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Is And Just Like That getting better or are we as viewers acclimatizing to its badness? Maybe there’s nowhere to go but up since the season opened with luke-warm strap-on humor and Che’s L.A. joke about Ubering betwixt bed and toilet. Many devoted viewers like myself have been wondering how this show descended to its current station. So many talented actors, writers, etc. work on it that it has to be executives meddling and giving notes.

If there has ever been a cake I’ve felt ambivalent about, it’s cheesecake. For whatever reason it has just never ranked high on my list of intriguing baked goods. That is, it didn’t until I started realizing just how diverse the world of cheesecake actually is. My appreciation for cheesecakes that were different from American cheesecake began in college when I was studying abroad in Germany. There I tried käsekuchen (German cheesecake), which to this day is implanted in my memory as a dessert completely its own.

Morning all, Today will be a little different. It’s my sisters birthday tomorrow so we are going out for a meal this lunchtime. I won’t be able to run the blog in the afternoon but will be back on to roundup when I’m home. I also can’t do the Podcast today, but Jai has got popular Chelsea fan and content creator Daniel Childs (Son of Chelsea) to join him on the Podcast today - that will be out later!

Good morning! Today is Monday, July 26, 2021. You’re reading The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news and insights for Charlotte, N.C. Check out our audio version 🎧 on Spotify. Need to subscribe — or upgrade your Ledger e-newsletter subscription? Details here. Today’s Charlotte Ledger is sponsored by Fox Rothschild, whose Charlotte-based attorneys provide litigation, real estate, labor and employment, corporate and a wide range of other services to clients in a variety of industries.

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Need to subscribe? Sign up for free here (charlotteledger.substack.com). Let’s talk about office space. No, not the 1999 Jennifer Aniston comedy. Rather, Charlotte office space. We all know Charlotte is growing, big-time. And it’s not all apartments and condos. A lot of the growth is space for companies that are moving here or expanding. For the lowdown on trends in the Charlotte office market, the Ledger turned to Barry Fabyan, managing director of JLL, a real-estate services firm that leases office space.

On October 17, I woke up to the news that BTS’ eldest member, Kim Seok-jin, was initiating the process to begin his mandatory military duty in South Korea. The press release from Bighit Music read: Other members of the group plan to carry out their military service based on their own individual plans. Both the company and the members of BTS are looking forward to reconvening as a group again around 2025 following their service commitment.

The Saturday South Loop Farmers Market, in the same-name Chicago neighborhood just south of downtown, has been around for a few years. I’d been to their Thursday evening markets and the indoor market they launched just this past winter, but somehow the Saturday market had eluded me. As the one-man band at Local Food Forum — quite possibly the most farmers market focused independent publication in the United States — I felt that I’d shortchanged this market and came into this outdoor season determined to make amends.

Last week, Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits (S-G), the largest wine and spirits wholesaler in America and the 10th largest private company in the United States, settled a California class action suit brought against them by their restaurant and retail customers in my former home state. The claim was that Southern Glazers intentionally overcharged retailers on late fees. The settlement cost Southern Glazers $50 million: $5.5 million in settlement fees and the write-off of $44.

Maya, please tell me honestly… Have you ever met Constable Odo of station Deep Space Nine? How about the single minded liquid goo of Terminator’s T-1000? How exactly do you feel about other shape shifters? Yes, you were a pioneer being the first shifter - in a big sci-fi show anyway - and you blazed a trail for all other morphing aliens to follow. Now, the actress who brought her to dynamic life, Catherine Schell, can be seen in Rob Zombie’s new feature film version of the classic monster sitcom, The Munsters.