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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
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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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Tip Top Cocktails are tip top
Atlanta canned cocktail company offers convenience, taste, and affordability with their line of Tip Top Proper Cocktails.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jan 113 min read
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Spirited North Georgia Mountains
Grandaddy Mimm’s Distilling Co. with its moonshine and other spirits now has a second location in Dawsonville about an hour from Atlanta.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 18, 20243 min read
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Tennessee lights up the season with a vibrant holiday glow!
The Volunteer State offers millions of holiday light events, from immersive Christmas villages to driving through miles of lights.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 5, 20244 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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All Hail Fall, Y'all!
Now that temperatures are dropping, it's time to get outside and enjoy the South's fall festivals, foliage and food.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Sep 26, 202411 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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Oz lives on in Beech Mountain
The beloved Land of Oz theme park in western North Carolina returns for its autumn festival on select weekends in September.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jul 23, 20243 min read
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Paradise lies in northern Georgia
Bicycle mechanic Howard Finster got a divine calling so he created thousands of pieces of artwork, many of which grace rock albums.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jul 17, 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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