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Packing List: Versatile Summer Sandals

Versatile Summer Sandals for your #beach trip. And to Birk or not to Birk?

I’m a sucker for anything multi-purpose like an oversized scarf that can double as a sarong on the beach. So I was immediately drawn to the cleverness of these convertible Sseko sandals. Even better: the company helps support and educate women in Africa with each sale. The soles, straps and accessories are all sold separately so you can choose your own color combos, then tie them in any number of…

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#Beach travel #Packing List #Shoes #summer fashion #summer packing

Brunch Porn: Gluttony at The Roosevelt

Brunch Porn: Gluttony at The Roosevelt, an @esquiremag #25bestbars winner #rvadine

Cheers to this amazing brunch we had at The Roosevelt in Richmond’s Church Hill neighborhood. Yes, there are eight meals for six people. Don’t judge. I’ve been researching the ‘hood for a story I’m working on and am absolutely in love. Witness: pork belly shrimp and grits with poached egg, below. (And I even found a ricotta pancake recipebecause of the amazing one’s in the center of the table.)…

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#Brunch #Brunch Porn #Church Hill #Richmond Food #Richmond restaurant #RVA

Design Hotels with Visionary Owners

I’ve been seeking out a particular type of design hotel over the last few years. They’re properties with visionary owners who, in many cases, fell in love with an area of the world and share it with a special property that authentically allows guests to learn about where they are, and to love it, too. Like the amazing Monastero Santa Rosa(above) on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. I was lucky enough to…

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#Amalfi Coast #italy #Passion Properties #Sweet Hotel #This Must be the Place(s)#Virginia Living

12 Memorial Day Getaways Across the U.S.

12 #MemorialDay Getaways convenient to major U.S. cities

Since the Memorial Day Getaways story I wrote a couple of years ago for Budget Travel surfaced this week on The Huffington Post and Yahoo!, I thought I’d share it here, too. I found 12 convenient Memorial Day spots across the U.S. so you’ll spend more time at a pool party (or parade) than in the car. Happy Memorial Day!

Thinking about taking a break for Memorial Day? We looked for celebrations…

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#Atlanta #Austin #Charleston #Charleston S.C.#Columbia Gorge #Denver #Holiday Travel #Las Vegas #Memorial Day #Miami #New York #Palm Springs #St. Louis #The Jersey Shore #U.S. Travel #Washington D.C.#Weekend Getaways

Ricotta Pancakes and Berries

kid-friendly family meal: Ricotta Pancakes and Berries

We’re always trying to avoid short-order cooking for the kids, but making a family meal everyone loves is harder to pull off than it sounds. Every now and then we nail it, like with this ricotta pancake recipe. I got the idea after devouring some recently at Richmond’s 2x James Beard Award nominated The Rooseveltrestaurant. Fluffy and moist, ricotta pancakes are like a less-wet tres leches cake…

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#Breakfast #Family Meals #Recipes

NYC's Plus Pool

Heard about the brilliant @PlusPoolNY ?

Ever since I saw Archie Coates speak at TedxRVA, I can’t stop thinking about his brilliant Plus Pool. He and a friend run a little design firm and started brainstorming ideas for how they could swim in the polluted East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn. They came up with a floating pool that would also filter water and return it to the river cleaner. What grabbed me was that they had no idea…

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#New York City

Summer Reading I'm putting The Goldfinch at the top of my summer reading list. Its author, Donna Tart, just won the 2014 Pulitzer for Fiction for it and I've been hearing raves.

#Summer Reading

RVA Musician Nelly Kate Beautiful song by local musician Nelly Kate, filmed in a former power plant on Richmond's Belle Island, a downtown park on the James River.

#music #Richmond #Richmond Originals #RVA #RVA Made

Moments From our Week

1. The big-girl bed on the floor has not won over Marguerite but is JJ’s new favorite place to sit. 2. An Easter egg hunt in the boxwood garden at Marguerite’s preschool. 3. Always smiling. 4. Brown bear’s stroll into Carytown. 5. Twirling in the playground buckets. 6. JJ loved his first bike ride so much he clapped for the first time. We’re all pretty happy we can now ride as a foursome.

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#kids #Moments from our Week

Riding the Tongue Tiger with Crunch Dynasty and @millshound #RVA #food Yup, that's what I've been doing lately. Working with Richmond friends on the launch of Crunch Dynasty…

#Creative Richmond #Richmond Food #RVA Made

Richmond's French Film Festival

One of my favorite Richmond events is happening this weekend, the French Film Festival. Each March you can hear French spoken in the wonderful, historic Byrd Theater and throughout our Carytown neighborhood.

The films can be hit or miss, depending on your penchant for ennui, but they usually haven’t been released in the states yet. Directors and actors discuss the films and often they get…

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#Carytown #film #Richmond #RVA #VCU French Film Festival

Jemima Kirke at Home in Brooklyn Heights

I’m still moderately obsessed with the HBO show Girls (remember?), and though Jessa is in a downward spiral this season, her bohemian style is still enviable. I wonder how much of her character’s look is truly actress Jemima Kirke’s own. (Did you know her mother owns this West Village, NY repurposed-vintage shop, Geminola?) Here’s a day in Jemima Kirke’s life in Brooklyn Heights.

Ph…

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#Brooklyn #Brooklyn Heights #brooklyn neighborhoods #HBO Girls

Vintage Virginia Beach footage I love the old footage of the Virginia Beach in this music video. Perfect song for a lazy afternoon in the park.

#music #Virginia #Virginia Beach

Trip Report: Riviera Maya, Mexico with Kids

We’re back from our trip to Mexico’s Riviera Maya, a gorgeous strip of resorts near Playa del Carmen on the Yucatan Peninsula. We’ve been to the area many times. I wholeheartedly recommend it to any East Coasters. It’s easy and inexpensive to fly into Cancun, the beaches are beautiful, the people nice, the Mayan culture and jungle in the area are interesting, Playa is fun and who doesn’t love a…

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#Beach travel #family travel #Mexico

Inside the storied Hotel Il Pellicano on #Italy's Tuscan Coast As the snow melts outside my window, I'm dreaming of some dolce vita at the famous…

#Historic Hotels #italy #Sweet Hotels #Tuscany

Inside The Underground Kitchen

Last month I helped Micheal Sparks Design launch Richmond’s first underground restaurant. He and a few of his friends decided to curate monthly food events where they challenged local chefs to cook for a group of adventurous foodies gathered around a common table for one night only.

Richmond was apparently ready. When word got out membership grew from 70 to 800. The friends must have felt so…

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#Richmond #Richmond restaurant #RVA

Super, insanely easy homemade bread recipe

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#recipe #Soup

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