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House of bargains

Furnishing a home with secondhand items keeps your costs down – and you don't have to sacrifice style.

Amy Philipp was eager for a change when she and her family traded their classic Cotswold ranch for a funkier mid-century modern home three streets down last year. Out went Philipp's traditional upholstered furniture, the pine armoire, the formal living and dining room sets. Slideshow

TRAVEL

  • S.C. halts campaign to promote gay travel

    Gay advocates criticize state's stance as the worker who OK'd the ad resigns.

    A London ad campaign meant to promote South Carolina to gay tourists has caused quite a stir on this side of the pond.

STYLE

  • Sneaker freaks

    Their love is sole-deep for new lines, the flashier the better.

    It's a sunny Saturday morning and 15 guys are lined up outside Black Sheep Skate Shop, a skateboard and clothing boutique in South End.

HEALTH AND FAMILY

  • Exercise plummets for teens

    Researchers used gadgets to track activity and found 90 percent of 9-year-olds get two hours' worth. Three percent of 15-year-olds do.

    One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do.

FAITH

  • Fables that fuel the life of faith

    N.C. seminary professor turns stories from sermons into a book

    It all began with a simple sentence at the top of the page – “I saw a red wagon rolling down a hill.”

Pop-up art

Evelyn Norman delights in umbrellas – some 200 of them.

Evelyn Norman's love affair with umbrellas happened quite by accident.

CAROLINA PEOPLE | Their faces, Their stories

She lost a Mazda but gained a pink Cadillac

Twenty-six years ago, Kathy Helou of Cornelius tried to win a new Mazda GLC as a contestant on “The Price is Right.”

Amy Baldwin | Living Here

Amy Baldwin | Living Here

Got tickets? How to find the right theater

I recently bought tickets for “Avenue Q,” a musical I loved on Broadway that's coming to the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center this month. In the process, I remembered one of my newcomer goofs – showing up 10 minutes before showtime at the wrong theater.

•  Blog: New Around Town

FOOD

  • The Sainted Cookie?

    Savor every bite of this heavenly chocolate chip recipe

    Too bad sainthood is not generally conferred on bakers. There is one who is a candidate for canonization.

STEPPIN' OUT

Black Tie | Scene and Heard

Photos from area parties: Fund-raisers, awards dinners and auctions.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

COLUMNS AND BLOGS

Amy Baldwin | Living Here

Amy Baldwin | Living Here

Got tickets? How to find the right theater

I recently bought tickets for “Avenue Q,” a musical I loved on Broadway that's coming to the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center this month. In the process, I remembered one of my newcomer goofs – showing up 10 minutes before showtime at the wrong theater.

•  Blog: New Around Town

Tim Funk

Tim Funk

Pick a pulpit: Right-wing or off-beat

Gas prices got you staying put this summer? Looking for something to do that's more spiritually stimulating than a dip in the pool?

Tracy Curtis

Tracy Curtis

Used is cool, unless it's my new coffeepot

I've heard of “Deja Brew” – the feeling that you've had this coffee before. And now I'm introducing Deja Brewed – the feeling that your coffeepot's been used before.

Nancy Brachey

Nancy Brachey

Russian sage can soar, but not if soggy

Q. I was in Santa Fe and fell in love with Russian sage. Will it grow well here, and who would carry it?


• Q&A: Ask Nancy Brachey a question
BLOG | If the Shoe Fits

Kathleen Purvis

Kathleen Purvis

List of 50 receives additions

How did I come up with last week's list of 50 things that define the flavor of Charlotte?


BLOG | New Around Town

Karen Garloch

Karen Garloch

Foe of robots takes a new view

At 83, Dr. Francis Robicsek has traveled the world and seen a lot of things.

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