A Letter From the Publisher…
Beer dates back to the dawn of civilization. The Code of Hammurabi, our oldest code of laws, regulated beer houses, enforcing the death penalty if brewers watered down the house brew. Egyptian Pharoah Khufu paid his slaves in beer while they built his resting place, the Pyramid at Giza. The ancient Babylonians were so serious about the quality of beer that they decreed commercial beermakers selling bad beer should be drowned in their own brew.
North Carolina’s brewers suffer no such penalties, but their proliferation (some 135 at last count) is of special interest. In this issue Loring Mortenson and his wife, who have visited many of the state’s breweries, share their experience at two of the area’s most interesting breweries. Hopping Around the Piedmont
This issue begins a Special four-part feature editorial focusing on housing options for the retiree or soon to retire. Today, options abound and whether you are looking to sell the home and move to a super-luxury mid-rise apartment or want the freedom and luxury afforded by a Continuing Care Retirement Community there is something to suit every taste and desire. This issue begins the feature with a focus on Continuing Care Retirement Communities which offers, arguably the ultimate retirement lifestyle choice.
Looking for a quiet weekend with a little High Country history? Check out A Great Deal at the Green Park Inn in Blowing Rock. The Grand Dame of historic hotels, it has been elegantly refurbished, retaining the ambiance of a time 125 years ago. Green Park Inn: A Real Deal
Shakespeare is coming to Raleigh in early May in recognition of the death of Shakepeare of Stratford-on-Avon (1616) to whom the works are attributed. The North Carolina Museum of History was chosen to display the First Folio on its first national tour outside the Folger Shakespeare Museum in Washington. Beginning April 23, theatrical groups throughout the state will present all of the plays (38) in a long weekend in the Museum’s Daniels Auditorium. The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare