Mount Mitchell Centennial Celebration 4

Mount Mitchell Centennial Celebration Every state park is holding a special event during 2016 as part of the Centennial of State Parks, but this one seemed special as park rangers and guests from across the state made their way to the 6,684-foot summit where it all began at Mount Mitchell. 
Mountain Heritage Day 6

Mountain Heritage Day WCU's Annual Mountain Heritage Day celebrated the traditions of the mountains with mountain music, clogging, storytelling, living-history demonstrations like blacksmithing and banjo-making, Cherokee cultural activities like popular stickball games and fun competitions like chainsaw contests. 
Brewgrass Festival 12

Brewgrass Festival Brewgrass Festival 2016 culminated twenty years of celebrating great craft beer from local, regional and national breweries as well as amazing bluegrass music. Each year, the festival is proud to donate a portion of proceeds to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina.
December 2016 Lifestyle Letter

December 2016 Lifestyle Letter December: it's amazing how a month that is usually so cold can conjure up such feelings of warmth. The smell of pine that hits you the day after you put up your tree is one of my favorite things, along with putting the kids on my shoulders to put the star on the tip-top. A month to celebrate memories that…
Asheville Homebuilders Association Parade of Homes 2

Asheville Homebuilders Association Parade of Homes The 35th Annual Parade of Homes was celebrated at the Asheville Home Builders Association's Fall Awards Galal. With 40 Homes open during the Parade of Homes, 13 Builder Companies took home 22 awards presented in a variety of categories. For information on all the award-winning builders and companies, visit ParadeofHomesAsheville.com.
Anoff House Party 11

Anoff House Party Asheville Lifestyle Magazine hosted a fabulous affair at the Anoff's house this fall to celebrate their cover feature in our 
Matters of the Home Issue. Asheville's finest came out for hors d'oeuvre, local beer and wine and live music. 
PHOTOGRAPHY Michelle Jackson
Raise Your Hand Auction & Gala 7

Raise Your Hand Auction & Gala For almost 30 years, the Raise Your Hand Auction and Gala has been a mainstay in WNC, an evening of good wine, fine food and great art to benefit Case Management Services, care, education and outreach needed to manage and prevent new HIV/AIDS infections locally.
Contributions to Community 3

Contributions to Community In life, most of us are lead by our eyes. It’s sight that leads us forward, onto new adventures and innovations. In a fitting correlation, Asheville Eye Associates is leading the way in Asheville’s healthcare community. We don’t just mean that Asheville Eye provides high-quality healthcare and innovative eye care to residents of Western North Carolina—that’s a given for this…
How to Make a Ribbon Wreath 3

How to Make a Ribbon Wreath This is a great way to repurpose ribbons from past Christmases, making an elegant decoration for your holiday celebration. Coordinate colors with your Christmas theme or with your home’s interior design to create a festive and stylish seasonal design. Have fun and be creative!

December 2016 Around Town 
One decade ago, Talloni opened its doors in Biltmore Park Town Square as a women’s shoe boutique for the fashionably inclined. To celebrate their anniversary, Talloni hosted a Hobo bags “truck show,” where guests could shop the extended collection of Hobo accessories inside the Mobile Hobo Truck, including all the iconic brand’s accessories found at Talloni. As a token of…
A Biltmore Christmas 4

A Biltmore Christmas Christmas at Biltmore is about so much more than decorations. The estate comes to life with annual shindigs and celebrations to ring in the holidays!
Some Kind of Magic 13

Some Kind of Magic When George Vanderbilt envisioned the triumphant edifice that would become Biltmore Estate, it was threaded with French arts and influence, stained with his memories of Châteauesque-style French Renaissance abodes in the countryside. Architect Richard Morris Hunt laid out his extensive plans in the French style and infused them with a special kind of refinery, and Vanderbilt recruited French artisans and…
Setting a New Pace 1

Setting a New Pace From the anticipatory hum of a purr to the all-out, pedal-down roar, there’s something about a Jaguar that makes your heart beat a little faster. With a growling engine and feline sleekness, the new F-PACE, a medium luxury SUV, is all Jaguar.
Steamy Sipper 2

Steamy Sipper When those brisk winter breezes whip through our mountain passes, jingling bells and swaying twinkling Christmas lights, we crave a drink that warms the fingers and the belly alike: a hot toddy.
A Sweet Escape 14

A Sweet Escape When we arrived at Treehouse Vineyards, the first thing that hit me was the smell. The muscadine grapes lace the wind with a sweetness that's unmistakable, as Southern as tupelo honey—and as sweet, too. The second thing was the juxtaposition of the beautiful vineyard, spread across rolling, rural hills, and the neighborhood that surrounded it, a suburban setting with cracked…
Asheville's Gift Guide 26

Asheville’s Gift Guide We reached out the best locally-owned shops around Asheville and asked their owners to share their favorite gifts for the holidays. Whether your shopping for your sweetheart, your best friend, your mailman, or even yourself, these finds are sure to please!