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I Love the Beach

By HA On July 13, 2018 · Add Comment
The Grand Strand is full of history, starting more than 500 years ago when the area was inhabited by Waccamaw Indians. Colonists formed Prince George Parish in 1730. Plans for Georgetown were made and it became the center of America’s colonial rice empire; a stable food for the colonies. Prior to the Civil War, plantation [...]
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GREASE is the Word

By HA On June 10, 2018 · Add Comment
Central Piedmont Community College Summer Theater has another stellar season underway. The first show of the season is running at Halton Theatre at CPCC…the famous, 75 year old Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma and it is a showstopper. Final performances are this weekend. The beauty of this production is the 34 member cast. When they hit [...]
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The National Gourd lady

By HA On May 17, 2018 · Add Comment
I found this among my old collection of business cards. It’s about 40 years old and belonged to Margaret (Sparky) Sparkman, the famous National Gourd Lady of trade shows and festivals. She sold artistically designed gourds decorated as animals, figurines, or soup ladles. Sparky saw a character in every plant she grew. She was so [...]
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Ghost of Dean and DeLuca

By HA On April 13, 2018 · Add Comment
A store didn’t just close. Somebody killed excellence. When they lock the doors of a place you go into almost daily, you ask, “Hey, what’s up?” The response I got was, “They didn’t pay their lease for months and the place was shut down”…??? You don’t shut down the Taj Mahal of delis. DEAN & [...]
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Attitude is Everything

By HA On April 7, 2018 · Add Comment
I’ve passed this couple walking on Sharon Road near South Park about 50 times. It’s their daily routine at about 10am. Every time I go by, I chuckle at her silly hat with the feathers sticking up. When the weather’s fair, they go out for a 2 or 3 mile walk. This time I couldn’t [...]
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Boats Have a Soul

By HA On January 3, 2018 · Add Comment
I love boats. Almost anything you do in or on a boat is fun. They fascinate me, but I don’t want one. I just don’t have the mechanical or electronic skills to keep one running. Not to mention navigation — I’m sure I would end up in Bermuda when my destination was Murrells Inlet. Boats [...]
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JP Reunion Lunch Fall 2017

By HA On October 18, 2017 · Add Comment
You know how important it is to stay connected to your past. WBTV Studios & WBT have been media institutions in Charlotte since 1922 for the radio and 1949 for TV. Many employees worked in the company for 20+ years starting back in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. The company was owned by Jefferson Pilot [...]
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“Miracle on the Hudson” in CLT

By HA On September 28, 2017 · Add Comment
The Carolinas Aviation Museum is one of the best kept secrets in Charlotte. The newest, most popular attraction is the US Airways plane, Flight 1549, that crashed into the Hudson River on January 15, 2009 headed to Charlotte. It’s on full dented display at the museum. When I walked into the big hangar I stared [...]
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Remembering Jay

By HA On September 8, 2017 · Add Comment
Another page in our life story has turned…Jay Thomas (July 12, 1948 – August 24, 2017) died of cancer at age 69. I knew the guy pretty well. He made large radio tracts in the Queen City before Murphy in the Morning arrived and I believe Jay came after Jack Gayle in the morning. When [...]
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Tourist in My Own Town

By HA On September 1, 2017 · 2 Comments
I had lunch in uptown Charlotte the other day — 32nd floor at the City Club. I don’t go downtown very often and truthfully, it feels like another world…a different culture: everybody walks fast, the men don’t wear neckties, and the women wear tight pants and snazzy shoes. But the restaurants are abundant and GOOD. [...]
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