Richmond VA Hosting a Real Food Revolution
Richmond chef Ann Butler, of Edible Education, is helping to lead a revolution. Back again for the Annual Jamie Oliver Food Revolution Day in RVA, Butler is part of a global initiative aimed at inspiring people of all ages to cook and champion better food skills. The mission of Food Revolution Day is straightforward: Cook […]
En Su Boca Set to Open on Boulevard
The past few years have seen major changes and development in Richmond’s “Boulnobro” (Boulevard north of Broad) neighborhood. The Bowtie and Criterion Cinemas have been packing in crowds since they opened, and Fat Dragon Chinese Kitchen and Bar have delighted folks with its Asian fusion and ”Sex on Tap.” 180 apartments are being developed in […]
In It for the Long Run
Zoë Romano is no stranger to the running lifestyle. As an ultra-runner, Romano frequently runs distances longer than a standard 26-mile marathon, her longest coming in at 50 total miles. This summer Romano will become the first person, ever, to run the route of the Tour de France, a nine-week experience beginning in Nice and […]
Reclaiming Workmanship
Ask Sam Sikes about the front door to the showroom at Wellborn + Wright, and he will tell you exactly where each board came from – centuries-old barns. His general manager, Hunter Webb, can remember milling the rough boards out of the original reclaimed timbers, white oak inflected with nail holes and small networks of […]
Things Are Getting Strange in RVA
An “Mekong” Bui Interviews Neil Burton of Strangeways Brewing In recent months, Neil Burton has heard it all: Where will you be located? What’s up with the vest you are wearing? What the heck are you guys going to be brewing? Burton, who previously made his mark in the clothing industry, will soon launch Strangeways, […]
Carving Out a Place for Lasers
On the corner of North Adams Street and Brook Road, Jason Lefton is making a living on having fun. At his company Big Secret – a laser engraving, cutting and marking shop – Lefton uses fun as a way to create quality products and build connections with the Greater Richmond community. Big Secret, now in […]
Makerset Design Keeps it Local
In the corner of a wood working shop on the North Side, three guys are cutting shapes out of metal, polishing them, and shipping their shiny product around the country. Humming with machinery and echoing with clanging tools, this small shop is where 21st century manufacturing is alive and well. This is Makerset Design Co., […]
Big Thinking
There is a small carriage house tucked just off Monument Avenue, a long block away from Robert E. Lee on horseback, that feels as if it sprung from the pages of an Architectural Digest feature on the nation’s greatest man caves. The flat-screen TV that one can assume has all the channels goes virtually unnoticed […]
SEElogix Launches Environmentally Conscious Service in RVA
When most homeowners hear the phrase “home security” they think of alarm systems and keypads. SEElogix, based out of Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom, is redefining home security by providing a logical solution for managing all the important information about your home—from maintenance records to closing documents. A cloud-based service, SEElogix manages everything about a user’s home […]
How Three Generations in RVA Communicate with Each Other
Although hesitant to give up my old ways (I have long been a Palm Pilot warrior, paired with a basic cell phone), I recently joined the iPhone nation and haven’t looked back. But it got me thinking: if different generations communicate in different ways, how do they communicate with one another? I asked around town. […]