nc real estate agents: Fit city Challenge in Charlotte NC
- 03/14/09 04:46 PM
Charlotte and Mecklenburg county have come together to issue the Fit City Challenge in Charlotte NC. Its basic mission is to try to make people walk 5 miles a week and eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day. The idea is to get as many people moving and eating healthy so that the city's medical bills start going down instead of up. I don't think that there are very many ways that you can slice it that this is a bad thing. Encouraging people to be fit is a great way to build community and to help people become healthy.The more … (3 comments)
nc real estate agents: Mecklenburg Aquatic Center in Charlotte
- 03/14/09 04:41 PM
The Mecklenburg Aquatic Center is the downtown pool for the county. There are some high schools with olympic sized swimming pools already in them in Charlotte, but this serves the high schools with no pool as well as holds tournaments for big events. It is a great pool, cool enough that the men's olympic decided to do their training there as they ran up to the Beijing Olympics. The word on the street is that Michael Phelps and the rest of the relay team trained at this complex in uptown Charlotte. The pool is massive and is home to many of … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: Dessert First fund raiser in Charlotte NC
- 03/14/09 04:27 PM
There was a bit fundraiser recently at the Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte NC for Dessert First, a fundraiser for the V Foundation - a foundation that supports cancer research. The foundation is named for Jim Valvano, a coach at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He took N C State to the championship and won if I'm not mistaken. He was also struck down by cancer later. Dick Vitale, the college basketball announcer always mentions it several times a broadcast. He supports the program by getting the name of the program out to the college basketball audience. Dessert First, served … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: St. Patrick's Day parade postponed in Charlotte
- 03/14/09 04:16 PM
The Saint Patrick's day parade that I said was going to happen this weekend in uptown Charlotte has been postponed. Bad weather has caused the parade to shift its date to next Saturday. I'm not sure that Saint Patrick would like that. Maybe he would have wanted everyone to tough it out with a parka on. The weather here over the weekend has been difficult to accept. After a week in the 80s, someone flipped a switch and turned Charlotte into a wintery, rainy place to be. They actually cancelled it on Friday, because they feared bad weather. They were right. … (1 comments)
nc real estate agents: Selection Sunday is tomorrow!
- 03/14/09 04:05 PM
It's the big day tomorrow. Thousands of office pools will be circulated in Charlotte NC offices on Monday after the brackets are announced for the NCAA tournament tomorrow. The people who run college basketball are probably hard at work deciding who goes where based on a bunch of information that is supposed to tell us how good each team is. Most of the teams are probably already set in their place. But there are still some teams that are on the bubble whose performance in their conference tournaments will affect how they are placed. Teams are admitted to the NCAA tournament … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: Anoop Desai is North Carolina's latest hometown hero
- 03/07/09 03:45 PM
Anoop Desai is a popular contestant on American Idol, at least around North Carolina. He is from Chapel Hill, which is a sacred place in many Charlotttean's hearts to begin with. He is the second big star to come out of American Idol. Clay Aiken was also from North Carolina, if any of you remember. He was a big deal. Even though Clay lost, he went on to become a top selling artist and is still tabloid fodder today. I'm no expert, but I think at the point Anoop is right now, he will have some type of ongoing recording contract … (1 comments)
nc real estate agents: Krispy Kreme doughnuts - a southern thing
- 03/07/09 03:20 PM
Perhaps you may have tasted some Krispy Kreme doughnuts in your time. But before the doughnuts went public and spread all over the country, they were local favorites here in Charlotte NC Real Estate. They aren't good for you. I really can't lie about that. They aren't healthy. But they are tasty and they were a southern secret. Consider yourselves lucky that you were brought in on it. Krispy Kreme went public in the 90s, I think and the world started to taste the best doughnuts ever made. Really, Dunkin Doughnuts can't even come close to the delicious Krispy Kreme Doughnut. … (2 comments)
nc real estate agents: New building downtown completed
- 03/07/09 03:18 PM
A new building downtown has been completed and just had a topping out ceremony, according to the Business Journal. The ceremony is one of the first ceremonies that happens after a construction is completed. The building is 15 stories and will house almost 400,000 square feet of office space in uptown Charlotte Real estate. The building is located at 440 South Church Street in uptown Charlotte. According to the Charlotte Business Journal, the building will be applying to become a green building from an organization that certifies these things. This is actually the building I just blogged about a few weeks … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: New school bought land in Charlotte NC
- 03/07/09 03:13 PM
Primrose School has bought a bunch of land in South West Charlotte, according to the Business Journal. It bought it from a developer who has started a mixed use project in the area. It highlights some of the great growth that has happened in Southwest Charlotte NC Real Estate over the past few years. Primrose schools are an accredited early childhood development preschools. They already have a school near Park Crossing, which is very close to Quail Hollow Country Club. Quail Hollow will be the scene of the golf tournament that I just finished posting about. Primrose says they are more … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: Robin Williams wowed the crowd in Charlotte
- 02/28/09 03:52 PM
Robin Williams gave a performance in Charlotte NC on his stand up comedy tour. The performance featured jokes that were unexpectedly local. The Charlotte Observer said that he included a lot of material about Charlotte and it's NASCAR museum and a lot of other local current events. Huh. Robin isn't the type of comedian everyone likes when he does stand up. There are a lot of people who wouldn't take them home to meet their mother. But, that's okay. I thought that it was interesting that he used so much local material because as I understood it, stand up comics usually … (4 comments)
nc real estate agents: Raptor Center in Charlotte NC
- 02/28/09 03:10 PM
On the west side of town in Latta Plantation Park, there is a center that takes care of birds. It is dedicated to envirnmental preservation and providing education about birds of prey and their habitat. This may seem weird, but this center is located inside the city. It kind of tells you how suburban and green Charlotte the city is. When you fly into the city from somewhere more urban, you really see the difference. The raptor center is a favorite place for elementary and middle schools to send their children for field trips. They provide a home to a variety … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: Winter Storm in Charlotte, Huh?
- 02/28/09 02:57 PM
Forcasters are predicting six inches of snow for Sunday in Charlotte NC during the day and some at night. It might make for a snowy drive on Monday in a place where many people are not used to snow and ice. Many of you northerners out there might think that being unfamiliar with snow and ice is a good thing. You would probably be right. It also makes snow and ice much more special when it does come. But it is funny here because when there is snow and ice, it seems like everyone in Charlotte rushes to the grocery store … (1 comments)
nc real estate agents: Jonas Brothers Come to Charlotte NC movie theater
- 02/28/09 02:48 PM
I read in the Charlotte Observer today that the Jonas Brothers, the ubiquitous musical group that is taking America by storm, visited a bunch of movie theaters to promote their new movie this weekend. They stopped by Regal Cinemas in Stonecrest, near Pineville and Ballantyne. Nick, Joe and Kevin are surprising all kinds of people this weekend on their tour, which will take them all over the place on a private jet. They are met by screaming teenagers wherever they go. They only jumped out of their car for a second before jumping back in and heading off to Atlanta. They … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: Quail Hollow Golf Tournament
- 02/28/09 02:33 PM
I just heard some great news. The annual golf tournament that is held at Quail Hollow Golf Country Club in Charlotte NC, will go on as planned. The tournament was up in the air because Wachovia was one of the banks that failed in 2008. It was bought by Wells Fargo quickly after a haggle with Citibank. There was some question whether it would be called the Wachovia championship as it has been for the past bunch of years. That has been cleared up now because it is going to be called the Quail Hollow Golf Championship. Wells Fargo said it … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: Pasta and Provisions carbs up Charlotte
- 02/21/09 03:56 PM
So let's say you're doing a 5k next week and really want to eat as much carbohydrates as you possbily can, but you don't want to just eat any old pasta. Pasta and Provisions, in the Elizabeth neighborhood is the place to do it. It's one of the stores that makes that neighborhood in Charlotte NC sing. Pasta and Provisions is a family owned grocery that stocks high end pasta products and makes their own pasta. If you've never had fresh pasta, you have to try it sometime. Not only does it cook in a few minutes, but it really different … (10 comments)
nc real estate agents: Poetry Slam at the Mint Museum in Charlotte
- 02/21/09 03:35 PM
This free event is at Charlotte's Mint Museum. The Museum used to be Charlotte's Mint, a building built to press gold into coinage because of the huge amount of gold mined in the Charlotte area in the city's early days. It is located close to downtown in the Myers Park area. The poetry slam will be Feb. 26 and fill feature poets performing their art. Like with most art, it might not be for everyone. The language and themes may not be apppropriate for some people or children. The event will feature a group of poets called the Concrete Generation poets … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: Charlotte Symphony offers variety
- 02/21/09 03:07 PM
The Charlotte Symphony is a professional orchestra in the city that plays orchestral music for everyone to enjoy. They also sponsor a pops schedule that brings a variety of popular music to the city that everyone can enjoy. Ok, well maybe not your 13 year old. But everyone else can enjoy some good clean music. People who have come in the past as part of the pops program have been the Smothers Brothers, a fixture on network television, once upon a time. The duo brought their stage show to charlotte and the symphony lent them a hand promoting the show. The … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: Bobcats arena has a great scoreboard
- 02/21/09 02:22 PM
The Charlotte Bobcats, the professional basketball team in Charlotte built a new stadium in 2005 when they started their first season. The scoreboard in the arena was, at the time, the most advanced scoreboard technologically in use at a baskeball stadium. The thing weighs 80,000 pounds. All those flat screen high definition monitors probably weigh less than what a cathode ray tube equivalent would weigh, but still weigh a lot. It has a larger video screen and more advanced electronics in it than anyone else. The video screens are higher resolution than any arena in the country. When you think about … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: Julius Peppers is leaving the panthers
- 02/21/09 02:02 PM
Unfortunately, one of the Panther's best players and someone who has been the face of the team for seven years looks like he is finally on his way out. Julius Peppers has made everyone aware that he doesn't want to stay in Charlotte anymore. The sports columnist at the Charlotte Observer, one of the newspapers in Charlotte that he might just be wanting to take a risk. I have blogged about Julius a few times since he announced he wanted to leave. He is from eastern North Carolina and went to Chapel Hill. Maybe he just realized that he is a … (0 comments)
nc real estate agents: Les Lankhorst is back, jack
- 02/21/09 01:48 PM
The guy who playe Frank Sinatra is back on tour with a new show called Red, Hot and Swing that is due to end tomorrow at the Blumenthal Performing arts center. He's coming to Charlotte to do his show at the uptown performing arts venue in the heart of Charlotte's business and cultural district. The show will be at the Booth Playhouse, which is a small and intimate venue that can change shapes and sizes. It's like the movie Transformers. It has a stage that can acta as a normal stage, but the stage can be modified to accomodate a theater … (0 comments)
Charlotte and Mecklenburg county have come together to issue the Fit City Challenge in Charlotte NC.
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