You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone…
Think about all the things you’ve been missing lately. Things like sending your children off to school, hugging your senior parents, getting your hair cut, having a drink out with your friends, watching current sports events… all of those things that you...
Women Owned Businesses: Small and Mighty
It’s International Women’s Day, and I want to give a shout-out to Greensboro’s independent women business owners. The proliferation of small, women-owned businesses in the neighborhoods of Greensboro…particularly in downtown, has been...
35 Years of FRESH Coffee Beans
Thirty five years in business? No way!! For thirty five years The Extra Ingredient has been the go-to shop for outstanding customer experience in Friendly Shopping Center, and throughout Greensboro and the Triad. Surviving the competition from brands like Williams...Farewell to Some of our Favorites
As 2019 comes to an end, I want to mention some of the locally owned businesses that closed their doors for the last time in 2019. If I leave out one of your favorites, please let me know and I’ll add to the post. Sometimes the last day of business is a...
Buy Local Season
The independent business owners that I know stake a lot on the last forty-five days of the year. If their sales are lackluster, they might not have enough in the bank to “keep the doors open” for another year. So they get creative…offering everything...A bit about me…
Luck Davidson
Localist & Blogger
I arrived in Greensboro, North Carolina more than twenty years ago. After growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, I spent time in Massachusetts, DC, and New York (city and suburbs). Somehow I always envisioned living somewhere “down South,” and when my youngest child was six months old, my vision started to fall into place.
From the moment I moved here, I have LOVED calling North Carolina “home”.
My city, my state, and my Southern roots are a huge part of who I am. I have a passion for exploring the local businesses in my community. The coffee shops, the bookstores, the farmers markets, the dive-bars, othe art, the music…finding local color is a never-ending, joyful experience for me. Being able to easily travel to so many nearby great places helps make road tripping and exploring my favorite pastime. 
Weekend driving trips are second only to learning everything about what is in my own back yard. Greensboro and the Triad are growing and changing and renewing in a way that no one would have predicted two decades ago.
Sometimes I explore with friends, and sometimes I go solo. Having my grown up children in Raleigh and San Francisco has given me a great window into those destinations. And I still have my Dad in Atlanta and friends far and wide who have been great guides to the best of local where they live.
Lincoln, the rescue dog, has been my sidekick for the past year. He’s always up for an adventure.
This year, I am taking more time to learn about unique people, small business ventures, and history that make local life fascinating. This is your invitation to join me and to be a localist wherever you go– even if that is just to another neighborhood in the city where you live. Please email me with your suggestions for people and places to visit for #SoLocalLife!