Sunday Champagne Brunch at the Jefferson Hotel

Urban legend has it that the grand staircase at Richmond’s Jefferson Hotel was the inspiration for Margaret Mitchell’s in a crucial scene in her epic Gone with the Wind. Near the end of the story as Rhett and Scarlet are arguing yet again, Scarlet falls down the red staircase and has a miscarriage. The rest [...]

An Interview with Nathan Cushing of RVANews

I’m a person who often speaks before I think.  I recently finished my Master’s degree at VCU, and thinking back to sitting in class, I realized that I must have come off, if not like a complete weirdo, at least a little random.  On a good day, my comments seemed like a spontaneous stream of [...]

Belle Isle – The Peaceful Center of Richmond

It isn’t often that once can find the peace and quiet of the outdoors in the middle of a bustling city.  Like so many other wonders that can be found within the boundaries of the City of Richmond, Belle Isle provides a welcome change of pace from what one might expect to be nestled in [...]