Charlottesville Blog of the Week: Vale of Evening Fog
Video from the Blog of the Week segment on CBS-19 Bonus: Video segment with Zoe Krylova

Cville Blog of the Week: Dried Figs and Wooden Spools
I’m a new fan of this blog: http://driedfigsandwoodenspools.blogspot.com/ and I think you will be, too. Here’s why. Gillian Grimm proved a lovely subject for this week’s

Planting Trees at My Favorite Airport
Disclaimer time: the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport is a client of ours at Standing Partnership, the firm where I work. /disclaimer On Sunday I planted trees at CHO, along with 89 other volunteers from our community. I wrote about it on our company blog. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet some really interesting and committed members of my community. I’m looking forward to the next opportunity to participate in something like this – I̵

How Did You Do It?
The boy came home from work one day, and was getting ready to head out again to an evening class at his college. “Working and going to school is exhausting,” he said. “How did you do it?” How did I do it? I put my head down and blasted through for three years, working, going to school or doing homework with no breaks, no real vacations and no free time. Once a year, I went with my closest friends for a weekend on the river where I blew off steam, acted like a wild Samoan and was able to recapture a bit of what I’d skipped by growing up too fast. I cherished tho

39 for the First Time
So here’s my plan — today I’m celebrating my 39th birthday. (I was born on a Friday the 13th so this birthday is extra special to me!) I’m not going to work. I’m going to score free coffees and indulge in some pampering spa activities. I’m going to read and maybe shop a little. Tonight I’m going to have drinks with friends and then dinner at my favorite local restaurant with even more friends. Have you gotten a sense for what a dork I am about my birthday yet? I LOVE it — I mean, what’s better than finding joy in the fact that I man