Posts Tagged ‘Charlotte’
Life Without a Net
Well, that year wasn’t any fun.
We were still stuck in the tar pit of recession. People who a few years before had snuggled deep into what they imagined was a clearly mapped future of economic security and rising home values realized it was all coming apart. They had to make choices, big ones, about...
January 6th, 2010 | January 2010 | Read More
Staying Single
All too often, I’m asked for advice about men. But just like wine, massive consumption doesn’t make you a connoisseur – it just makes you a lush. So instead, I thought I’d wrap up 2009 with a list of things my friends and I have proved will make men run in the opposite direction. Consider...
January 5th, 2010 | January 2010 | Read More
Toilet Tipping
You’re out partying somewhere in the QC, and the inevitable occurs – it’s time to break the seal. Making your way through the crowd, you enter the bathroom and hope the line goes quickly so you can get back to your night. You finish your business, come out to wash your hands, and before you can...
December 2nd, 2009 | December 2009 | Read More
Water a Cocktail from the Tap
A cracked and faded life preserver, seasoned more from the hot sun than from actual use, had been looking on with us as brown bubbles churned random patterns in the pool’s surface – its maritime feel at odds with its perch above the giant, brewing vat of wastewater. “Ever have to use that,” I...
December 2nd, 2009 | December 2009 | Read More
8 Weeks of Pain: Culture Shock
I have a confession to make. I’ve missed a couple sessions with Chris Frye. I know, it’s bad.
The missed workouts were for good reasons, or at least, good enough. One was because we were going to the Clemson football game in Death Valley, and the other because I had this magazine to get out the door....
December 2nd, 2009 | 8 Weeks of Pain | Read More
Conversation – Michael Gallis
Michael Gallis’ work studying urban networks has changed the way cities and transportation systems have been built nationwide. But today as he works quietly at a long red table among his books stacked around ornate pieces of his African and Chinese art collection, he looks more like a philosopher,...
December 2nd, 2009 | December 2009 | Read More
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