Introducing Trade & Tryon
This new blog takes the place of our old catch-all blog, The Daily Buzz. Well, sort of. Although I wrote most of The Daily Buzz posts, we also ran small articles from other writers. And the topics were all over…
News + Opinion
The Google Machine and Me
Three weeks ago I shut off part of my brain. It was a self-inflicted lobotomy, accompanied only by the fizzling sound of my computer shutting down.I gave up the Internet for three weeks. I chewed through my electronic leash to…
Look Up
Today my brother is climbing redwoods in California. He's helping a famous research team collect data from the world's largest trees, Sequoiadendron giganteum. High in the canopy are ecosystems that exist nowhere else on Earth, isolated for hundreds of years…
He Said, She Said
View He Said, She Said in a larger map The LongtimerAge: 52Profession: Owner of The Common Market, South EndResidence: Poplar Apartment Condominiums at the corner of Tenth and Poplar streets, in the Fourth WardYears in the city: 30"I initially came…
Thanks for all of your ideas; Community Forum coming up
The WFAE Public Conversation will feature a panel of experts on charitable needs and community philanthropy including – Todd Cohen, Editor and Publisher of the Raleigh-based Philanthropy Journal; Carol Hardison, Executive Director of Crisis Assistance Ministry in Charlotte; and, Richard…
The Nurses You Never Want to See
Exclusively @charlottemagazine.com Listen to Presbyterian's forensic nurses describe what it's like to do their jobs. Nestled inside the labyrinth of hallways, corridors, and nursing stations of Presbyterian Hospital's emergency department is a nondescript exam room. Hand-painted flowers run along the…
The Avetts' Arrival
It's the night before New Year's Eve 2008. More than two thousand fans dance, stomp, slosh beer, and sing along as the Avett Brothers, dressed in denim street clothes, ignite the normally staid Belk Theater floor. It's a familiar scene,…
