Open Studio Tour in Asheville

May 22-23   ASHEVILLE   Kenilworth Artists Association Open Studio Tour  23 artists will represent a wide range of media including glass, fabric, wood, paper, pottery, paintings, mixed media and photography. Free rides to studios on Asheville’s Historic Trolley will be available throughout both days. Hourly artist demonstrations will be featured during the two-day event.

Mountain Lodge in Asheville

BENT CREEK LODGE Asheville North Carolina. Incredible Mountain setting and views, fireplace, WIFI, delicious breakfast. 10 distinctly decorated rooms plus a 3 bd vacation rental. Hiking trails on site, large decks and wrap-around porch, whirlpool tubs. $145-$185 per night, $913-$1166 per week.   Packages and Specials offered.

Asheville = Beer City USA?

Now through the end of American Craft Beer Week on May 23 you can help make Asheville North Carolina the sole winner of the title, Favorite Beer City USA. Last year's vote ended in a statistical tie between Asheville and Portland Oregon. BeerCity USA 2010 is a chance for local beer communities to express their enthusiasm and support for their local breweries and local better beer bars, restaurants, stores and distributors. Most of us now understand the value of buying local for food. Shouldn't it be the same for beer?  VOTE NOW

Asheville currently offers 10 microbreweries,  a rocking beer tour, a world-renowned specialty beer store and five annual beer festivals. Need more? Check out the complete scoop on Asheville’s beer scene. 

Asheville's 7th Annual Monford Music and Arts Festival this Saturday

May 22   downtown Asheville North Carolina.     7th annual Montford Music and Arts festival    A day of great music and crafts in a historic neighborhood setting. Dancing by world famous Ira Berstein accompanied by John Hermann and oldies music by West Sound. Tasty food and family activities. FREE

Asheville Bed and Breakfast offers Free Night

ABERDEEN INN  downtown Asheville North Carolina. View the mountains surrounding Asheville from a large wraparound porch! Full gourmet breakfast included. All home baked breads and complimentary beverages including wine, beer and soft drinks. WIFI. Pay for 6 nights get the 7th night FREE. $120-$195 nt

Asheville Restaurant needs your vote TODAY!

ONE DAY VOTING 5/15/10 - Help Asheville restaurant Sunny Point Café win the title of “America’s Best Breakfast” on Good Morning America - ONE DAY VOTING 5/15 - CLICK HERE

 Sunny Point Café offers breakfast, lunch or dinner, with local flavors that come through in creative and delecious dishes with their famous breakfast menu served all day. Enjoy  handmade desserts and al fresco dining on the patio.

Resort Lodging Packages & Specials in Lake Lure North Carolina

Rumbling Bald Resort on Lake Lure, 112 Mountains Blvd, Lake Lure North Carolina. Enjoy your summer fun more with vacation packages and specials at one of Western North Carolina's favorite destinations:

A Girlfriends Getaway 2-night Spring Spa Package

Deluxe Stay & Play Spring Golf Package

Family Fun & Free Chimney Rock Park Package
Family Fun Fireworks Packages Advance Purchase Discounts

 

Rumbling Bald Resort on Lake Lure offers 2,900 acres of beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain scenery and activities and amenities for the entire family. With golf, tennis, spa, swimming, boating and much more, each season is filled with everything a mountain vacation should be. http://rumblingbald.com/

SNOWBIRD LODGE Hosts Special Night of Music

May 21-23, Snowbird Mountain Lodge, 4633 Santeetlah Road, Robbinsville North Carolina. A special weekend at Snowbird Lodge features the acoustical duo Lou and Lynn Wamp. Lou is an acclaimed resonator guitar player, instructor and recording artist. Lou and Lynn have arranged and composed a variety of music for duet, played on a variety of instruments including guitars, mandolins, fiddle, dobro and bass.

Snowbird Lodge May special rate reductions* for multiple night stays. Stay 1-2 nights and save $5 per night, stay 3-4 nights and save $10 per night, stay 5 or more nights and save $20 per night. http://www.snowbirdlodge.com/

*Rates are subject to change. Discounts apply to current posted rates. No other discounts can be used in conjunction with the May special. Offer good through May, 2010. Special Rate not available for Memorial Day Weekend.

Mother's Day in the Mountains: Lodging and Golf Special

The Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa Waynesville North Carolina. Mother's Day Package - $179 includes accommodations, roses, dinner for two or golf for two, Mother's Day Brunch for two.

Mother's Day in the Mountains: Queen for a Day at Brevard's La Petite Spa

La Petite Spa, Rosman Hwy (64 West), Brevard north Carolina. Mother's Day Specials:

QUEEN FOR A DAY PACKAGE
CLASSIC EUROPEAN FACIAL,
30 MINUTE SWEDISH MASSAGE, TRADITIONAL PEDICURE,
GLO MINERAL MAKEOVER.
TAKE HOME GLO PRESSED POWDER,
GLO BLUSH AND GLO LIP POLISH PLUS LUNCH - $200

IT’S YOUR DAY
SPECIALITY FACIAL, 60 MINUTE SWEDISH MASSAGE,
TRADITIONAL PEDICURE AND LUNCH - $155

TOES IN THE WATER
LA PETITE SPA PEDICURE, 30 MINUTE SAUNA PLUS
A FREE OPI POLISH OF YOUR CHOICE. - $45

COMING UP ROSES
EUROPEAN ROSE MUD WRAP AND A ROSE FACIAL
PLUS A FREE BOMB BATH FIZZ - $130

Mother's Day in the Mountains: Lodging Special in Brevard

BRADLEY CREEK LODGE AND VACATION RENTALS   Brevard North Carolina. Discounts for multiple unit rentals. Treat Mom and the whole clan! Great for family reunion, corporate retreats, groups. A mountaintop retreat with waterfalls, fire pit, screened gazebo, stone Celtic meditation area, large observation deck, porches, game room, conference area.

1847 Blake House Inn Bed & Breakfast, one of the oldest houses in Asheville

BLAKE HOUSE  INN BED AND BREAKFAST.  Our South Asheville bed and breakfast lodging accommodations and hospitality promise to welcome and pamper you for as long as you are here.  Blake House Inn is one of the few Asheville bed and breakfasts that enthusiastically welcomes children of all ages as well as pets with no size restrictions. Wheelchair accessible first floor room with whirlpool tub, off-street parking, wedding/reception facilities. $110 - $165 night   $pecials Offered

Herb Festival this weekend in Asheville

April 30 - May 2   Asheville North Carolina.    21st Annual Asheville Herb Festival    The Southeast's largest selection of herb plants. Over 20,000 herb lovers come to the Western North Carolina Farmers Market each spring to enjoy this popular event. The WNC Chapter of the NC Herb Association represents the incredibly wide variety of herbalists and herb businesses in North Carolina: herb growers and vendors, natural gardening and landscaping specialists, and makers of herbal ointments, balms, soaps, teas, medicines, and other products.

Mitchell's Lodge and Cottages Celebrates 71 years

Mitchell's Lodge and Cottages, Highlands North Carolina.  Mitchell’s Lodge & Cottages is celebrating its 71st year in 2010! Margaret “Peggy” Mitchell, Al’s grandmother, built the first cabins in 1939. She operated Mitchell’s Motel as it was known then for 40 years. The lodge is in its third generation of operation.

Stay in May and get any room or suite in the “original” Log Lodge for  $70 per night on a Friday or Saturday! OR  Get 10% off any room, suite or cottage if it’s a Sunday thru Thursday night!  Please visit the site for details and restrictions:  http://www.mitchellslodge.com/

Interstate 40 in Western North Carolina has Re-opened

The stretch of Interstate 40 in Western North Carolina that has been closed by a rockslide since October opened Sunday, April 25, at 6 p.m.

Work will continue in the area through the summer as crews complete stabilization efforts – including the installation of rock bolts and anchor mesh – at five additional sites. Both eastbound lanes are open; however, one westbound lane will be closed for about three miles  READ MORE...