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History, mountains, beaches, cities, arts --  that's just a part of North Carolina's treasures. Wit Tuttle, Executive Director of Visit North Carolina, enlightens us with  captivating stories and insights. We talk of  the vibrant Triangle area, with the cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. The journey continues to the thriving city of Charlotte. On to Asheville, with the famed Biltmore house. We discuss Cherokees and civil rights, arts and food.

On North Carolina's Outer Banks, there's everything from kite boarding and the history of the Wright Brothers, to the intriguing tale of Blackbeard. Wildlife includes wild horses and sea turtles.

And we end with a memory, centering on -- barbeque.
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Wit Tuttle is Executive Director of Visit North Carolina. He loves pulled pork!
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Podcast host Lea Lane blogs at forbes.com, has traveled to over 100 countries, and  has written nine books, including the award-winning Places I Remember  (Kirkus Reviews star rating, and  'one of the top 100 Indie books' of  the year). She has contributed to many guidebooks and has written thousands of travel articles.

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Sandi and I decided to venture into NC to visit some family members and generally throw down at the Biltmore Estate. Well, much to our surprise we were introduced to a fabulous restaurant... the Red Stagg Grill, just across the street from the Biltmore.

Great food, Great Service, Great Memories. Give it try whenever you're in the area. You won't be disappointed.

Join us!

This week, I’m joined by Amanda Quay Blount, who just released her new book Meet Me at the Biltmore this October. She brought me a story I’d never heard before about this Rhode Island based Ford dealer. His name was Dutee Wilcox Flint, and he was one of the earliest and most successful Ford dealers in the world before he lost his empire, moved into the Biltmore, and largely vanished from memory.

Find Amanda's book, Meet Met at the Biltmore HERE! Meet Me At The Biltmore | Amanda Quay Blount

Episode Source Material

• Meet Me At The Biltmore | Amanda Quay Blount
• Dutee Wilcox Flint - The Meteoric Rise and Disastrous Fall of a Ford Dealer and Confidant of Henry Ford | Hemmings
• Once Largest Auto Dealer in World — Lost Fortune in 1929 Market Crash | April 2, 1961
• OT - Ford Agent Dutee Wilcox Flint
• Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine, Volume 38 - July 1, 1916
• Ford Times, Volume 7
• The New York Times | June 8, 1940
• Our History
• Ford Motor Company | Detroit Historical Society
• Ford Motor Company incorporated - HISTORY
• Last day of Model T production at Ford - HISTORY
• Chronology of call letters WDWF | Radio-TV Broadcast History
• Resolutions and Ordinances of the City Council of the City of Providence ...
• Crystal Receivers
• Rhode Island Radio - WEAN
• WPRO (AM) - Wikipedia
• Radio World - October 7, 1922
• https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Age-20s/Radio-Age-1922-11.pdf
• This Day in History, 1927: Ford reveals its Model A to an eager public | Hemmings
• Possner Castle | ArtInRuins
• WPRV - Wikipedia
• Introduction of the New Ford Car
• http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/506218/575684.html?1444755798
• http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/411944/479401.html?1410787237
• US1480056A - Wooden shaft - Google Patents

Is there hope for the future?  In his latest book, A Thing of Beauty: Travels in Mythical and Modern Greece, Peter Fiennes travels to the sites of famous Greek myths on the trail of hope, beauty and a new way of seeing what we have done to our world. Peter explores what the ancient Greeks have to say to us today and why it's the people who give us hope. 

Peter walks through stunning and spoiled landscapes on the trail of dancing activists and Arcadian shepherds, consults the Oracle and loses himself in the cities, remote villages and ruins of this storied land. Find out if the ancient Greeks actually had anything to say to us about our climate crisis and our other ecological concerns. From Greek mythology to Greek food and all the way to picturesque beaches of the Greek islands, Peter draws on dreams and moments of hope that he encountered during the first year of Covid. 

If you're not able to visit Greece right now, you can visit a little bit of paradise in the North Carolina Mountains. Although every season is perfect to visit the Biltmore Estate, Leeann Donnelly, Senior Public Relations Manager for Biltmore, shares why the holiday season is Biltmore’s most popular. 

And with the holidays right around the corner, the Asheville Regional Airport is ready to make visitors feel right at home. Tina Kinsey fills us in on how to best navigate traveling this holiday season.

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Road trip, anyone?  Jennifer's in Florida again, but this time she's nowhere near the Magic Kingdom.   With Miami as home base, she's gassed up the rental car and set the GPS to a place (South Florida) and a decade (the 1920s) where she explores a beautiful old mansion and garden, a historic and spectacular swimming pool, and a glamorous prohibition-era hotel.  Oh, and the highlight: Jennifer visits a crazy tourist attraction from the 1920s that she has dreamed of for decades.  Does reality live up to the dream?  (Spoiler alert:  Yes!).   She also does some hard-hitting investigative work to determine why Miami drivers honk their horns... A LOT.   It could be their way of saying hello... or it could be their way of alerting other drivers that Jennifer is on the road again and a danger to herself and others.  Either way, we'll get to the bottom of it.  Finally, we learn about Charleston (the song) and The Charleston (the dance).  We are visiting the '20s, after all.  And speaking of flappers (were we speaking of flappers?) Jennifer puts all the Circa Sunday Night listeners to sleep with the latest addition to the Vintage Century Reading Room.   Tonight's episode is a virtual vacation, so pack your bags and hop a plane.  We'll meet you in Miami!

Itinerary Links:
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Coral Castle
Venetian Pool
Biltmore Hotel

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Episode Source Material: 

Rumors:

• The Biltmore Hotel
• Real Stories of the Paranormal | Biltmore Hotel Providence Haunted
• Historic Taverns of Rhode Island: 
• From the Archive: Haunts around Rhode Island - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI
• A Haunted Murder Scene in Each New England State

History:

• 1920's – The Providence-Biltmore Hotel had a Poultry Farm and Garden on the Roof — City Farmer News
• National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form - Biltmore
• Historic American Buildings - Biltmore
• 8 Surprising Facts About Historic Graduate Providence
• Time Lapse: President John F. Kennedy found happy days in Rhode Island
• The Providence Biltmore – RI Venue Spotlight | Bliss Celebrations Guide
• History of the Biltmore Hotel—1922 to 2019  
• the Bacchante in the Providence Biltmore
• Biltmore begins search for 200 former Bacchante Girls - News - southcoasttoday.com - New Bedford, MA  
• Great American Hoteliers: Pioneers of the Hotel Industry
• Magical Destinations of the Northeast: Sacred Sites, Occult Oddities and Magical Monuments:
• Black Duck bootlegging boat tied to 'Crime Castle' in Warwick
• Prohibition & Bootlegging Archives - Online Review of Rhode Island History
• Prohibition and a Murky Beginning
• Prohibition: Speakeasies, Loopholes And Politics
• Little Rhody's Big Thirst: Alcohol Prohibition in Rhode Island (1919-1934)
• Patriarca crime family
• State of the Mob in Rhode Island
• Cianci Portraits Removed At Providence's Graduate Hotel, Once Known As Biltmore
• Missing Persons by State 2021
• NamUs.gov
• Did Investors Really Jump Out of Windows After the 1929 Stock Market Crash?

Brendan Drewniany, Director of Communications at Black Tomato, a luxury travel company in the US and the UK, shares some innovative approaches to create handcrafted travel experiences designed for your new travel memories. 

Find out what the newest trends are in travel and where to go in 2021 to shake up your bucket list! 

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