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eeing the sights on the South Charlotte scene. That's what we've been up to for the last few weeks. And what a world of sights Charlotte has to offer! From the unique and desirable luxury home market of South Park to the booming arts culture in South (That's me on the left.) End to the dedicated work our residents consistently put into growing and strengthening our community, South Charlotte is overflowing with reasons both natives and newcomers can't get enough. In light of such inspiration, we've made it the mission of S outh Charlotte Lifestyle to capture and share the best of the best in our area. This includes the area's newest hot spots, trends in fashion and design, local artist spotlights, innovative developments in business, and, most importantly, you! South Charlotte Lifestyle is driven by our mantra, "Inspired by Community." You are our most important feature and we welcome and encourage input from our neighbors and readers. Send us your stories, photos, and feedback as often as you like. We'd love to hear from you! In this inaugural issue, we've put together a series of stories that give you a taste of what you can find just down the block or around the corner. We'll introduce you to the vibrant and moving work of artist Patricia Sabree, take you out for one of Dogwood Southern Table's finest cocktails, and give you an inside look at the superior craftsmanship and service of Winnie Couture, an upscale bridal boutique off Selwyn in South Park. You'll also read about trends in travel, find out what's happening with your local charities and how you can get involved, and check out what's happening in the month of April in our Lifestyle Calendar. On behalf of our Publisher, George Zorrilla, and myself, I would like to thank our contributors and community of supporters for making this process enjoyable and enriching. We are so excited to have this opportunity to offer something back to our wonderful community and can only hope to add to the positive vibe our neighbors and partners have created here in South Charlotte.
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Lifestyle Calendar
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Parting Thoughts
14 Dogwood Southern Tables
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16 Fit for a Queen (City)
Check out South Park's thriving real estate market.
20 A Painters Tale
How local artist, Patricia Sabree, shares her Southern story.
24 Get the Gown
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Around Town
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LEADERSHIP CHARLOTTE HONORS OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY LEADERS Garmon-Brown, Brunnick, Yi, Richardson and Promising Pages 2016 Legacy Award recipients Charlotte, N.C., February 10, 2016 – Leadership Charlotte honors individuals and organizations that have stepped up to make an impact in the Charlotte community at the 32nd Annual Leadership Charlotte Legacy Awards. Award recipients represent the ideals, values and service skills that Leadership Charlotte strives to instill through its programs.
munity leadership. This program is open to newcomers to Charlotte
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friends and family of the award recipients and local business leaders
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can make a difference in our community. What participants say about ENCOUNTER Charlotte: "Encounter Charlotte gave me an inside look at Charlotte which allowed me to understand where I fit in and where my talents could be used most." "I grew up in Charlotte and can honestly say that I was flooded with information that I never knew in this amazing one day ENCOUNTER. Would recommend this program not only to newcomers to our city, but to native Charlotteans as well.
To learn more about the awards, the recipients and to purchase tickets, LeadershipCharlotte.org/legacy-awards. About Leadership Charlotte The mission of Leadership Charlotte is to develop and enhance volunteer community leadership by providing a diverse group of emerging and existing leaders with the opportunity to increase their community knowledge, civic network, Photo Credit: Justin White
"To observe a community take shape is one thing, but to become involved and positively impact its development is another. ENCOUNTER Charlotte provides the tools to help participants establish community roots AND to facilitate an individual's aspiration to make a difference." The focus of ENCOUNTER Charlotte is on the seven components of a healthy city. Community leaders representing each of these topics will discuss what is happening in the Charlotte region from their unique perspective, and how it relates to our community at large: •
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Modern Southern Cuisine DOGWOOD SOUTHERN TABLE SOURCES PRODUCTS AND INGREDIENTS LOCALLY ARTICLE CHLOE WATSON | PHOTOGRAPHY DEATRIC SMITH A LiberateYourPalateCLT.com Top Pick
Specials/Events $5 cocktail lab every Wednesday $30 Monday-Friday 3 course meals before 5:30 Off the Bone- Feast atmosphere dinner (Begins March 24) Dogwood has made a name for themselves with their specialty cocktails. 14
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ocated in the heart of South Park, Dogwood Southern Table prides itself on locally sourced food and beverages. The restaurant’s products put a contemporary twist on southern cuisine.
Tim Buchanan, General Manager states, ”We are an upscale, southern, neighborhood restaurant.” Owners, Kim and Jon Dressler, own several other restaurants in the Charlotte area including Dressler’s. Most of the managers in The Dressler’s Restaurant group have been with the company for at least 10 years.
From left to right: Tim Buchanan - Ryan Daugherty - Brittany Kellum - Scott Hollingsworth - Scott Platt.
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Beer at Dogwood is 100% Southern craft beer. Beers are
Dogwood’s dishes are “locally produced,
Twice a month Dogwood hosts a
sourced from as far north as Virginia and as far south as Georgia
regionally inspired.” They work closely with
community supper where the owners
with North Carolina being the main provider.
local farms to source most of their ingredients.
and employees honor farmers, brew-
Dogwood is the go-to bourbon bar in Charlotte. The restau-
“We like for our kitchen staff to be creative as
ers, distillers and artisans at a four-
rant has a bourbon-heavy menu with over 80 different bourbons.
long as they are enjoying creating new things
course dinner. The producers bring
“Bourbon is essential to Southern Cuisine. There are very few
and finding ways to introduce the public to
their families and have dinner with
the local farm scene,” says Buchanan. Their
other people in the community. “It is a
menu changes frequently because it is heav-
great time to introduce the farmer, the
ily affected by what products are in-season.
farmer’s story and the passion for what
places that are bourbon and craft cocktail heavy,” says Brian “The Hammer” Lorusso. Lorusso has worked with the Dressler's for more than ten years and has opened the bars in all of their restaurants. Guest favorites right now are the Salty
Dogwood describes its food as “ele-
Dog and The Old Fashioned. Frequent diners like to choose
vated southern cuisine.” Their signature
they do to our patrons,” says Buchanan.
something at the top of the cocktail menu called, “Barkeeps
dishes are their bacon jam and pimento
Call.” This is when the bartenders create a custom cocktail for
cheese. A dollar from every pimento
“So far, South Park has embraced
each visitor. You choose the liquor and style of drink and let the
cheese appetizer is donated to a charity
us. We appreciate all the love the
barkeep do the rest.
that helps the homeless.
area has shown us,” states Buchanan.
Dogwood Southern Table is doing great in its first year.
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Open House
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Find Your Best Gown at Winnie Couture, A Bridal Boutique in South Park ARTICLE IRIS HUNTER | PHOTOGRAPHY BRIAN JACKSON
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Amber Williams and Manager Lindsay Spears
F
inding the perfect bridal shop can be challenging. However, once you find it you have already won half
the war. Yes, I said war because finding the perfect wedding dress is serious business.
The choices of bridal shops in the Charlotte area are endless, however if you are looking for a shop that provides all of the necessary components to land that perfect gown you need not look any further than Winnie Couture, a full service bridal salon located at 2909 Selwyn Ave in Charlotte that provides exclusive gowns and various accessories to customers. "Winnie's been around since about 2000, but we finally made our way over to the east coast and we are kind of meant to cater to all brides up and down the east coast,” says store manager, Lindsay Spears. The store has only been open for a little over a year, but she is already proud of what the team has accomplished. “I think we’ve put together a really, really great team of stylists that do the best job. They’re very knowledgeable, very professional in the field and in the industry”, she says. There are two different types of collections sold at this location: the Blush Collection and the Diamond Collection. Both collections contain elegant looks, from traditional to modern, and the price for each dress will depend on the collection, the design details as well as CONTINUED how much embellishment is added to the dress.
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WINNIE’S WAY (CON TI N U ED)
When it comes to shopping for a wedding dress many women will choose a dress that is more aligned with their taste, rather than what is actually trending. While there are a plethora of dresses a bride could choose from, today many brides to be are purchasing very specific styles of gowns. “We have found the most popular styles include mermaid silhouettes, textured skirts, dresses with a sleeve or scrap and illusion and plunging necklines and back lines,” says Spears. "Throughout our showroom we feature a variety of different shades and colors. Our diamond collection sample gowns are featured in silk, which comes in one color. We call it diamond white. It's actually more of a medium color, not bright white or super ivory or cream.” Because Winnie is a flagship salon, named after the designer herself, the boutique specializes in a variety of styles and silhouettes. Winnie has created both bridal and celebrity evening wear, including gowns for Kelly Clarkson, Giulianni Rancic, and Helen Hunt. She is a unique designer and has an advantage of creating a better selection of wedding gowns. Winnie was an architect before she was a designer and her focus is on the structure of each gown. Most of them have built in corset and cups, which makes the bride feel more comfortable and secure and helps to insinuate the waist and bust line, according to Spears. Spears adds, “What's unique about Winnie is that she uses the best materials to create the dresses and she works directly with us so that we are able to customize gowns through the ordering process.” "Brides do have the option to customize, which a lot of times at authorized retailers you don't because you have to often times have the approval of certain designers to alter their gowns," Spears notes. The average timeline to custom order a gown is between six to eight months, however this location can get a gown in as little as two months, but this time frame will not include any alterations. If you are not sure what type of gown will be a great fit for you, then a stylist will be happy to assist you with trying out different styles of dresses during a 90 minute consultation. Spears feels that the consultation is very important since most brides have a vision of what type of dress they wanted their whole life, but once they try it on they change their minds after realizing the gown is not a good fit for their body type. Amber Williams, a stylist at Winnie Couture, has been a bridal consultant for nearly four years and enjoys working for the company, especially since she is able to assist women with purchasing their wedding gown and accessories for the special day. “When I walked in I automatically felt special. Even just having my interview I really could feel how much these girls cared for the brides and that’s just so important because it is someone’s special day,” she says. During a consultation with Williams she will chat with you about your budget, but most importantly she will chat with you about your vision so that she can hone in on what you are looking for in your wedding dress and/or your accessories. “It really is a different experience from everywhere else just because we really take it to the next level”, says Williams. She added, “We are taking care of your gown like it’s our sister’s gown or our cousin’s or anybody else’s. 26
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Winnie Couture also offers an online feature where brides to be can save their favorite dresses on their website and an in store stylist will have their dresses ready for them to try on when they arrive for their consultation. “We provide this feature so that we can make the process easier for our customers,” says Williams. If you desire to be elegant, classy and stylish on your wedding day and are wondering how you can “spring into fashion” for your upcoming wedding, ride on down to Winnie Couture or visit their website at WinnieCouture.com to check out their fabulous selection!
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$2,550,000
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$1,650,000
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Foxcroft Road
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$1,435,000
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Forest Park Drive
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$1,375,000
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$1,270,000
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$1,188,000
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Fielding Avenue
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$1,130,000
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$1,160,000
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Lockley Drive
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$1,050,000
95%
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Parting Thoughts
Birds ON A WIRE
KENDRA MATHEWSON
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ne of my dear friends is a painter who sees the world through her amazing artist eyes. When she was the newbie in our neighborhood, her heart was sensitive to how to integrate her family into the community. Driving one day she noticed how birds perched on a telephone wire seemed to choose when to gather, and who to pause with. As she watched the birds sit, and then come and go, those birds spoke to her of how we create community, who we keep counsel with, and even the dynamic nature of the process. She had moved in down the street, and it was my love of her work that initially drew us together. We shared a moment of connection on my front porch steps, and lingered like the birds chatting on the telephone wire, before we flew off back to our hectic lives. Over the years, through working on house projects, painting together, building a club, learning new skills together, cooking meals together, playing cards as couples, we’d pause from the “flights” our lives demanded (me flying around in my minivan and she in her Mini Cooper) to sit like those birds on a wire and talk over tea. This is how we became friends. That is community. That is how community begins and how it grows. These one-on-one connections expand and extend and become a beautiful web of interconnectedness. Through words,
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stories, shared experiences and common interests, we find inspiration to create our communities. My friend’s keen observations became the main theme of a series that has become her signature. The beauty of her Birds on a Wire series, and her reflections on community, have inspired me to embrace and celebrate more the important place it has in our lives. We live in such an individualistic society that our personal empowerment sometimes overshadows the significance of our need for each other. Like the ingredients of an exceptional recipe, or the materials used to construct a quality home, a community is only as good as the people who comprise it. Because the people are who ignite an idea, imagine a future, share an event, take the bull by the horns, see a need and fill it, spread the word about a new business, open their home to new families, bring a meal when there’s an illness, invest in a neighbor or believe in a student, give witness to struggles and celebrate successes. Our magazine is your “wire.” Let us pause to read the stories that have been inspired by our community, to drink in the beautiful photographs that paint the story of us. Email your editor and publisher, or better yet reach out and enjoy a cup of coffee together. Let us stop here in the pages of our publication each month and celebrate like birds on a wire, before we fly off back to our busy lives. You inspire us.
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