Posts Tagged ‘Charlotte’
Anthony Foxx – Charlotte Mayor
Washington, D.C. – Decades after working in Washington as an aspiring attorney in the U.S. Justice Department, Anthony Foxx recently returned as a leader.
Charlotte’s second African-American mayor – the first Democrat in two decades – shows up at the Capitol Hilton with a plastic folder full...
February 8th, 2010 | February 2010 | Read More
Pictures from the bedroom
A few sit-ups, two glasses of wine before noon, a make-up artist, and a photographer who knows his lighting as if he were a descendant of Thomas Edison, and you, too, can have a gift for the man in your life that will knock his socks – and pants – off.
In the name of sex, art, and Valentine’s Day...
February 7th, 2010 | February 2010 | Read More
Harvey Gantt – A City Guy
For many people, having a cultural center named after you is a crowning achievement that nothing could come close to equaling. And while Harvey Gantt has received many accolades during his 66 years, he is certainly honored and humbled by this unique honor. (See sidebar.)
Yet at the end of our long interview...
January 8th, 2010 | October 2009 | Read More
Work – Madness in the Melting Pot
Although I adore breakfast food, I rarely eat an actual breakfast. In the morning I crave only the most inelegant, unappealing pairing a culinarian could ever conjure: coffee and cigarettes. Until my smoker’s rights have been finally annihilated, I will continue savoring them both in respectable quantities.
As...
January 8th, 2010 | September 2009 | Read More
365 Days of Sex
Married? Engaged? In a relationship? Chances are, you talk and think about sex more than you’re doing it. Has “CSI” replaced amour in the boudoir? Do you utter the words, ”I am soooo tired,” every night? Do you have a skincare routine that takes longer to complete than “War and Peace”?...
January 7th, 2010 | January 2010 | Read More
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
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