Its CIAA time, once again.

Those two stories will play themselves out thousands of times in the next few days. Its a year's worth of signifying condensed in five days. This is year five I think and its has lost much of its luster for me. I will lose no sleep when it finally leaves Charlotte someday. You heard it first for me. I have been to better parties for half the price and hype. I guess its fueled by the droves of Charlotteans who finally come out of hiding for maybe once out of the entire year. Let me restate that the "black professionals" that come out very seldomly. Many of which are sited enjoying Charlotte nightlife the way Big Foot was pictured in the Pacific Northwest.

Good for some, not for all