You know you are still in the South when on a Saturday in November you head out to a cornbread festival. It was my first outing in Little Rock. There was a diverse crowd there and almost as many ways people cook cornbread. Scattered on Main Street [...]
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NC Event: NC Muscadine Festival
You never really know what to expect with small town festivals, even if they have years of reputation. 20$ isn’t a bad way to spend a day, enjoy the fruits of muscadines and scuppernongs, beach music, and shag dancing, and any fair food that you would want. Kenansville in DUplin County was the setting for [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Raleigh Event: 29th Annual Greek Fest
One thing that I love about living in the triangle is that the nations come here. While most try to blend in to American “Southern” culture, there are some who celebrate their heritage. I love it! Last night was the first time I have gone to the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church’s Greek Festival. It [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Our State #6: Sunrise Biscuit Co. (Oxford)
Heading north on HWY 50 gave us opportunity to hit up Our State Top 100 Number 6 on Saturday. Oxford, a little quaint town about 35 minutes north of Raleigh, was having its Hot Sauce Festival that day. I can’t imagine how dead the downtown would have been without the festival, but this restaurant I’m [...]
Read the rest of this entry »NC Happenings: Hendersonville's NC Apple Festival
Labor Day. End of summer. Beginning of Fall. Beautiful this time of year in North Carolina (Fall is definitely my favorite time of the year). Over in a little town in the mountains of western NC, Labor Day brings hundreds of visitors to its quaint streets. Hendersonville comes alive! My friends and I attended: 1. [...]
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