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Charlotte, Travel

Oh Christmas Lights of Charlotte!

I grew up in Northeast Ohio where Christmas was white.  My father and I would set out on the day after Thanksgiving and begin the ceremony of hanging the Christmas lights.  We wanted to gain an early start to avoid the snowy days that often befall December.  After spending the day testing lights, running extension cords, and climbing ladders, we would stand back to inspect our work, but the lights never looked…

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Charlotte, Travel

Whitewater Center Thursday Night Riverjam

Upon moving to Charlotte six years ago, we quickly learned that Thursday nights were for live outdoor music.  Back then, it was Alive After Five at Wachovia Plaza where a mesh of young bankers would gather on hot summer nights; men still dressed in their blue button downs and women in their almost workplace inappropriate black skirts each with ice cold domestics in hand to a background of live cover music.  For…

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Blogging, Charlotte, Eating, Food, Travel

My First Blog Date and Midwood Smokehouse

My blogging neighbors over at Dee’s Adventures and Looks Like LuLu have both been on blog dates, but to be honest, I thought that was weird.  A little background information here – my wife and I met and dated before online dating became as popular as it is now.  It is existed back then, but most of the people who used it reeked of desperation (I know I pissed off some friends…

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