What’s not to like? More than 150,000 people spend the first weekend of June in downtown Charlotte, reveling in music, crafts, kids’ activities and, of course, food — some 100 samples of “tastes” from 30-plus Charlotte restaurants. The festival has grown over its eight-year history to become one of North Carolina’s largest food and arts festivals. Admission is free, food is plentiful (and so is the beer and wine, “at the Tavern on the Taste”), and the people-watching is sublime, rain or shine.
The World Can't Wait
Grief propels one mother toward activism
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A MOTHER STANDS UP: Nadia McCaffrey has fought to find out the truth about the death of her son, Sgt. Patrick McCaffrey.
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MAKING THE BEST OF WAR: In this photo, taken about 40 minutes before his death, Sgt. Patrick McCaffrey holds flowers given to him by Iraqi children.
