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Best Ways to Celebrate your 40th Birthday, Charlotte 2022 Edition

Mar 21, 2022 | scoop team

All birthdays are an excuse to celebrate. It is the one day of the year we can call our own, and what better reason to celebrate with friends and family than another year of creating memories with them? What’s an even bigger reason to celebrate? Those milestone birthdays, particularly the big 4-0. After the isolation […]


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Party Pics are BACK!! Photos from Recent Galas & Events.

Mar 18, 2022 | scoop team

Yellowstone Winter WonderMint on Saturday, February 26 Members of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and their guests brought out their best Yellowstone themed attire for this annual fundraiser for the Mint Museum. Cowboy Chic was in full force at the Collector’s Room; read more about the party in our post here. The HEARTest Yard “Un-Gala” Event […]


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We Examine the Luxury Home Market in Charlotte

Mar 4, 2022 | scoop team

The Queen City is full of dream-worthy homes with impeccable landscaping in the city’s most sought-after areas. Charlotte’s luxury home market, much like other price brackets, is booming. What’s a luxury home? It’s hard to define exactly and varies greatly among neighborhoods, but a general rule is somewhere in the range of $460 to $600 […]


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Here’s Your Spring Break 2022 Reading List

Mar 1, 2022 | Ashley Kaufman

Whether you escape to the beach or your porch this spring, you deserve to book some time for fun and relaxation. Get into vacation mode with the latest books to hit the shelves, including a thought-provoking and funny guide to life, page-turning historical fiction novels and chilling thrillers. We dropped by Park Road Books and […]


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Don’t Miss the “In the Company of Women” Breakfast in Charlotte

Feb 12, 2022 | scoop team

In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Isabella Santos Foundation is hosting two days of breakfast panels to gather exceptional and influential women of Charlotte who will share what inspires them in their work and among their community. Many of our favorite local entrepreneurs and tastemakers will be panelists, sharing their business and life experiences. […]


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Girl Up. How to Celebrate Galentines 2022 in Charlotte

Jan 28, 2022 | Veronica LeMaster

Ladies, it’s that time of year when we gather to celebrate nothing other than being female. For some, it’s about being single, for others, it’s about celebrating your girls. No matter what, Galentine’s Day is our favorite fake holiday of the year. This year, Galentine’s is on a Sunday ~ it is officially celebrated every […]


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Celebrating Six Months of Women of CLT

Jan 19, 2022 | scoop team

Please help us celebrate the 6-month anniversary of @womenofclt — scoopcharlotte’s sister site where we profile the Women of Charlotte. Who’s a Woman of Charlotte? She’s a strong, ultra-focused, running-circles-around-the-rest kinda girl. She’s from all walks of life. She’s bold. She’s brave. She’s seen some stuff. And she’s doing spectacular things in CLT. Follow @womenofclt […]


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Books to Gift This Holiday Season

Nov 21, 2021 | Ashley Kaufman

If your holiday shopping list includes friends and family who have everything, wrap up some of the latest books to surprise them this season. And remember to pick up a few reads to keep you entertained during the holidays, along with Hallmark Christmas movies of course. The hottest new releases include a prescient novel by […]


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Small Town Living: What’s It Like to Live in Waxhaw?

Oct 24, 2021 | scoop team

Just down Providence Road over the Union County border is a once-sleepy town that’s experienced exponential growth in the past few years. Waxhaw, NC has seen its population spike 93% since 2010. And for good reason — this charming small town has plenty to offer. In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the town added a dozen […]


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Support Black-Owned Businesses in Charlotte for Black History Month and Every Month

Oct 10, 2021 | scoop team

February is Black History Month, a celebration of all the contributions of Black Americans throughout history. Started in 1926 as a weeklong event celebrated the second week in February to coincide with the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, now the entire month of February is designated as a time to time […]


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Meet Verse & Vino’s Best-Selling Authors and Get A Sneak Peek into Their Books

Oct 1, 2021 | scoop team

What’s your favorite book? There are as many answers as there are people! From a cookbook to a murder mystery, historical non-fiction to dramatic science fiction. Your reading list is probably different from your best friend, your spouse, even those in your book club. The good news is at this year’s Verse & Vino, there […]



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