Looking for a new form of exercise that doesn’t conjure images of a hamster wheel? How about a little duel? Local musician and violin teacher Kari Caplin went that route when she took up the sport of fencing a year ago. She’d wanted to find an alternative athletic activity for her daughter, and while watching […]
Looking for a new form of exercise that doesn’t conjure images of a hamster wheel? How about a little duel? Local musician and violin teacher Kari Caplin went that route when she took up the sport of fencing a year ago. She’d wanted to find an alternative athletic activity for her daughter, and while watching […]
Here’s a new one: Tanning beds are good for your health—that is, if you trust a full-page ad placed by the Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) in The New York Times a few months ago. The ad, followed by a T.V. media blitz in major markets, is grounded in the release of scientific evidence that exposure […]
Coughing, sneezing, runny nose—your symptoms aren’t hard to detect, but the reason for them may be. How can you tell if it’s allergies or a cold? Dr. Albert Huber of The Allergist, Ltd. on East High Street gave us the lowdown on each culprit’s telltale signs. 1. Itching in the eyes, ears, nose, and throat […]
Navigating the grocery store can be a challenge, especially if you’re trying to develop healthier habits. A personal guide might be just the ticket. Kris Bonham, a wellness coach and one of two registered dietitians with ACAC, is ready to help you take on your nutrition challenges, in the form of a one-on-one tour through […]
In my continuing quest to help my readers become obnoxious wine know- it-alls, thereby hastening my own obsolescence, I hereby present some common vinous misconceptions.
For me and, I am sure, for millions out there like me, Woody Allen’s movies have long served as confirmation that the neurotic thoughts running through our minds like a ticker at the bottom of a TV screen are not a lonely affliction—that they are not associated with a private screening, but rather with some […]
The public debate that pitted the suits against the street kids in an argument about whether or not graffiti art is, well, “art,” has long since been settled—it is, deal with it—but the recent unmasking of the graffiti-artist-to-the-stars, bona fide celebrity and truly talented Banksy has brought graffiti art back into the headlines for a […]
First there was the Virginia Festival of the Book, and then the Festival of the Photograph.