Posts Tagged ‘Charlotte’
Anna at the Marine Corps Mud Run
While a lot of local athletes in and around the Charlotte area spent the weekend participating in the 24 Hours of Booty bike ride… I was among another group of athletes giving true meaning to ‘The Dirty South.’ The Marine Corps hosted their 4th Annual Mud Run at Belmont Abbey. I laced up my old...
August 2nd, 2010 | August 2010 | Read More
Anna Kooiman
Uptown contributor Anna Kooiman writes blogs for us that are sure to hold your attention. She gives us the scoop on everything from concerts, new restaurant openings, fashion trends, and fitness to insight on controversial issues facing the Queen City, to information about community service events. She...
July 29th, 2010 | August 2010 | Read More
Going Local in Nicaragua
Sure, I could have signed up for an all-inclusive vacation, sipped umbrella cocktails on a guard-patrolled beach and pretended to be in another country. But as the UnTourist, I took a different tactic: I picked the cheapest Central American city Orbitz had to offer and booked a $250, three-hour flight...
July 19th, 2010 | July 10 | Read More
Counting Crowes at the NC Music Factory
As the sun set over Uptown Charlotte and the air cooled down just a touch The Counting Crowes tuned up and cast their music into the night sky. 15,000 Charlotteans were entertained at the Uptown Amphitheater at the NC Music Factory last night the 14th. And we captured the moment as dusk turned into night.
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July 15th, 2010 | July 10 | Read More
Shawna Robinson – The First Lady of Nascar
Shawna Robinson was trapped in a Los Angeles hotel room. “Quarantined” is how she described it. She hadn’t been kidnapped. Quite the opposite. Robinson actually had placed herself in this confining situation.
Late in 2009,the Charlottean whom countless gearheads know for her accomplishments...
July 6th, 2010 | July 10 | Read More
This is Bonnaroo
It’s just before midnight on Sunday and, after four days without a shower, I’m crammed into a Ferris wheel pod, grinding my way up several stories above the tree line. We’re just high enough that I can’t see people on the ground anymore, but in the darkness I can still see lighters touch glass...
July 6th, 2010 | July 10 | Read More
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