Queen City Heat Wave
Temperatures are hitting triple digits, leaving Charlotte baking and broiling. How hot is it?
It’s so hot …
… Charlotte’s local Tea Party changed its name to the Iced Tea Party.
… Curt Walton has declared Ray’s Splash Planet an Extraordinary Event zone.
… the Bobcats are trading Kemba Walker to New Orleans for a round of frozen Margaritas.
It’s so hot …
… it makes Dumont Clarke and Warren Cooksey look cool.
… the Queen Charlotte and Capt. Jack statues both have pit stains.
… uptown’s Disco Chicken laid a fried egg.
It’s so hot …
… Chiquita wants an economic development grant to open a chain of frozen banana carts uptown.
… geese at Freedom Park come in “original recipe” and “extra crispy.”
… school board chair Ericka Ellis-Stewart is kiting checks to buy a plane ticket to Alaska.
… the City Council froze its tax rate to get some relief.
… NoDa has lost its perpetual cool.
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