Text by Karl H. Kazaks Photos by Tom Wallace “Instantly, instinctively, you know.” So says the narrator of a 1959 television ad for Ford’s new top-of-the-line, full-size car, the Galaxie. As a boy, Curtis Nolen saw those black-and-white ads and loved watching the footage of the Galaxie Skyliner with its retractable hardtop smoothly sinking into the rear compartment, slipping beneath the upraised rear deck lid. Someday, he somehow knew, he would drive one of those cars. When he was …
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This April, the Fashion Merchandising and Design Society at Virginia Tech will showcase student designs and local boutique fashion at their annual spring fashion show, Into the Wild. Each year the show …
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Text by Jennifer Poff Cooper Photos by Always and Forever Photography From their first meeting at a Hokie football game to their wedding at the German Club Manor, Chrissy Story and …
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Text by Jennifer Poff Cooper Photos by Natalie Gibbs Photography Tradition was a key component to the successful wedding of Ashley Nelson and Allen Childress, natives of Grayson County and Shawsville, …
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Text by David Phipps Photos by Kaitlyn Phipps Photography From the oldest surviving permanent photograph of an image formed in a camera by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827 …
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If you’re thinking about an island getaway but can’t quite figure out how to line up meals and activities, then the all-inclusive resort vacation is for you. As a seasoned traveler who …
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Text by Joanne M. Anderson Photos by Always and Forever Photography Before America declared its independence in 1776, Mike Payne’s family cabin, now part of his home in Christiansburg, was built, …
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Text by Karl H. Kazaks Photos by Tom Wallace When you first see Gerry Clark’s 2016 Polaris Slingshot, it’s hard to know whether to call it a motorcycle or a car. …
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Text by Michael R. Jones As with most noble occupations, you can learn a lot of life lessons from a farmer. My grandparents, Sam and Annie, were farmers. Their parents were sharecroppers, …
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Text by Joanne M. Anderson Photos by Always and Forever Photography Some of their friends and neighbors raised eyebrows a bit when Donia and the late Randy Eley chose to move to …