Tag: North Carolina
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Stories from the Road: An Object Lesson for My Daughter in Holding Firm
In the Plaza Midwood section of Charlotte stands a dive bar called Thirsty Beaver Saloon. It is dwarfed and surrounded by a multistory townhome complex. The neighborhood has changed in the seven years since I was an Uber driver in Charlotte. It was sort of an eclectic, working-class area with quirky shops and bars and…
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Artwork from the Road: Roberta Flack Mural, Black Mountain, NC
One of the things I enjoy about exploring towns is seeing murals on buildings.
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The Theatre: A Place of Magic
The theatre is a place that gives the promise of something magical that will happen inside to stir the soul and take us to a world that is fresh and inviting to us
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Grub on the Road Food Friday: Miami Fusion Cafe, Denver, NC
First, a little bit about the food, then what really impressed me about this place. Small, strip mall setting with 9 tables inside and a couple more outside, the decorations pay homage to Miami, as well as Cuba, with street signs such as Hialeah, Ocean and SW 8th St, a clipping of snow in Miami…
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Around the Block: Durham, NC
Had a hour to kill while waiting for a train. So, I took a walk around the block to see what I could find.
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The Undeliberate Road
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” from “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau In the fall of 2015,…