Who exactly makes up Dine & Opine? The following post will give you a slight introduction to the current members, and a few of those from the past. It appears that we have trouble letting go a few of our members. We have each chosen a piece of art/photography that we think best reflects ourselves and share a tab bit of personal information. We hope you can take a moment and get acquainted with each of us!
Name: Jill
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
Alma Mater: Purdue University
Family Status: Married, 2 kids
Favorite Book: Crime and Punishment
Favorite Local Restaurant: Ilios Noche
Hobbies: Reading, Cooking
Favorite Vacation Spot: Caribbean
- Quote to live by: “Be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours & aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.”
Name: Amy
Hometown: Auburn, MA
Alma Mater: Philadelphia University, formerly known as Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science
Family Status: Married, 3 kids
Favorite Book: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Favorite Local Restaurant: The Fig Tree
Hobbies: Reading, Tennis, Gardening
Favorite Vacation Spot: Lake Winnepesaukee, NH
Quote to live by:
- “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” Winston Churchill
Name: Meera
Hometown: Bombay (what Mumbai used to be called), India
Alma Mater: Pune University, India
Family Status: Married, 2 barking devils
Favorite Book: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Favorite Local Restaurant: Thai House
Hobbies: Sleeping between Movies
Favorite Vacation Spot: My bed
- Quote to live by: “As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day?” –Sarah Palin, interview with CNBC’s “Kudlow & Co”, July 2008 (Watch video clip)
Name: Suhanthi
Hometown: Madras (what Chennai used to be called), India
Alma Mater: Metropolitan State University, Minnesota
Family Status: Married, 2 devils (one of each) and a dog (the only one in the family who does not talk back)
Favorite Book: Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Favorite Local Restaurant: Kabob Grille
Hobbies: Reading, Cooking and spending time with friends
Favorite Vacation Spot: Thailand
Quote to live by: And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years – Abraham Lincoln
Name: Karie
Hometown: Deerfield, Ohio although consider Charlotte my home now! over 18 yrs and counting!
Alma Mater: University of Mount Union GO Raiders!
Family Status: Married, 2 boys- I’m an Uptown Mama! And a 4-legged rescue!
Favorite Book: Pride & Prejudice Jane Austen/ The Devil in the White City/ Out
Favorite Local Restaurant: Alexander Michaels (Al Mikes)
Hobbies: Exercising, Enjoying time with the family, reading, being outside, traveling, spending time with friends
Favorite Vacation Spot: Salzburg, Austria or any beach
Quote to live by: I don’t want to change my past… it would change who I am today. ~ Karie
Name: Shobha
Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Alma Mater: Indus Valley school of art and architecture, Karachi Pakistan
Family Status: 1 kid
Favorite Book: loved all the books i read and never finished the ones I didn’t!
Favorite Local Restaurant: sonoma grill, uptown charlotte
Hobbies: working out, baking, cooking for and drinking wine with friends, reading, watching movies
Favorite Vacation Spot: my home….my balcony with coffee hearing and watching the city noises or my bed with a book… TV on and music playing in the background
- Quote to live by: “I don’t believe in God, but I miss Him” from Nothing To Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes
Name: Margot
Hometown: Plano, TX
Alma Mater: Hendrix College
Family Status: Married, 3 kids
Favorite Book: The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield
Favorite Local Restaurant: Nikko’s Sushi
Hobbies: Reading, kick-boxing, pilates, music
Favorite Vacation Spot: Hilton Head, SC
Quote to live by:
“It is not what happens to you in life that matters as much as how you respond”. R. R. Musch
Name: Sondra
Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC
Family Status: Married, 2 kids
Alma Mater: Appalachian State University – Its Great to Be a Mountaineer!
Favorite Book: Gone With The Wind
Favorite Local Restaurant: Ilios Noche, Cantina 1511
Hobbies: Running, Yoga, Reading
Favorite Vacation Spot: Hawaii, Hilton Head Island
Quote to Live By:
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere” (Albert Einstein)
Name: Jennifer
Hometown: Cheboygan, Michigan
Family Status: Married
Alma Mater: Central Michigan University-Undergrad; Northern Arizona University-Graduate
Favorite Book:
Favorite Local Restaurant: Alexander Michaels or Vida Vida
Hobbies: Reading, Playing Games/Trivia, Watching Football
Favorite Vacation Spot: Italy
- Quote to Live By: “You’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem” Eldridge Cleaver