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A Good Manicure

Manicures . . . are basically just holding hands with a stranger for 45 minutes.  —Miranda Hart
Curtis Buchanan got a call from Monticello in 1987, asking him to submit information about his chairs. He drove there from East Tennessee the next morning and sold two chairs.

Take a Seat

Quiet-loving chairmaker Curtis Buchanan long ago traded his power tools for a sledgehammer and a drawknife.
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Hand Made in the Mountains 2019

The beauty of the hand-crafted—of wood, glass, clay, metal, fabric or stone—is exceeded perhaps only by the sensory pleasure of holding the item in your hands.
Sugar Hill is the high point of the new Sugar Hill State Park.

Our Blue Ridge Towns: St. Paul, VA – A River Town on the Rise

“A Moving River Experience” is what St. Paul, Virginia, promises visitors. That . . . and a whole lot more.
Legend says that George Washington’s used this bathtub.

The Good Walk: Berkley Springs, WVA – Waters, Wonders and Wanders

The town, in the state's panhandle, makes for great walking—into history, distinctive shopping and fine restaurants.
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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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