Serenity. Focus. An internal sense of calm. This moment is about meditation. Sheathed in flowing orange fabric suspended from the trees, individual meditation sites weave down the hillside. The sheer netting provides just enough separation from the surroundings to promote focus while still maintaining a strong connection to nature, whether that nature is a caterpillar on a nearby twig or the distant views down the valley.

The High Country Beer Fest is the annual celebration of great craft beer from around the region and the world.  Come sample craft beers, club beers, and delicious food in the beautiful high country of North Carolina. Educational seminars will cover all aspects of beer, brewing, and pairing food and beer.
For more information please go to www.hcbeerfest.com.

Saturday, November 1st

1:00-5:00 Boone - Beer Festival                                                                 (Food will be available for purchase during the festival)
7:00-10:00 Broyhill Inn and Conference Center - Educational Seminars

Tickets: $27 in advance, $35 at the door. Admission will include one official tasting glass.

OR

7:00-10:00 Blowing Rock - Gala celebration of great craft beer and international cuisine at the Meadowbrook Inn.  Check out the menu at http://www.hcbeerfest.com/blowingrock_event.php.  Tickets: $50.

Capacity is limited and tickets are selling fast so
order your tickets now!

Must be 21 or older to attend - no children permitted.   ID’s will be checked upon entry.

Dusk darkens into night. The stars above appear to fall to the earth, gently twinkling down and then seeming to rise back into the night sky. Like fireflies in a mason jar, pillars of light flicker in a rhythmic dance as if celebrating the night’s enveloping darkness. Observers quietly contemplate the art, entranced by its sculptural flight.

Don Johnson, Kathryn Talbert, and Simona Galik

The Peninsula Club hosted its first “We Bring You Sky” Tim Wilkison Tennis Exhibition Match on Wednesday, October 16, 2008.  Guests enjoyed VIP mini-camps with Tim Wilkison and Don Johnson as well as an exclusive exhibition match with Tim and Simona  vs. Don and Kathryn followed by cocktails and a Sky Carolina presentation.

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Spiders spinning. Spindly webs become restful havens in the sky. Dangling cradles of contemplation and silence. Like the apparent frailty of the web, a bed floats delicately above a carpet of soft moss, its tension gently quivering under the weight of its visitors. Suspended in air and cradled in solitude, eyes close and the sounds of the forest permeate the senses.

Tucked away under the forest canopy. Smooth, massaging stones under tender bare feet. Immersed in water. Hidden by boulders and sunken into the earth, this swimming hole delivers year-round tactile sensations, whether it be a cool summer dip or a steaming winter soak. Ambling past ferns and rhododendrons, the approach path spirals into the sweet, cool depths of the forest, like water down a drain. A private grotto, reflecting the sky, soothing the soul.

(L-R) Tim Wilkison, Chanda Rubin, Anna Kournikova, and Jimmy Arias

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Night covers the earth, blackness becomes a blanket. A flickering light deep within the forest beckons the eye to discover its warmth and comfort. A place is discovered where ghost stories float up with the smoke from the fire into the unknown ink of the sky. And memories are created with the all-knowing stars gazing down unblinkingly upon you.

Incredible Tennis!!!

I would like to thank all of you who joined the Sky Family at the Outback Championship event in NC this past week. The new friends made and the continued relationships were the high point of the tournament, but a close second was the play of Anna Kournikova and Tim Wilkison in a mixed doubles match against Chanda Rubin and Jimmy Arias. The match solidified my determination for a Woman’s tennis tournament at Sky!

While this was the first time that females have played in Jim Courrier’s Legends Tourneys it certainly should not be the last. The crowd was heavily involved in the mixed doubles matches and while all of the tournament players constantly graced the VIP Club between matches, none were more adored and smothered for autographs and pictures than with Anna.

So the invite goes out first to Anna…and then to everyone else to be apart of the First Annual Female Sky Invitational in 2010.

Humblest regards,

Bo

Founder Sky Carolina

Bo Quickel, Anna Kournikova, and Chanda Rubin