Happy Holidays!

Andrea Rodgers and her mother searching for the perfect Christmas tree.

I am heading home to Shelby, North Carolina for the holidays. I hope that my readers have a wonderful holiday next week with their family and friends! Life is short, and we never know how much time we have left with those we love, so please treasure your visits this year!

I have some exciting things in store for 2009 including coverage of some of the most exclusive inaugural events in town! I also have a big surprise coming right before the new year!

If you haven’t already purchased your ticket or VIP table for Miss A’s New Year’s Eve Party at Tattoo Bar, please do so! The cost of a General Admission ticket is only $50, and Rockstar Admission is $100 and includes open bar. VIP tables start at a $700 minimum for 8 people. A 20% deposit will be placed on your credit card when you reserve your table and will be deducted from your final bill on New Year’s Eve. Only 100 General Admission tickets will be sold, and everyone will receive champagne at midnight! Hope to see you then!

(Pictured top right: Webbley, more commonly known today as the O. Max Gardner House, was the home of one of North Carolina’s most prominent 20th-century public leaders. A key figure of the State’s famous “Shelby Dynasty,” Oliver Max Gardner enjoyed a distinguished career that included service as State senator, lieutenant governor and governor from 1929 to 1933.; center left: Carriage ride around the Court Square. That “Main Street” feel still exists in Shelby; bottom right: Cleveland County Courthouse.) 

Happy Holidays,

- Miss A