Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
Jan and Ranae Gillie started their vegetarian restaurant on the popular Draper and College corner in Blacksburg in 1974. The building was originally a mill, then an appliance store, then a jewelry shop. When their sons Noah and Nick came along, they never even thought to ask how tall they needed to be to go
Monday, May 20th, 2013
From the dreams of a nine-year-old girl sewing clothes for her Barbie dolls and lingering around her grandmother’s upholstery business to a bona fide fashion designer competing with the best in the region to have her clothes...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
This question has been the main impetus for Matt Hudson’s cooking much of his kitchen life. He doesn’t think he’s really invented anything new, saying “People have combined all sorts of basic ingredients in a pan. I...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
For some, designing and building a house is something to aspire to in the future, as it requires a lot of time, money and planning. For Matthew Kesler, building his own home was something he accomplished on...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
• Committed, highly trained, and engaging staff – including a director who speaks Mandarin Chinese. • Creative, fun and enriching activities – including dramatic performances, musical education and even help with homework. • Plenty of outdoors time...
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Some occupations have peculiar hazards, and Rudi Woykowski definitely works in one peculiar hazard business. His job involves removing animals from places where they’re not wanted ~ typically, from inside a human’s home. He doesn’t consider handling...
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
“Someone like you makes it all worthwhile,” explains the song that played while Aly and Luke Hilton took to the dance floor as husband and wife. What better words to capture the feelings of newlyweds after a...
Monday, January 14th, 2013
What a dull food world we would live in if not for herbs and spices. Seasonings make food interesting, tasty, palatable, appetizing, hot, savory, sweet or sour. Erma Bombeck said: “Once you get a spice in your...
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
On their wedding day, all couples are prepared to make it through the sunny days and the stormy days in their future. That is a nice sentiment in theory, but what if both of those natural elements...
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
It’s tricky to pinpoint the moment in a childhood that a talent or desire emerges. “I’ve been drawing for as long as I remember, or I remember having the desire to draw all my life,” states Seth...