Ballantyne Magazine covers news, events, real estate, restaurants, shopping, health, schools and business in the upscale Ballantyne Area of Charlotte, NC.
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BALLANTYNE | faces JACKIE MCFEE Birthplace: Miami. Job: Founder of JACK!E Studios, which designs everything from school supplies to athletic apparel. McFee calls herself the "Chief Designer of All Things Luscious." How do you feel about your job? To this day, I still cannot believe that I do what I love for a living. What's your guilty pleasure? Watching "The Good Wife" with a glass of wine! Do you live in Ballantyne? We moved to Providence Downs in Waxhaw in 2006 — a gorgeous neighborhood with great people and an awesome proximity to everything. What is your favorite Ballantyne-area restaurant? Gallery Restaurant in The Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge. What is your favorite outdoor activity? The simplest of things with my children — riding bikes, playing with trucks with my son in our driveway, drawing hopscotch with sidewalk chalk with my daughters, hanging at Blakeney Park and going to the water parks at the YMCA in the summer! Describe your dream vacation. Vacation? Never heard of it… What would be your theme song for walking into a room? ANYTHING other than the theme song from Dora the Explorer, the Wiggles, iCarly, So Random and Bob the Builder! What is your favorite news source? Disney 365, sad to say! I would be rather caught dead than wear _____. Ten years ago, I would have an answer to this question. Now I'm too busy to care and it's not important to me. I'm happy if I have clean clothes that aren't maternity! What charitable organizations are you involved with? The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. See my website (www.jackiemcfee.com) for the full story on the Kendall Kollection, which benefits LLS. What is your biggest pet peeve: Insecure people. What is a hidden gem in Ballantyne? Rush Espresso Cafe. I am obsessed with illy coffee! What would someone never guess about you? I swear like a sailor! 30 BALLANTYNE MAGAZINE WINTER 2011-2012