Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Dirty Dancing Festival this Weekend

If you love the movie "Dirty Dancing" and let's face it, who doesn't. This weekend is just for you.

Starting Friday, September 17th and running through Saturday, September 18th. Lake Lure is all about Dirty Dancing. Events include a lakeside screening of "Dirty Dancing", live music, a cast and crew storyteller session with audience Q&A and more.

For a complete list of events and schedule go to: www.dirtydancingfestival.com.

Need a place to stay? Sadie's Retreat is in the middle of this weekend's activities. Visit: www.vacationrentalsbysadie.com.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Eco-Friendly Fall Adventures

Smart Tours

Many local tour operations have taken steps toward sustainability. Fueled by biodiesel, historical tour LaZoom blends comedy, music and colorful theatrics for guests of all ages. Relax, guilt-free, on a bicycle-drawn rickshaw as you cruise downtown, the River Arts District or historic Montford using only muscle power. Consider a Segway tour, rechargeable electric scooters that traverse downtown Asheville, Biltmore and the North Carolina Arboretum.


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Fall Hiking Tips

Asheville’s reputation for natural beauty outdoes itself each year with the passionate colors of autumn. Taking a hike on the mountain trails immerses you in that autumn palette of deep reds, blazing yellows and deepening greens against the open blue sky.

ChiWalking is an Asheville-based company with national reach that promotes injury-free fitness walking to all ages. ChiWalking incorporates movement principles of t'ai chi with walking to create a more fluid, energetic and healthy way to walk and hike. The goal is to make walking an exercise in building a vibrant body, mind and spirit.


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Parkway’s 75th Anniversary Festival

The Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary Festival is a multi-day, multi-venue event staged in and around Cumberland Knob Recreation Area in North Carolina, where Parkway construction began on September 11, 1935.

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Asheville Area Fall Color Report

Fall Color Forecast

Happy September! If you’re as excited as we are about fall, you might be wondering when and where the fall color will be the best and brightest this leaf season. The tourism office is working with biologists and fall foliage experts around Western North Carolina for our weekly color reports, starting September 15.


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