http://lifestyles.cmt.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I consider Asheville, N.C., the most peaceful city in the Southeast. As soon as I get there, I feel a calmness fall over me, and I immediately embrace it. As someone who travels often for work, it's a welcome change to visit a city and do absolutely nothing. Still, even the ... http://lifestyles.cmt.com/2008-05-09/big-breakfasts-and-historic-homes-in-asheville-nc/ Jo Dee Messina is known for her energetic performances as well as her high-energy life offstage. The exuberant redhead runs six to seven miles a day and competes in marathons -- that is, when she's not in the middle of one of her marathon tour schedules.   But no matter how busy ... http://lifestyles.cmt.com/2008-05-08/jo-dee-messina-works-for-a-special-cause/ Neal McCoy is known for giving 100 percent at every show. The energetic entertainer is on the road 200 days a year, dancing, jumping, running, and climbing onstage, turning his show into a giant party. Add to that his charity work, and he's giving 110 percent, at least. McCoy is ... http://lifestyles.cmt.com/2008-05-07/neal-mccoy-proud-to-serve-for-uso-sick-children/ For years, she was known to the general public primarily as Alan Jackson's wife, but with It's All About Him: Finding the Love of My Life, Denise Jackson made a name for herself as a New York Times bestselling author. Now, Jackson has written a new inspirational book, The Road ... http://lifestyles.cmt.com/2008-05-06/denise-jacksons-new-book-focuses-on-faith-prayer/ A few weeks ago, with dreary skies looming over Nashville, a friend of mine introduced me to Crema, the newest coffee shop in town. Since it was mid-afternoon, I ordered a cup of decaf, but wound up with a decaf Americano - espresso and hot water. It was hot, bold and ... http://lifestyles.cmt.com/2008-05-05/crema-coffee-is-worth-crawling-out-of-bed/ Josh Turner loves playing basketball on the road with his band and crew – but not as much as he used to. "We try to play as much as we can," he says, "but here lately, everybody's been getting hurt, so it's slowing us down." Turner sprained his ankle in early ... http://lifestyles.cmt.com/2008-04-30/josh-turner-holds-court-on-tour-with-basketball/ A lot of people get a new dog and just assume he's going to know how to behave -- like staying in the yard and coming when called are natural behaviors. The most important training to most people is teaching the dog that the house is not his own giant, ... http://lifestyles.cmt.com/2008-04-29/luke-bryan-takes-time-to-train-his-dog-maggie/ Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede is surely the most unusual dinner experience I've ever had. Civil War? Yes. Silverware? Nope. With huge animals and constant audience participation, it's an awful lot to wrap your head around. Still even someone like me, who is rarely willing to suspend his disbelief, was completely ... http://lifestyles.cmt.com/2008-04-28/dixieland-delight-at-dolly-partons-dixieland-stampede/ Most country singers move to Nashville to chase their dream. However, Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott is the exception, because she was born and raised there. "So many people move here from somewhere else, so that brings a whole other energy to the town," she says. "I'm rare. I tell people where ... http://lifestyles.cmt.com/2008-04-25/lady-antebellum-shares-the-beauty-of-nashville/ After years of touring with her bandmates in Little Big Town, Kimberly Schlapman has life on the road down to a science. But last summer she made a big adjustment in her travel style. Make that a small adjustment. The birth of Daisy Pearl in July 2007 has changed Schlapman's tour ... http://lifestyles.cmt.com/2008-04-24/little-big-town-brings-a-baby-on-board/