09 Jul

Posted at 14:40h in Uncategorized

BY: JANET STEINBERG The sixth-largest city in North Carolina, Fayetteville is located in the Sandhills, on the Cape Fear River. This city of approximately 200,000 people was the first city in America to be named for General LaFayette.  In 1825, Lafayette traveled to Fayetteville in...

25 Jun

Posted at 12:33h in Uncategorized

BY: JANET STEINBERG The village of Highlands, in the southern Appalachian Mountains  is the perfect destination for city dwellers in need of a retreat. Highlands was founded in 1875 after its two founders, Samuel Truman Kelsey and Clinton Carter Hutchinson, drew lines from Chicago to Savannah and from...

18 Jun

Posted at 12:35h in Uncategorized

BY: JANET STEINBERG Hopping into a shiny black convertible…top down…sun on my face and wind in my hair…my husband and I set out for a 1458-mile drive through North Carolina, dubbed the “Tar Heel State”.  GOING TOPLESS IN THE MOUNTAINS  Greeted by mountains, my spirits soared.  Crisp...