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Hair and Now: Suite Life with Sense of Style The Charlotte Post Life! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2020 SECTION B SKYE SALONS Shassity Stevenson passed on medical school for a career in hair care as owner of the Skye Salons in Charlotte. Hair and now: Suite ASHLEY MAHONEY | THE CHARLOTTE POST Dee's Vegan To-Go sweet potato spice cake (left) and dou- ble chocolate cake. life with sense of style By Ashley Mahoney Jump forward to 2020. Despite a suites.com. The space also in- [email protected] pandemic, Stevenson opened Skye cludes a Skye Lounge, coworking What’s on the Salons (8500 Pineville-Matthews space where clients can process Shassity Stevenson always had a Road, Suite M) on Aug. 1, after and give the stylist time to see passion for hair. nearly a decade in the industry. another client. The coworking The Louisiana native had every The luxury boutique space offers space is for clients being served at holiday menu? intention of attending medical three floor plans and 10 suites, that time, due to the pandemic. school after earning a bachelor’s which a stylist, estheticians or The Skye Lounge allows stylists Visiting family and vegan cuisine degree in kinesiology and exercise massage therapist can lease. to see more clients while main- By Ashley Mahoney science from Louisiana State Uni- They intend to fill the six re- taining physical distancing. The versity. Then she decided to at- maining suites by year’s end. An [email protected] suites allow for more protection, tend Aveda Institute while she open house for interested indus- as it is just the stylist and the The holidays are here—almost. waited to hear about her medical try professionals is scheduled for client in each space. Whatever you celebrate, the end of November and school applications, which was Nov. 22 from 4-6 p.m. Space is “We already had this idea of the month of December signal two things—family convenient since she lived on the limited due to the COVID-19 pan- being able to operate in this so- time and good food. Actress Joslyn Y. Hall—a Har- same street as the cosmetology demic, and an RSVP is required. cially distanced environment,” ding University High School alumna school. Suddenly her hobby be- Tenants are provided with equip- Stevenson said. “That has been my and star of the holiday romantic came something she wanted to do ment as well as a virtual assistant. saving grace—still being able to comedy “Christmas in Carolina”—ap- daily. Clients will contact the stylist di- service multiple clients, and serv- peared on The Creatives Podcast to dis- “Once I started cosmetology rectly to schedule appointments, ice them safely and efficiently. Be- cuss her career, living in Atlanta and school, there really was no turning as each stylist is independent. Ho- cause people are working coming home to Charlotte for the holi- back from there,” Stevenson said. wever, if a prospective client is remotely a lot more, people are days. “I knew this is what I was sup- looking to be placed with a stylist, still able to get their services and “I’m really big on family, really close posed to do.” reach out on www.skyesalon- Please see HAIR|2B with my family,” Hall said. “Every year Hall at Thanksgiving, we are doing the big feast—all the good food.” Hall shared a few of her favorite holiday foods. She loves desserts and sides. “I love the potato salad,” Hall said. “I need my mac- Study: Former COVID-19 patients aroni and cheese. I need my rice and giblet gravy, and I need my greens. Now if I have those, I can prob- Please see WHAT’S |2B more susceptible to mental illness Co-op market a By Stacy M. Brown ried that COVID-19 survi- NATIONAL NEWSPAPER vors will be at greater risk PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION of mental health problems, and our findings ... show welcome oasis in Medical and scientific ex- this to be likely,” Paul Har- perts have sounded the rison, a professor of psy- alarm, wanting people to chiatry at Oxford, told food desert understand that COVID is Reuters. By Ashley Mahoney not the flu or a common “(Health) services need to cold, and recovery may not [email protected] be ready to provide care, be permanent. especially since our results The Three Sisters Market emerged from a West According to a new are likely to be underesti- Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition initiative. study, 20 percent of recov- mates (of the number of The market is one of several projects to receive ering coronavirus patients psychiatric patients),” he GETTY IMAGES support from the city of Charlotte’s Corridors of Op- develop some form of added. portunity program, a $24.5 million investment in six mental illness within 90 The study, published in An Oxford University study found people who recover from corridors to address disparities in infrastructure, days. The Lancet Psychiatry jour- COVID-19 are susceptible to mental illness such as anxiety, de- workforce, transportation, housing and code en- Researchers at Oxford nal, analyzed electronic pression and insomnia. forcement, business development, public safety and University in Great Britain health records of 69 mil- were 65 percent more urban design. The corridors include Beatties Ford COVID, 1 in 5 survivors noted that first-time dia- lion people in the United likely to be diagnosed with Road, which kicked off the program in September, were recorded as having a gnosis of anxiety, depres- States, including more than COVID-19 than those with- West Boulevard, which launched on Nov.5, Central first-time diagnosis of anx- sion, and insomnia 62,000 cases of COVID-19. out. Avenue/Albemarle, Freedom Drive/Wilkinson Boule- iety, depression, or insom- increased two-fold in pa- The findings are likely to More than 10 million vard, Graham Street/North Tryon Street, as well as nia -- about twice as likely tients after they’ve recov- be the same for those af- Americans have been dia- Sugar Creek Road/Interstate 85. as for other groups of pa- ered from COVID. flicted by COVID-19 world- gnosed with the coronavi- The market stems from the WBNC’s Seeds For tients in the same period, Further, they discovered wide, the Oxford rus, and over 238,000 have Change program across from the West Boulevard Li- the researchers said. that COVID survivors also researchers noted, accord- died. brary. The farm employs youth from the neighbor- The study further re- found significantly higher ing to Reuters. African Americans com- hood while also providing a local farmers market to risks of dementia. vealed that people with a In the three months fol- pre-existing mental illness Please see | 3B Please see THREE SISTERS| 2B “People have been wor- lowing testing positive for STUDY «RIDES Cadillac gets serious with small sedan market with the CT-4 By Winfred Cross the company uses the V, it transmission is a sports- heavy with your right foot SPECIAL TO THE POST gets serious about per- tuned 10-speed automatic and the fun begins. This formance – very serious. that sends power to the Caddy leaps into action Cadillac has tried hard to No, I doubt if the CT4-V rear wheels. A limited-slip with lots of growl if you offer a smaller sedan that Series is as engaging as its differential is standard choose the provided V ex- lives up to its bigger big sister the CT5-V, but while all-wheel drive is haust setting. Find an stablemates since its ill- that may not matter. What available. empty stretch of highway fated Cimarron in the ‘80s. Cadillac offers in the CT4- The V also gets a better and you’ll find this is a sat- It's gotten close, even with V is enough to get the Eu- traction and stability con- isfying car to drive. Throw the outgoing ATS. The ropean competition trol system, sportier sus- it into a corner and it company may have finally looking over their collec- pension and Magnetic ride latches on to the pavement gotten it right with the CT- tive shoulders. control (if you don’t opt for with the rear wheels push- 4 which replaces the ATS. Let’s get to the good stuff the all-wheel drive). ing the car forward. If Ummm, did I say any- CADILLAC first. The CTS4-V is pow- The engine’s turbo is things get wonky stab the thing about a V proceeding ered by a 2.7-liter, turbo- tuned to give you instant brakes and the Brembo The 2021 Cadillac CT-4 is its flagship small sedan. the 4? Yep, Caddy is offer- charged, four-cylinder acceleration with little if grabbers will haul you certainly biased toward ing a V-rated version of the pected. It takes large engine that makes 325 any lag. The forward thrust down to a quick, straight sport, but the ride quality new car already. If you bumps to make the lose a horsepower and 380 feels more like a V6 than a stop. is much better than ex- don’t already know, when Please see CADILLAC| 2B pounds-feet of torque. The turbo four. Get a little The CT4-V’s handling is 2B LIFE | The Charlotte Post Thursday, November 19, 2020 Cadillac gets serious with small Hair and now: Suite sedan market with the CT-4 Continued from page 1B wever, especially if this is there your satisfaction life with sense of style little poise, but in general, going to use it as a family level would be high. My you have a firm but com- sedan.
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