calendar Girls” in May of 2019. The true story of this play is one of women of power! In 1999, a group of women, members of the Women’s Institute in England, stepped out of their comfort zone to raise money to purchase a new couch for folks in the waiting area in …
A Holiday Surprise
Let the Holidays begin…with a special showing for the entire family of “The Magic Flute” by Mozart in an encore performance presented by the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday, December 1, at 2:00 P.M. after the Highlands Olde Mountain Christmas Parade. Enjoy the parade, have a barbecue lunch at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation to benefit the Food Pantry and …
May Your Days Be Merry & Bright
For the New Year, we’re busy working to bring you the best Chamber Music season ever. Many favorite musicians will return – Coucherons, Philippe Quint, Fei-Fei Dong, Zuill Bailey, Sara Sant’Ambrogio, Gary Motley, Elizabeth Pridgen, and Natasha Paremski. And there are new performers to enchant you – Armida and Solera Quartets, Robyn Bollinger, Scott Rawls, and The Joe Gransden Big …
Art with gratitude
Smitten’s Kat Evans, Annelize Giliomee, and Bonnie Earman enjoyed another banner year, thanks to you, their supporters, clients, artists, and friends. Smitten would like to express its gratitude this Thanksgiving season by hosting a party for its award-winning painters, sculptors, crafts-persons and patrons of 2018. Smitten delights in bragging about its stable of phenomenal talents, hailing from the Plateau all …
