Family practice: Is the convenience of minute-clinics worth it?
The end of summer and the beginning of a new school year always brings new families to town looking for the best medical care for their children. When thinking about […]
Teacher’s pet? Working with other people’s kids vs. your own
Patience is a virtue I missed out on. I’m not great with temperance or diligence, either, but patience is in especially short supply. And you know what quality really comes […]
Helping hand: Local volunteer opportunities for you and your kids
The kids are back in school, so we know what that means—back to soccer practices, Boy Scout meetings, football games, and band competitions. Free time is sparse, but if you’re […]
Staunton Music Festival: celebrating a living tradition
Staunton hasn’t heard about “the death of classical music.” The little Shenandoah Valley city with the handsome, historic downtown and the rich reputation for the performing arts celebrates a living […]
Retiring early? Mind the gap!
According to a recent Gallup poll, the average American retires at age 61.1 That’s at least five years away from collecting full Social Security retirement benefits, not to mention pensions, […]
From the inside out: Interior life defines a Rappahannock home
It is commonplace for architects to speak of “bringing the outside in”—usually via plentiful glass and a toolkit of other tricks. When Richard Williams describes his firm’s design process on […]
Parts and whole: Design makes this property bloom
To Cole Burrell, landscape designer, a garden is an extension of a house. “There’s a million styles and a million vocabularies,” he said, “but none makes any sense unless it […]
The accidental architect: A college elective changed the course of Jeff Bushman’s life
As a University of Virginia undergraduate, Jeff Bushman majored briefly in science, thinking he’d one day attend medical school. An architecture class put the brakes on that plan, though, and […]
Designing dreams: Blaise Gaston’s fine art furniture marries organic aesthetic with specific desires
“I don’t know why, but design is pretty much all I think about all the time. Much to my wife’s dismay.” Master woodworker and furniture maker Blaise Gaston laughed, fully […]