Pay attention the next time you pick up a cereal box. It could prove more useful than you'd imagine. It did for Cage the Elephant's Matt Schultz anyway. "I can't remember what cereal it was," he says. "It seems like it was like a Malt-O-Meal, you know, some off-brand cereal. An elephant had escaped from […]

Teapot by Patty Bilbro, River District Artist Some very WNC registries: Asheville's River District Artists Situated along the French Broad River mere minutes from downtown Asheville, the River Arts District is home to more than 100 artists. Many of them will work with couples on creating their registries. You'll find two examples of River District […]

The dude just has magic in him.  There's no other explanation for it. I tell myself: There's no such thing as a magic junking touch. It's luck of the draw, right place right time, the knowledge about what to get, the instinct to take the right chances, and the constant, constant monitoring of the "hot […]

Photo courtesy The Gardener’s Cottage Often venues and accommodations go hand-in-hand. If your Asheville Wedding is a destination wedding, that's likely to be the case. There are plenty of great locales for such an event, from the all-inclusive services of The Inn on Biltmore and The Grove Park Inn to more intimate settings like The […]

There's something about honky-tonk in the throes of a cold snap when all anyone wants to do is forget about the outside world and warm up with the help of a hot toddy and some even hotter dance moves. Enter Cary Fridley and Down South, a self-described Appalachian roots country outfit led by bassist/singer/Freight Hoppers […]

Photo courtesy Rebecca D’Angelo Photography Back in the day, getting hitched was as simple as jumping over a broom. These days, there's a bit more too it: Forms to fill out and file, officiants to procure, rings to buy. The good news is that, despite the legalese involved, the actual process in the eyes of […]

Valentine's Day is over, but we've still got a whole lotta love. For bikes. For music videos. For hope of spring. This year marks the fourth installment of the wildly popular, hella fun Bike Love, featuring live music, raffles, pizza and camaraderie. Does it get better than that? Likely not. Asheville on Bikes organizes the […]