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Mocha Mousse
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Gift of Letter Writing
Handwritten notes are great way to show someone you care
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Pantone Color of 2025
Mocha Mousse Article by Liz Brown The Pantone Company, a global leader in color design, selected "Mocha Mousse" as its 26th annual "Color of the Year." The soft brown will serve as inspiration for trends in apparel, accessories, home design, graphic design and more. What is officially designated PANTONE 17-1230 is described as a warm and flavorful brown. The color conjures both the natural world, with its earthy tones, and delectable deliciousness, with its suggestion of cacao, chocolate and...
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Artists at Work
McColl Center celebrates 25 years of cultivating the Charlotte arts Article by Carroll Walton Hugh McColl, former chairman and first CEO of Bank of America, used to drive past an abandoned Presbyterian church at the corner of 11th Street and Tryon near his uptown office. It had been burned down in a fire set by a vagrant trying to get warm one winter night in 1984. As CEO of what was then NationsBank, McColl purchased the land and decided to redevelop it as an urban artist colony, which opened...
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Keeping the Romance Alive
Trope Bookstore introduces Charlotteans to new fiction and, sometimes, each other Article by Cate Stern | Photography by Courtesy of Trope Bookstore Shortly after rekindling her passion for reading, Katie Mitchell discovered The Ripped Bodice, the country's first romance-only bookstore, on Instagram. Inspired, Mitchell introduced Charlotte to its very own romance-only bookstore on wheels, Trope Bookshop, in October 2023. The Green Girl, as Mitchell calls the bus that transports Trope’s...
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Gift of Letter Writing
Handwritten notes are great way to show someone you care Article by Queen City Staff | Photography by Janie Jones There is a lost art in letter writing that I wish to hold onto. In this speedy world where anything can be done lickity-click, a handwritten letter takes time and shows thoughtfulness. Much like a fingerprint, your handwriting- as elegant or clumsy as it may be- is as much a piece of you as the color of your eyes or the sound of your voice. The handwriting of a loved one that has...
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