Not every line drawn in the sand washes away forever with the tides. Not finding the perfect home on the market, Jim Westwood and Brenda Winkel purchased five acres with a single pear tree near the Prices Fork community. “This was one of the few lots we found that was not on a steep hillside or heavily wooded,” Brenda recalls. “The house concept started as a drawing in the sand at the beach and was turned into architectural drawings through …
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Some Strata Blue, Some Olive Green and lots of fun! The Willys Jeep, the rugged utility vehicles used by the military during World War II, have an enduring place in America’s cultural …
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Elena Leshyn grew up cooking in Barcelona and Venezuela. “I’ve been cooking since I was a little girl in the kitchen with my mom or grandmother,” she relates. “Everybody cooks in my …
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Imagine this: There is a great big, blue hole in the middle of the water off the coast of Belize. If you’re a diver, you know I’m talking about the place Jacques …
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A hearty, big thank you goes out to Duncan Driscoll of Blacksburg for driving around the countryside on fall weekends. He stumbled on the Wildwood Farms General Store some five miles south …
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“You can’t take yourself too seriously riding a meep meep,” says Jeremy Hart, owner of a 2009 Honda Metropolitan scooter and associate broker at Nest Realty. He drives his scooter regularly, which …
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Recently the world tuned in to see Brazil host the World Cup and got a glimpse of the lush rainforests, the mighty Amazon and the crowded, golden beaches. The largest South American …
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If you lined up 30 men, you could easily pick out father-son Frank-Shane Beamer by the wide, brown eyes, similar face structure and friendly countenances. They both smile easily and maintain an …
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When Victoria and Steve Cochran bought their mountainside home in the New River Valley in 2001, it had at least 10 gables, but no shelties or fairies. Along with a classy, renovated …
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At the tender age of 13, I became a “candy striper” (a youth volunteer) in a local hospital in La Paz, Bolivia. I wore the traditional red and white striped pinafore and …