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Weird Southern Spring Festivals
This time of year, Southerners celebrate all good things in their festivals. And we mean everything!
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 255 min read
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Don't just travel through the South, take time to learn something new!
Gatlinburg, Tennessee, offers visitors a chance at throwing clay and Grapevine, Texas, heats up with glassblowing opportunities.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 63 min read
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Get Out Your Kazoos and Be A Part of a Guinness World Record
Macon, Ga., is home to the kazoo inventor and wants to bring together the largest kazoo gathering in the world.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 12 min read
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20 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays Throughout the South
The region abounds with festive events ranging from reindeer to German markets.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Nov 7, 20249 min read
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Shalom Y’all and Pass the Blintz
Get hungry for the annual Savannah Jewish Food Festival Nov. 17.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 16, 20242 min read
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Ghost hunting in New Orleans
The Bourbon Orleans hotel in New Orleans has plenty of spirits who refuse to check out.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 9, 20244 min read
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Treat Yourself to a Travel Facial
After a trip, this FACTORFIVE facial mask will help restore vitality to your skin. As a travel writer, I’m always on the go. Planes,...
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 5, 20242 min read
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The Spirits of Jekyll Island Club
Jekyll Island Club hotel will tell its ghostly stories this weekend, plus serve spirits of another kind.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 2, 20242 min read
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5 eco-friendly ways to enjoy the Northshore of New Orleans
Biking, hiking and swamp tours get visitors in the great outdoors that's South Louisiana. Bike Along Tammany Trace Louisiana’s only...
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Sep 12, 20243 min read
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Meow you’re talking! Cat love at Florida's DeLand Cat Cafe
I'm a total cat purr-son so this building full of feline love made my day. Happy Cat Month! In honor of this feline-themed September,...
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Sep 5, 20242 min read
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Relive the O.K. Corral Shootout at Griffin's Doc Holliday Festival
The Georgia town 40 miles south of Atlanta was the birthplace of the famous gunfighter and friend to Wyatt Earp.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Aug 27, 20243 min read
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Iconic Carousel Bar turns 75
The lounge at New Orleans' Monteleone Hotel has a long and fascinating history and will celebrate its birthday with a host of special events
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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The Purple Martin Phenomenon
Thousands of purple martins migrate to Lake Murry in South Carolina to form a nightly ritual.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jul 31, 20242 min read
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Mississippi's Fridamania
Ninth annual Frida Fest takes over Bay St. Louis on Saturday, July 13, 2024.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jul 12, 20242 min read
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All hail the refreshing Pimm’s Cup
The British cocktail Pimm's Cup has ties in New Orleans through ironically a French-themed restaurant, the Napoleon House.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jun 22, 20243 min read
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Northern Lights Go South!
This week's geomagnetic storm sent northern lights all the way to Louisiana!
Cheré Dastugue Coen
May 11, 20242 min read
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Standing in Two Places at Once
Three Southern cities—Bristol, Copperhill and McCaysville—have state boundaries running through them!
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Apr 29, 20242 min read
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It's Earth Day. Love Your Mother!
Think about your footprint when you travel this year. We'll show you how. It’s Earth Day in north Georgia, and I woke to a chilly condo....
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Apr 22, 20244 min read
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Little Rock Calls It What It Is: The River's Big Dam Bridge!
It sounds like a joke but Little Rock, Ark., literally built a "big dam bridge."
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Apr 10, 20242 min read
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Two Rosy Anniversaries
Shreveport's American Rose Center turns 50 this year and Churchhill Downs marks the 150th Run for the Roses, the Kentucky Derby.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Apr 3, 20243 min read
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