Living

Local couple brews up idea for hibiscus tea

Fourteen years ago, Meryem and Ali Erarac moved from Turkey near the Marmara Coast to Charlottesville so that Ali could earn his MBA at Darden  School of Business. Meryem, a biologist by study and trade, enjoyed the relative quiet and greenery here. Within a few years, Ali graduated, landed a job at General Electric Finance, and […]

claudiahanna | August 4, 2016

Living

Mediterranean Corner: mint condition

I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley and went to UVA (wahoo-wah!). Between the summers of my third and fourth years, I landed a summer internship that would change my life. It was on the island of Cyprus, the third-largest island in the Mediterranean. While there, I fell in love with the natural, wild ways […]

claudiahanna | April 10, 2016