Putting the price in priceless Whether I’m perusing Pinterest for pretty pictures, or living vicariously through big-time wedding blogs like Style Me Pretty, I find myself inundated with bridal bliss and “real life” weddings that look nothing like the real life I live. And, I won’t kid myself— I’m no Jen Aniston. On Facebook, I […]
What she said I find some Mommy Blogs entirely bizarre and off-putting because of the level of intimacy they initiate in a public space. In researching this story, I encountered a world where moms blissfully recalled their child’s moment of conception or write in an upbeat tone about breast milk leakage and tearing “down there.” […]
When the Blue Ridge Tunnel opened in 1858, its narrow 4,273′ passage through the mountains near Rockfish Gap created a corridor connecting Richmond to the Shenandoah Valley. Engineered by French civil engineer Claudius Crozet, it was a feat at the time, constructed in the most difficult stretch of the Virginia railroads—a very steep, craggy passage—and […]