We are back home again after a quick trip to Charlotte. Can I tell you how much I love Charlotte?
I LOVE CHARLOTTE!!!
“Why?” you might wonder.
Because there is so much to do there: great restaurants, bars, theaters, sports venues, and museums to name a few.
This trip, in addition to eating some of our favorite things (chicken and waffles, oysters on the half shell), hearing some great music (Jewel and Melissa Etheridge), and catching a show (Girl from the North Country – with music by Bob Dylan), we visited a fantastic little museum. The Mint Museum Uptown houses the internationally renowned Craft + Design collection as well as outstanding collections of American and contemporary art. I thoroughly enjoyed the exhibits, and there was such an incredible array of them! Here are some of my favorites:
Wolf Crest Hat, Preston Singletary (a member of the Tlingit tribe, the artist created this bowl with its distinctive crest representing in animal form the supernatural being that confers specific privileges upon the family group; turn the bowl upside down and it takes the form of a Northwest Coast Native American hat, which were woven from spruce roots and painted with crest designs)
Which ones did you like?
The exhibits change, so if you are anywhere near the city, don’t miss a visit to the Mint Museum! And if you are there around lunchtime (or dinner time), there are two fantastic French restaurants close by – La Belle Helene and Coquette. The food at both is fantastique!
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