The Home & Garden Issue

The Trendsetters & the Quest for Beauty

It has been said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder but, alas, for years, a select handful... Read more Art + Culture, September/October 2012

Backyard Makeover

There’s something about certain rooms in our homes that make them our favorites, those that invite us in with a... Read more Art + Culture, Lifestyle + Travel, Nature, September/October 2012

Café Thirty-A Offers Fine Dining and Casual Elegance

Café Thirty-A has been a favorite gathering spot along Scenic Highway 30A since it opened Memorial Day weekend back in... Read more Art + Culture, Food, September/October 2012

A New Urbanism Visionary Looks Back

Thirty years ago, Robert and Daryl Davis envisioned an all-American town like none before it. The vision was that of... Read more Art + Culture, People, September/October 2012

Cost, Time, Quality

Darrell Russell, principal architect with A BOHEME Design, has more than thirty years of experience in both architecture and interior... Read more Art + Culture, Lifestyle + Travel, People, September/October 2012

Perceptions: Beneath the Surface

Justin Lyons is not your average artist. His work is about life—with perception. By using interpretations of the world around... Read more Art + Culture, September/October 2012

Home Projects Are In Again

It is well known that a home is a reflection of its owner; clearly, it is the creative and unique touches that separate a house from a home. The home does, of course, serve as a backdrop to daily life,… Read more Art + Culture, Lifestyle + Travel, September/October 2012

Home Design Trends to Watch For

Autumn, like any other season, is a time of saying good-bye: to summer as the days grow shorter; to the... Read more Art + Culture, Lifestyle + Travel, September/October 2012

The Stage is Set at Firefly

He traipsed around the country on countless rock band tours promoting, managing, and sharing the stage with such acclaimed superstar... Read more Food, September/October 2012

Restaurant Fire at Gulf Place

One thing folks expect when dining in restaurants along Highway 30A is good quality seafood. You can get that at... Read more Food, September/October 2012

Home-Field Advantage

“Make yourself at home.” This saying is heard so many times throughout one’s life that it usually passes without a... Read more September/October 2012

Investing in Life

Mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, friends, and even daughters. Chances are, we all know at least one woman dear to us... Read more Lifestyle + Travel, People, September/October 2012

Holy Day in the Deep South—Southern College Football Rivalry

If college football is truly a religion in the Deep South, then Saturdays are officially holy days. Nowhere else in... Read more Art + Culture, Lifestyle + Travel, September/October 2012

VIE’s Favorite Things: September/October 2012

In this issue, VIE partnered with online shopping mecca Taigan.com to bring you products that will give you—and your home—a... Read more Art + Culture, Lifestyle + Travel, September/October 2012

Les Maisons d’Être

Alluring, chaotic energy surrounds me on Bourbon Street. As I walk from the heart and soul of Calle de Bourbon,... Read more Art + Culture, September/October 2012

Clay in the Potter’s Hand

Nestled on the south side of Scenic Highway 30-A in Seagrove, Florida, a simple, brown clapboard sign hangs and subtly beckons to passersby, whether they were looking for it or not… Read more Art + Culture, Nature, September/October 2012

Food and Football: Tailgating around the South

On any given Saturday in the fall, two of the South’s favorite subjects—food and football—come together in an elaborate spectacle... Read more Art + Culture, Food, September/October 2012

A Work in Progress

Teresa Cline admits she’s a special kind of crazy. As in “It takes a special kind of crazy to spend... Read more Art + Culture, September/October 2012

Furniture Fervor: Christopher Guy Ushers in a New Era

If La-Z-Boy is your favorite furniture designer, stop reading right now. You’re not ready for Christopher Guy. The rest of... Read more Art + Culture, Lifestyle + Travel, People, September/October 2012

A Dream Getaway to Mexico

A vacation, as Webster’s defines it, is “a respite or a time of respite from something.” That “something” (for... Read more Lifestyle + Travel, September/October 2012

Dreaming in Color

It starts with a blank canvas. That moment—just before the brush hits the stark white surface—holds in it all the... Read more Art + Culture, People, September/October 2012

Chi Chi Miguel Throws Down for Charity

Wine enthusiasts raised over half a million dollars for Gulf Coast charities at the Sixth Annual Chi Chi Miguel Throwdown... Read more Art + Culture, Food, Lifestyle + Travel, Music, September/October 2012