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Letting Go
Gracie, purr motor going full throttle, parked her zaftig body by my pillow. Chloe, my older cat, had already nipped my toes. Twice."OK, OK. OK. I'm awake."I sat up and blinked at the clock: 9:45 a.m. "Great, girls, I'm late…
Andy Braitman Contains Multitudes
Braitman met his wife Carol, pictured, when his insurance agent (and her brother in law) invited him over for Thanksgiving dinner. He proposed after the first date. "I really had to talk her into [marriage]," he says. "I'm not what…
Enchanted Summer
Shouting, "Here I come, ready or not!" made me feel ridiculous, then wonderful. Last February, sharp, cold air stung my lungs during a game of hide-and-seek at the playground of a neighborhood church. After looking behind trash cans, down an…
Get Right with Lenny
Davidson's Lenny McAllister's conservative politics have helped put him at the center of a gathering political storm, as the Republican party attempts to remake itself. A national GOP leader calls him "a rising leader."Lenny McAllister left college as a sophomore…
So, we kinda cleaned up at MAGS
Home & Garden picked up golds for Best Single Issue and Best Design. Charlotte magazine won gold for Best Feature (Van Miller's "Fear/Guns" ), Best Profile (Michael Kruse's "Staying Stephen" ), and Best Cover (October's barbecue cover).Silver awards winners were…
Lovely Bones
If you have a bone to pick with Kathy Reichs, good luck catching up with her. The world-renowned forensic anthropologist and best-selling author has resided in Charlotte for the last thirty years but divides her time between here and Montreal,…
After the Crash: From the Author
To do this story, I read Sunday Money, by Jeff MacGregor; One Helluva Ride, by Liz Clarke; The Wildest Ride, by Joe Menzer; At the Altar of Speed, by Leigh Montville; The NASCAR Way, by Robert G. Hagstrom; The Subprime…
2009 Best of the Best
View the Categories: Food & Drink | Top Slices Shopping | Bridal Gurus People Nightlife Body & Soul | Beauty Boosters Family & Kids Service Home 2009 Reader Picks Interactive Maps: 2009 Winners | Reader Picks From the city's tastiest…
Red-state Refugee
Winter is finally over in Massachusetts. Never mind those ten inches of icy, crusty snow outside my door. The state's natives observe the change of seasons at the end of February, when the Red Sox play their first spring training…
What would Tommy say?
No disrespect to the O's current columnists, but the events in Charlotte over the past several months are why columnists like Tomlinson were invented. Not only does he write like the wind, he has the gift of putting everything in…
The New Real Estate Reality
"A short sale is not for someone who doesn't want to get their hands dirty," says Michelle Alejandre (with husband Jaime). They purchased the home for $21,000 below what the original sellers paid for it in 2006. Tough Market My…
Gone Blue
Yes, I’m blue. I’m as blue as I can be. I’ve been hanging out in downtown Charlotte, an increasingly blue zone. I’m not talking about the blues caused by all that trouble with the banks and the down economy. What…
The Good, the Bad, and the Blue
Architecture in downtown Charlotte faces something new: limits. For forty years, using excavators, bulldozers, and cranes, armies of workers dug holes in the ground and built the sky-scraping towers that help define this city, feeding its bumptious pride. "We’ve been…
