Taylor Bowler

Charlotte

Managing Editor at Charlotte Parent Magazine

Lifestyle Editor at Charlotte Magazine

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Articles

A Touching Home Office Redesign in Montibello

5 days ago | charlottemagazine.com | Taylor Bowler

Margaret Donaldson resuscitates a storied space Margaret Donaldson, founder of Charleston-based MDI Luxury Design, has completed projects throughout the Carolinas for 35 years. One of her longtime clients first hired MDI to renovate her Kiawah Island beach house. A few years later, they did her family’s mountain house. After the client lost her husband to a lengthy illness, she hired MDI to redesign her main home, in Charlotte’s Montibello neighborhood.
The Grove Creates Community For Working Parents

1 week ago | charlottemagazine.com | Taylor Bowler

Stephanie Muhs and her husband moved from Brooklyn to Charlotte five years ago, when she was pregnant with their second child. Muhs was a senior events manager at 1stDibs, an online marketplace for luxury goods. Before that, she had a similar role at Town & Country magazine. “We had to decide if we were going to do New York forever or take that leap,” she says.
Springclean Combines Fashion, Creativity, and Sustainability

2 weeks ago | charlottemagazine.com | Taylor Bowler

Inside CT Anderson's nonprofit fashion boutique CT Anderson was interested in sustainability long before it became a corporate buzzword. “Caring for people and the planet is just who I am and how I think,” she says. “I created a career that didn’t exist. Now people have Ph.D.s in sustainable finance.”As founder of Springclean, a nonprofit fashion boutique that sells vintage and upcycled clothing, she’s diverted more than 6,000 pounds of textiles from landfills.
Do Women Have A Shot In The Spirits Industry?

2 weeks ago | charlottemagazine.com | Taylor Bowler

Back in February, Christa Csoka invited me to Women of Whiskey, a monthly dinner series she hosts at Artisan’s Palate, her restaurant, gallery, and wine bar in NoDa. I’ve never been a whiskey drinker (unless it’s in a mint julep at a Kentucky Derby party), but Csoka puts on a stellar event—and she’s a cheerleader for women in the culinary arts.
ROOM WE LOVE: Anchors Away!

3 weeks ago | charlotteparent.com | Taylor Bowler

“I’m not a regular general contractor,” says Mark Aymer, owner of Aymer Luxury Building and Design. “I don’t just seek out kitchens and bathrooms. I’m a unique builder.” It’s why his clients hired him to build a 34-foot-long pirate ship for their two children around the oak tree on their Lansdowne property. It was unlike any project Aymer had ever taken on; a standard kitchen remodel typically takes him about 12 weeks, and this took him a year to complete.
GO. PLAY. SEE.: 4 Fun Things to Experience in Charlotte This Month

4 weeks ago | charlotteparent.com | Taylor Bowler

CELEBRATE JUNETEENTHHead to Plaza Midwood between June 12 and 15 for Juneteenth Festival of the Carolinas. Activities include a youth culture camp, a drum circle, a gospel fest, craft workshops, music, performances, food, a marketplace, and more. Events are open to all ages and free to attend. JAM OUT TO KIDZ BOP KIDZ BOP returns to PNC Music Pavilion on June 21 with the Certified BOP Tour.
Mazi Rides The Mediterranean Wave Into South End

1 month ago | charlottemagazine.com | Taylor Bowler

A few years ago, new Italian restaurants were springing up all over Charlotte. Now, it seems, Mediterranean cuisine is the next big food trend. Fast-casual chains like Zoës Kitchen, now owned by former rival Cava, have already tapped into America’s appetite for fresh, healthy options. So have local and regional chains like Mezeh and Yafo Kitchen. In the past two years, Limani, Chapter 6, Yassou Greek, and Albertine have all joined Charlotte’s growing roster of upscale Mediterranean eateries.
DESIGN: A Speakeasy-Inspired Living Room in Myers Park

1 month ago | charlottemagazine.com | Taylor Bowler

Brooke Adler’s clients invited her to see their new Myers Park home the day they closed on the property. Adler remembers the first floor having no dimension, color, or lighting and describes the living room as “a cold, white box.” The 3,300-square-foot house also had a family room adjacent to the kitchen, so the homeowners wanted this space to be an adults-only area. “This was the husband’s room,” Adler says. “The dining room was her space to play, and the living room was his.
To Avoid Surgery, She Created The Whole Hope

1 month ago | charlottemagazine.com | Taylor Bowler

Hope Skouras was just 17 and a rising senior at Charlotte Latin School when she began to experience severe abdominal pain. She saw a range of specialists who tested her for acid reflux, ulcers, and celiac disease. “The last thing I was told was, if I got a colonoscopy, and it showed nothing, I would be sent to a psychiatrist,” she says. But that colonoscopy revealed Crohn’s disease, a chronic, inflammatory bowel disease that affects the lining of the digestive tract.
This American Airlines Pilot is Often Mistaken For a Flight Attendant

1 month ago | charlottemagazine.com | Taylor Bowler

Anna Julian Lucke doesn’t have a professional headshot or corporate profile, and her digital footprint is miniscule. She’s exceedingly modest about her chosen profession, but when most people learn what she does for a living, the response is generally something to the effect of, “That is so cool.”Lucke (pronounced “Luke-ee”), 47, is a first officer for American Airlines. It’s even cooler when you consider this: Women make up just 5% of the world’s airline pilots.

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