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3 iconic Southern stays share recipes of their signature drinks and dishes
If you can’t visit these establishments, at least you can do the next best thing—re-create their signature drink or dish from the comfort of your home.
Mystery and Beauty: Messages from Jekyll Island’s Driftwood Beach
I stumbled onto Jekyll Island’s Driftwood Beach for the first time nearly a decade ago. This was, not coincidentally, the same week that a spider wrote me a note.
Hotel Spotlight: Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans
Truman Capote was not born inside New Orleans’s Hotel Monteleone. But when he drank there with friends, which was often, he liked to claim he was.
Highlands, North Carolina’s Main Street is a gathering place for locals and a sweet escape for visitors
Situated on a mountain plateau in western North Carolina, some 4,000 feet above sea level, the four-stoplight town of Highlands is no secluded hamlet. Dubbed the Aspen of the East, it attracts 200,000 visitors a year.
Resort Spotlight: The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida
Some AAA Five Diamond resorts are playgrounds for A-listers like Sir Elton John, Cameron Diaz, and Sofia Vergara. Others have a history of welcoming American royalty like the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, and Astors. But few resorts can make both claims.
Today’s Craig Melvin looks back at his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina
As a co-host for Today’s third hour and news anchor for Today and MSNBC Live, Craig Melvin has reported live from the Summer Olympics in Rio, the Notre-Dame cathedral fire in Paris, and three presidential inaugurations. The assignment closest to his heart? A trip back to Columbia, South Carolina, for a “Hometown Glory” segment in 2019.
5 elite golf pros reveal their favorite public golf courses around the South
No need to be a pro to tee up at these five courses
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