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I am a marketer, writer and actor. Often all three at once.
Summertime and ice cream are linked in our memories. Whether it's chasing down a neighborhood ice cream truck or trying hopelessly to out-lick a melting cone, it's more than just a dessert for the end of the meal. It can often be sentimental.
"What's really cool is that you can keep updated with your trustee payments online," the intake specialist at my new bankruptcy attorney's office told me. I nodded, not sure how else to respond. After finally deciding to file for bankruptcy, everything had happened so quickly.
C ameron Landis started vaping when she was 17 simply because she was curious. Her boyfriend at the time was doing it, and cigarettes made her sick, so she figured she'd give it a try. Four years later, Landis, now 21, is still vaping.
On any given night in Richmond, theatergoers can choose among shows offered by the region's more than two dozen production companies. It's an exciting time with a healthy crop of shows providing audiences with a variety of theater experiences. What the average ticket-holder doesn't see is the journey taken by a show to that stage.
At WPA Bakery in Church Hill on a Sunday morning, filmmaker Rick Alverson walked in the door. Clearly a regular when he's in town, he spent a minute chatting up the staff and management while waiting for his coffee before sitting to discuss his latest feature film, "The Mountain," which will make its North American premiere at Sundance Film Festival in January.
A recent episode of the popular Netflix comedy baking competition show "Nailed It!" featured two Richmond women as contestants. Angie Williams and Antoinette Little, a mother and daughter from Richmond, appeared on an episode of the show's special holiday season, titled "Nailed It! Holiday!"
If you've spent any amount of time around children from the ages of 8-18 in the last year, you've probably heard about Fortnite. Since its release in July 2017, the live, multiplayer video game has taken the world by storm, boasting over 125 million players worldwide. "How much Fortnite is too much?"
For some, running is heart-pounding, sweaty and exhausting. For others, it's refreshing, exhilarating and one of the most effective cardiovascular exercises there is. Regardless of the feelings it invokes, running depletes your body of important fluids that need to be replenished. So what should you drink? Water for the hydration?
It started as a Facebook post that went viral - at least by Hampton Roads standards. Officer Greg LaRose of the James City County Police Department posted a status, along with four photos, and told a story: A story about a painter named Chuck Dickerson, who lost his arms in an electrical accident almost 30 years ago, who kept painting after the accident and now sells his oil paintings in a Target parking lot to provide for his family.
In 1939, author Ernest Hemingway crossed from Florida to Cuba in his boat, setting up a semi-permanent residence there for the next 20 years. He loved the culture - the people, the cigars and the food. "Papa" Hemingway wrote some of his most famous works while living on the island, which sits 90 miles south of Miami in the Caribbean Sea.