There’s a lot going on in Cha-town this weekend.
If you were lucky enough to get tickets before they sold out last month, enjoy Charlotte’s 10th annual Oktoberfest this Saturday. While I was too slow in buying tickets this year, but I went last year and it is truly one of Charlotte’s best fests. [...]
Uptown/Down time
49er Football, Still Undefeated
As if anyone is surprised, Chancellor Dubois of UNCC announced this morning that he has recommended to the trustees that Charlotte add a football program by 2013. The caveat being that $5 million be raised in 6 months for the proposed $45.3 million stadium complex.
I like the idea of an on campus stadium. I know [...]
Meck's Makeover
As you can see, Keeping Up With The Belks got a makeover today. Some posts were pretty lengthy, and since I hate page jumps, I went with the “stretchy” version of my previous template. Also, green has replaced teal as my color of choice for the blog in an effort to promote a [...]
La’Nolan
Every group of friends has one. You know who I’m talking about. The person who gets out of control every time you go the bar. The wild, outgoing one, whose stories are just so unbelievable that you have to believe them. Someone whose life is the stuff of bad reality television. In my group, La’Nolan [...]
University City
Ah, the lost city of University, Charlotte’s leper colony. Where every neighborhood, no matter how big the houses, is either “starter” or “ghetto”. Where Charlotte’s major university and it’s 20,000 students have long been forgotten and abandoned by the city. Where the sports teams don’t get covered and the grant money never goes. Where the [...]
