Guides
This Weekend in North Carolina: August 3-5
Your curated guide to events happening across the state this weekend, from the mountains to the coast.
Drink Local
June 2018 Beer Event Guide
Whitewater rafting to yoga to kickboxing: This month, beer is getting paired with just about everything.
Western
A Perpetual Harvest
Filed away in card catalog drawers in a Watauga County library, packets of heirloom seeds await planting. And with every seed comes a story.
Travel
Appalachian State Creates Students of the Slopes
On snow days, there’s one class at Appalachian State University that’s never canceled: ski school. For 50 years, the state’s second-oldest ski mountain has groomed generations of fearless — some might say foolhardy — Southern skiers.
Drink Local
A Guide to College Town Breweries Across North Carolina
There’s no shortage of wonderful things to be found in autumn, but one of the best is the return of college football. With the season reaching full-swing, you might be heading back to your alma mater to catch a game, see old friends, or wax nostalgic for years gone by. Here’s a list of some of the best college town breweries our state has to offer.
Restaurant
Our Daily Bread Serves Up Deli Classics in Downtown Boone
The owners of Our Daily Bread knew the iconic sandwich shop was something special when they bought it. And that was before they found out it was full of hidden treasures.
Eats
Boone’s Stick Boy Bread Company is the People’s Bakery
Hot coffee, fresh bread, and friendly faces make this Watauga County bakery a community staple for local residents and Appalachian State students alike.
Western
A Proper Meal in a Mountain Town
In a sea of restaurants touting their down-home fare, a chef in Boone is serving up the real deal. The proof is in the (tomato) pie.
Western
The Course of Nature at Chetola Resort
At Chetola Resort, a place of refuge in North Carolina’s ancient mountains, a couple contemplates their long relationship, and the finite moments that remain.