"One Tank Trip" features the new Lake Rabun Hotel

Nice publicity in Sunday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution Travel, both on line and print. To check it out, got to www.ajc.com and click on travel -- then on best food and wine vacations. Here's a link to the online article, "One Tank Trip: Lake Rabun Hotel."

If you haven't yet taken the time to visit the new old Lake Rabun Hotel, you are missing something special. I had the opportunity to dine there recently while entertaining a journalist from California, and hope to get back very soon. Gwen North and her staff are bringing a new level of service to the region.

Dillard House receives Southern Living Reader Choice Award

The January 2009 issue of Southern Living magazine features the “Reader Choice Awards.” The Dillard House received two awards this year - a ‘Best Breakfast/Brunch’ and a ‘Southern Favorite’. Congratulations to the Dillards for this well-deserved recognition! Here's a link to all of the awards.