Meat Pies and Music Connections
Seek out an eatery that serves a particular community and you're likely to get two rewards. One is authentic, down-home food. The other is a glimpse of the community events that bring people together.
The Video Talkback Booth
My internship working with the "Changing Places" exhibit has been enlightening so far. For the past three months, I've scoured through footage from the exhibit's video talkback booth in order to find significant clips from museum visitors. The video talkback booth is an interactive station in the "Changing Places" exhibit that allows museum guests to answer a number of questions about how the transformation of the Charlotte region has affected them. Predictably, the responses have run the gamut from positive to negative. Some guests embrace the influx of newcomers wholeheartedly, while others are noticeably irritated by what they see as an invasion of their city by immigrants from across the globe, as well as transplants from the rest of the United States (New York and New Yorkers seem to always be in the mix).
For me personally, the video talkback booth is fascinating to maintain and update. I am paid to sit in my dark office with a pair of puffy headphones and listen to the concerns, hopes, and fears of complete strangers. What makes the job even more appealing is that the subject matter is important and interesting. If I was in charge of a video talkback booth where folks discussed the advantages and disadvantages of adhesive hooks, I'd be less inclined to show up for work. (I had a job in college conducting phone surveys about the benefits and downfalls of adhesive hooks that sometimes took forty-five minutes to complete . . . seriously).
Food from the Mountains Coming Soon?
So a couple of Sundays ago I was exploring around Matthews and Stallings, right? Yep, that's how exciting my weekends are. Anyway, I came upon this restaurant called Kavkaz, with a picture of mountains on the sign, and a big banner saying "Coming Soon."
