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This past weekend, me and the family took a trip down I-85 to Atlanta. For them it was a chance to take a quick trip to wrap up Spring Break. For me, it was a chance to catch up with some of my friends, who, like me, also write for Minyanville on occasion. My friend [...]
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One of the most talked about television shows over the past few years is finally coming back. AMC’s “Mad Men” will begin its 5th season on AMC this Sunday. Like most of you readers out there, I can’t wait. Although we live in a day and age where there seems to be no end to [...]
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Many people are familiar with the music of Tchaikovsky, but may not know it. Y’know that “War of 1812″ thingy that plays every 4th of July? He wrote that. And he even wrote that “Nutcracker” ballet that is played everywhere at Christmas. But Tchaikovsky also wrote operas and last night we went to see Opera [...]
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As you can guess, this is a post about travel. But this isn’t going to be a typical travel piece. No, I don’t like pieces written in the key of a grade schooler talking about what they did for their summer vacations. They’re vapid. They’re staid and boring. Frankly, I could do better reading about [...]
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Recently my family and I had the opportunity to go to Raleigh, NC to see the Cirque du Soliel production of “Alegria”. We had the opportunity to see them at the RBC Center, in advance of the show’s run in our hometown of Charlotte, NC. And while this production is not a tent show production [...]
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It’s that time of year, when a girl’s thoughts turn to video games and relieving stress by going into her virtual world by playing video games. Unfortunately, I’ve been sick. So that meant I had to let my husband test drive my new “Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time” game for Nintendo Wii. I am crushed. [...]
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This weekend marks the opening of the 2010-2011 opera season in Charlotte, thanks to the folks at Opera Carolina. The season opens with Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” and there will be performances of works by Verdi and musicals later this season. Like a lot of other mid-size cities, we’re seeing cutbacks in the schedule and [...]
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Well, maybe it won’t be to you, but it was to me. I’m talking about a comparison I made while driving to Asheville recently: a comparison between my pedestrian family car – an ’06 Accord (Don’t laugh, it’s nearly paid for, damn it.) – and what I saw on the road: a mid-eighties Jeep Grand [...]
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As hard as it is for me to deal with the fact that it has been almost a week since I returned from the beach (It’s difficult for me. Seriously. I am completely miserable, San Diego!), this post is heartwarming. It’s not a touchy-feely story about pets or gardens, or even something more poignant like [...]
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It was a sight for sore eyes… After the way this year has been with traveling, the hectic nature of modern family life and other things going on that I won’t mention here, it was great to go out and visit with the IndoJax crew and watch them run this camp for visually impaired children. [...]
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