The Music Issue

For generations, Western North Carolina has hosted dozens of summer camps.

The water of Florida’s intercoastal waterway was calm and cool as Bo Trammell stood on the deck of his friend’s new sailboat and readied for their next voyage.

Although it’s three years away, news that the 2013 World Freestyle Kayaking Championships will be held on the Nantahala River already has boaters abuzz.

New releases from the local music scene that will have you singing along

With a close-knit community of 1,600, Main Street wrapping around a quaint central square, and a collection of boutiques, galleries, and restaurants (including a classic 1950s diner), Burnsville is th

“It was the strangest thing I’d ever heard myself say,” she recalls. “I said, ‘I have to let you go. Stevie Wonder is on the other line.’”

Suzy Phillips minces handfuls of flat-leaf parsley at the tiled counter in the kitchen of her 1930s cottage.

Plenty of lively flavors have infused martinis in recent years. Take, for instance, the Blue Kamikaze martini, made with Blue Curacao, or the Saketini.

When Picasso frequented Paris cafés for his morning café au lait, art was one thing, and the drink was something completely separate.