Special K
Running the trail at the Whitewater Center kicked my butt.On my last hike, I fell head first while skipping along a trail on Looking Glass Mountain in the Pisgah National Forest. Not graceful. So when I approached the trail for…
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The Schools Report
Go to any town or city in America and you’ll likely find people complaining about at least one thing: their public school system. It could very well be that most school systems across the country aren’t doing a very good…
How long will The O's Lawrence Toppman keep his job?
There’s an interesting article in American Journalism Review about the future of the local newspaper film critic. In a word, that future is limited. As can be expected, as newspapers cut back staff, they’re cutting back in areas where they…
A world few of us know (repost from Crime Blog)
(Note: I just posted this on our crime blog, but thought it appropriate here, too.) A recent news item reminded me of a story we ran a few months ago. The news item was about a shooting at the Fast…
Letters
Involved in Crime Thank you so much for printing Melissa Hankins’s article, “Charlotte Has a Problem With Crime.” Last week, I became a victim of a felony for the second time in six months. I was held at gunpoint in…
A Village, People
A few days before this issue went to press, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police did its best to make sure that there were no shenanigans downtown on the Fourth of July. Blue uniforms were everywhere, and a bunch of…
Great block party in South End; make sure you catch the next one
The magazine’s office is located in the Design Center of the Carolinas in South End so I have the privilege of working in the area daily. I say privilege because I think South End is great. There are many cool…
2007 Best Of the Best
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Diagnosis Charlotte
I was on my way in to start my night shift in the ER. Driving past the main door, I saw groups of people milling about, and the parking lot was full. It looked like it was going to be…
Cops and Robbers-2
Our series examines the issue of crime in Charlotte from various angles. Part one, which ran in the June issue, looked at the overall problem of crime and what top officials are doing about it. Mostly, they're blaming each other.…
All Is Good
Mike Strauss’s new CD, After All, ends with a lullaby. A sweet tune that could be sung to a child or a lover, “Pretty Face” features Strauss’s gruff voice accompanied by his lone, gentle guitar—the combination of sonic opposites that…
July Letters
Judged by a CoverFinally, an outstanding cover for an outstanding magazine. For more than four months you have been boring me silly with magazine covers showing food, real estate, and interior design. But alas, then came your May 2007 Best…
In Defense of the South
On my travels, I often find myself defending the South. Here's why, and here's why I'm going to stopI was standing in line at a pizza parlor in Portland, Oregon. In front of me was a woman with a negative,…
Give Us Your Young
For the past few years, there’s been a lot of hue and cry in certain circles over convincing young people to move to Charlotte. Of course, it doesn’t take a survey number-cruncher to know that a bunch of them already…
