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Posts Tagged ‘Charlotte

This was a happiness whose other name was home.

via In Search of Home – NYTimes.com. 

via Neighbor Newspapers – Historic Buckhead home destroyed by fire.

What Suffering Does – NYTimes.com:

via What Suffering Does – NYTimes.com. 

via Publications – Barbara Brown Taylor.

scrabble words, geocache:  🙂

Good Morning AmericaVerified account


The new #Scrabble word is “Geocache”! #ScrabbleWordShowdown 

via Most Popular Starbucks Drinks By City – Business Insider. 


3.14.14 … During daylight, we go about our lives … 

via Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney – NYTimes.com. 

iPod-Based Magic Tricks, TEDTalks:

DST, memes:  My house … These students should get full marks for creativity alone! 

Art and Human Rights

Guests: Anna Deavere Smith and Robert McDuffie

Interlocutor: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

via Grace Cathedral – Calendar Detail.


The Forum: a Conversation with Anna Deavere Smith & Robert McDuffie

Sunday, Mar 9 9:30a to 10:30a

Grace Cathedral

San Francisco, CA

Parker J. Palmer, David Ray’s Thanks Robert Frost: 

via Parker J. Palmer.

via Pi Day – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 

via 10 Pies for Pi Day | Mental Floss. via WETA. Well, in the U.S. anyway…

via George Takei.


10.2.13 … a trifling place … I beg to differ …

via A Trifling Place | WFAE. 

via Public Art In The Queen City | WFAE.


6.19.13 … Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que: Pulled pork was excellent and the sauce, well, it was all about the sauce!

Tags: Charlotte, Moe's Original Bar-B-Que, restaurants

Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que, restaurants, Charlotte:  I had my first taste on Saturday.  It was very good.

Jun 14, 2013, 10:54am EDT

Moe’s Original BBQ concept opens today with ‘Bama-style pulled pork

via Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que to open in Matthews with Alabama-style pulled pork – Charlotte Business Journal.


3.2.13 … Ok, first Easter egg post … and it combines Easter eggs, peeps, cake pops … also happy 100th to BSA Troop 1!

Tags: Boy Scouts of America, cake pops, Charlotte, Dilworth, Easter eggs, Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, Peeps, Troop 1

Easter eggs, peeps, cake pops:  Ok, first Easter egg post …

21. Peep Cake Pops So cute that you won’t want to eat them. Alternatively, so cute that you’ll derive a twisted sense of pleasure from eating them. Directions here.

via via 37 Adorable And Unexpected Easter Egg DIYs.

Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1,  Charlotte, Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, Dilworth:  100 years!

William A. Reynolds would be happy with how this all turned out.

The first scoutmaster at Troop 1 in Charlotte, headquartered at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Dilworth, couldn’t have foreseen in March 1913 how strong and vital Scouting would become in Mecklenburg County.

That proof lives with Troop 1’s 100th anniversary this month.

Launched three years after the official founding of the Boy Scouts of America and just five years after Scouting was formally organized in England, Scouting in Mecklenburg has survived two World Wars, 17 presidents and sweeping cultural, political and economic transformations in our country.

via 1st Scout troop has 100th anniversary.


3.2.13 … Charlotte has no doughnuts … but Denver, Atlanta and NY have doughnuts … and I’m going to Denver soon … and Atlanta …

Tags: Atlanta, best, Charlotte, Denver, doughnuts, lists, NY Walton Donuts, Denver Here, the Tigertail
is where it’s at. Essentially a cinnamon roll that’s twisted
instead of rolled, it comes with the extra bonus of chocolate
devil’s food. If you’re looking for less of a caloric/sweet
splurge, the sour cream old-fashioneds are not as sugary and have a
satisfying crunch around the thin edges. via America’s
Best Donuts- Page 22 – Articles | Travel + Sublime Doughnuts, AtlantaOwner Kamal Grant
shows up at 2 a.m. every day to start the donut-making process. And
his Strawberry N Cream donut—an original-style donut stuffed with
fresh strawberries and vanilla cream cheese—is a showstopper.
Think: strawberry cheesecake with a donut crust. With top-notch
ingredients and Grant’s hard-to-find passion for perfection, the
resulting pastries are tasty works of art. via Americas
Best Donuts- Page 8 – Articles | Travel + Bomboloni, New York City
The Crème Brûlée donut, with its slightly hardened, sugary outside
and rich, creamy custard filling, is without a doubt the one to
order if you have to choose just one. But why would you limit
yourself? All of the donuts served at this small Italian pastry
shop are bomboloni-style (think: supersize donut holes, injected
with various fillings). (187 Columbus Ave.; 212/877-3080)
via America’s
Best Donuts- Page 10 – Articles | Travel +


2.18.13 … Be Still …

Tags: 2013 Lenten Labyrinth walks, Avondale Presbyterian Church, “Solvitur Ambulando” – It is solved by walking, Big Brother, Brain Pickings, Charles Darwin, Charlotte, CharlotteObserver.com, Civil War sites, Darwin: A Graphic Biography, Emory University President James Wagner, Explore, Facebook, Facebook frustration, frequent flier miles, Grier Heights, gunshot detection system, Inside Higher Ed, lists, Maker’s Mark, NYTimes.com, pr mistakes, Psalm 46:10, Quartz, ShotSpotter, social media, social networks, the "three-fifths compromise" of the U.S. Constitution, The Essay - an Exercise in Doubt, travel, Travel + Leisure, twitter

“Solvitur Ambulando” – It is solved by walking, 2013 Lenten labyrinth walks, Psalm 46:10, Avondale Presbyterian Church:
As I arrived, I noticed that the  the sun is getting low.  I immediately thought  of my friend who is counting down the days until DST begins.  The chimes were gently ringing … I decided to walk the roundabout, or whatever you call it, to the cross.  I walked it first  to see the perspective of the labyrinth from a top. This is an interesting feature to this beautiful Sacred Garden. As I approached the labyrinth, I hear an owl … Whoooo … As I walk I ponder my favorite Psalm … 46:10. Darwin: A Graphic Biography, Charles Darwin, Brain Pickings:  I really don’t get “graphic” books.

Charles Darwin — father of evolution, decoder of human emotion, hopeless romantic, occasional grump — was born on this day in 1809. From Smithsonian Books comes Darwin: A Graphic Biography (public library; UK) — a fine addition to outstanding graphic nonfiction, joining other famous graphic biographies of cultural icons like Richard Feynman, Hunter S. Thompson, The Carter Family, and Steve Jobs. Written by journalist Eugene Byrne and illustrated by cartoonist Simon Gurr, the story takes us into the life and times of Darwin — from a curious child on a “beeting” expedition to a patient young man persevering through the ups and downs of battling creationist oppression to a worldwide legend — tracing his intellectual adventures amidst the fascinating scientific world of the 1800s.

via Happy birthday, Darwin! A graphic biography | Brain Pickings.

Civil War sites, lists, travel, Travel + Leisure: Best Civil War Sites – Articles | Travel + Leisure.

travel, frequent flier miles, Travel + Leisure.:  Helpful …

Cash, Miles, or Points: The Best Way to Pay for Your Flight

I’d like to fly round-trip from New York City to Martha’s Vineyard. I can pay $300 for a ticket, dip in to my reserve of 50,000 Delta SkyMiles, or use Starwood points. What’s the smartest move?


Pay a service to manage your miles. App and websiteUsingMiles (free, but we like the $29.99-a-year service) keeps track of your accounts and helps determine if it’s better to use cash or miles on a given flight (caveat: frequent fliers on a few airlines, such as Southwest, can’t apply their miles to these services).

via Cash, Miles, or Points: The Best Way to Pay for Your Flight – Articles | Travel + Leisure.

Maker’s Mark, social media, pr mistakes, Quartz:  There seems to be a lot of the “mistakes” lately.

The company had emailed loyal customers on Feb. 9 to say it was lowering its proof to 84, or 42% alcohol, in order to address a supply shortage driven by bourbon’s surging popularity in the United States and certain other markets like Australia, Germany, and Japan. The announcement, first reported by Quartz, spread quickly in social media, rising from a small firestorm to an all-out backlash. The company defended itself in interviews, saying the taste wouldn’t change, but it didn’t help.

via Maker’s Mark learns a painful social media lesson, won’t dilute bourbon – Quartz.

Charlotte, Grier Heights, gunshot detection system, ShotSpotter , Big Brother, CharlotteObserver.com:  Let’s hope it improves the safety of this neighborhood because just publicizing this must be a big negative for real estate values …

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are installing specialized gunshot detection sensors in the Grier Heights neighborhood as part of their plan to expand the high-tech, crime-fighting tool into troubled communities.

The ShotSpotter system uses a network of microphones activated by gunfire to quickly send officers to potential shooting scenes, even if no one calls 911. Police originally bought the system to cover two square miles in uptown Charlotte as they ramped up security for the Democratic National Convention last year.

Grier Heights is the first of several places outside the center city where police hope to use the technology. The move is part of the department’s plans for enhanced digital surveillance of the city’s streets and residents in the wake of a 2.8 percent increase in overall crime in 2012.

via Grier Heights to get gunshot detection system | CharlotteObserver.com.

Emory University President James Wagner, the “three-fifths compromise” of the U.S. Constitution,  Inside Higher Ed: … the founders of the United States explicitly denied the humanity of black people.

Emory University President James Wagner has infuriated many on his campus and scholars elsewhere by using the president’s letter in the new issue of Emory Magazine to say that the “three-fifths compromise” of the U.S. Constitution was a model for how people who disagree can work together for “a common goal.”

Following an explosion of social media criticism Saturday as word of Wagner’s letter spread, he released an apology. “To those hurt or confused by my clumsiness and insensitivity, please forgive me,” he wrote. (The apology currently appears on top of the original letter on Emory’s website, linked to in the previous paragraph.)

The three-fifths compromise expanded the political clout of the slave states by codifying that black slaves counted for purposes of allocating seats in the House of Representatives as 60 percent of a white person (even though the slave states gave black people 0 percent of the voting or other rights of white people). To many African Americans, the three-fifths compromise is among the more blatant events in which the founders of the United States explicitly denied the humanity of black people.

via Emory president sets off uproar with statements on three-fifths compromise and then apologizes | Inside Higher Ed.

The Essay – an Exercise in Doubt, NYTimes.com:  Worth reading …

I am an essayist, for better or worse. I don’t suppose many young people dream of becoming essayists. Even as nerdy and bookish a child as I was fantasized about entering the lists of fiction and poetry, those more glamorous, noble genres on which Nobels, Pulitzers and National Book Awards are annually bestowed. So if Freud was right in saying that we can be truly happy only when our childhood ambitions are fulfilled, then I must be content to be merely content.

I like the freedom that comes with lowered expectations. In the area of literary nonfiction, memoirs attract much more attention than essay collections, which are published in a modest, quasi-invisible manner, in keeping with anticipated lower sales. But despite periodic warnings of the essay’s demise, the stuff does continue to be published; if anything, the essay has experienced a slight resurgence of late. I wonder if that may be because it is attuned to the current mood, speaks to the present moment. At bottom, we are deeply unsure and divided, and the essay feasts on doubt.

Ever since Michel de Montaigne, the founder of the modern essay, gave as a motto his befuddled “What do I know?” and put forth a vision of humanity as mentally wavering and inconstant, the essay has become a meadow inviting contradiction, paradox, irresolution and self-doubt. The essay’s job is to track consciousness; if you are fully aware of your mind you will find your thoughts doubling back, registering little peeps of ambivalence or disbelief.

via The Essay, an Exercise in Doubt – NYTimes.com.

Facebook, social networks, Facebook frustration, Explore: Well, if it makes you unhappy … don’t bother …

Facebook is supposed to envelope us in the warm embrace of our social network, and scanning friends’ pages is supposed to make us feel loved, supported and important (at least in the lives of those we like). But skimming through photos of friends’ life successes can trigger feelings of envy, misery and loneliness as well, according to researchers from two German universities. The scientists studied 600 people who logged time on the social network and discovered that one in three felt worse after visiting the site—especially if they viewed vacation photos. Facebook frequenters who spent time on the site without posting their own content were also more likely to feel dissatisfied.

via Explore – Facebook is supposed to envelope us in the warm….


As I mentioned before, twitter often starts me researching …

New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts)

2/10/13, 9:28 PM

The Black Keys win best rock performance. Read more about the band’s “El Camino”: nyti.ms/vd8jo0


Rather than repeat the soul-dipped feel of “Brothers” or return to the bluesy slam of their early albums, however, the Black Keys’ follow-up, “El Camino,” out this Tuesday on Nonesuch Records, represents a departure in both style and process. It’s the most urgent and irresistible music they have ever made; the album’s 11 songs are fast, punchy and loaded with hooks, with traces of glitter-rock stomp, girl-group melodies and surf guitar.

As infectious and high energy as “El Camino” sounds, however, Mr. Carney acknowledged that the album also reflects the new sense of pressure on the band after the breakout success of “Brothers,” its sixth album, which has sold roughly 870,000 copies.

via The Black Keys Change Gears With ‘El Camino’ – NYTimes.com.

A few favorite tweets …

Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) 2/16/13, 2:38 PM

Kramer invents a reverse SodaStream to take carbonation out of fizzy drinks. J: “Just leave the bottle open!” K:”You don’t get it, Jerry!”





