Charlotte - The Delaplaine 2017 Long Weekend Guide: Long Weekend Guides

By Andrew Delaplaine

A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in the Queen City. Delaplaine’s father lived in Charlotte for 25 years, so he knows the city quite well.  

“I’d been through the airport a hundred times before I ever had a chance to spend 2 days in Charlotte. This book was just fine for me.”

--- Fred G, online reviewer, Seattle
 

“I think Charlotte is one of the undiscovered jewels of the South.” ---Johnny R., Macon

You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide.

=LODGINGS (in several parts of Atlanta) variously priced

=FINE & BUDGET RESTAURANTS, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found. 

=PRINCIPAL ATTRACTIONS -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you.

=A handful of interesting SHOPPING ideas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gramercy Park Press
• Release date: Sep 19, 2016
• ISBN: 9781536579598

Andrew Delaplaine

Delaplaine lives on South Beach, Miami’s Billion Dollar Sandbar. He writes in widely varied fields: screenplays, novels (adult and juvenile) and journalism. He also has a series of Long Weekend Guides covering some 50 cities around the world. Email: [e-mail] He writes several series: The “JACK HOUSTON ST. CLAIR” political thriller novels. “THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IV,” a series of novels starring the great-great-grandson of the famous consulting detective. “THE ANNALS OF SANTOPIA” series, an epic that follows a Santa born in 1900 through to his death 82 years later. The AMOS FREEMAN police thrillers. Other novels: “The Trap Door” follows a boy who is taken back in time to 1594 and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. “The Meter Maid Murders,” a comic look at a detective trying to nab a serial killer on South Beach who only murders meter maids. Has written and directed three features (one doc, two narrative features), as well as several short films and won several awards for his film work. (See imdb.com for details).  His latest film, “Meeting Spencer,” starring Jeffrey Tambor, won the prestigious Milan International Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.  DELAPLAINE’S “LONG WEEKEND” GUIDES These no-nonsense guides contain Delaplaine’s recommendations and advice for travelers visiting these places for 3 or 4 days. As "The Food Enthusiast," he writes a series of restaurants guides, updated annually. He has no hobbies.

Book preview

CHARLOTTE

The Delaplaine

2017

Long Weekend Guide

Andrew Delaplaine

NO BUSINESS HAS PAID A SINGLE PENNY OR GIVEN ANYTHING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK.

A list of the author’s other travel guides, as well as his political thrillers and titles for children, can be found at the end of this book.

Senior Editors - Renee & Sophie Delaplaine

Senior Writer - James Cubby

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Chapter 1 – WHY CHARLOTTE?

Chapter 2 – WHERE TO STAY

Chapter 3 – WHERE TO EAT

Chapter 4 – NIGHTLIFE

Chapter 5 – WHAT TO SEE & DO

Chapter 6 –  SHOPPING & SERVICES

Chapter 1

WHY CHARLOTTE?

A very good question. What’s so special about this place, you might ask? This is entirely understandable if you don’t know anything about the town. (My father lived there for 25 years, so I know a bit about it.)

The place has just exploded over the last few years, expanding massively in terms of population diversity and outside investment. It’s come a long way since it was characterized by George Washington as a trifling place when he visited as president.

Since the Queen City (it’s named for Queen Charlotte, George III’s wife) did not suffer destruction during the Civil War, unlike so many other Southern cities, Charlotte was able to get a head start on the rest of the South because of its central location and importance as a railroad hub.

The Northern carpetbaggers