Cool Places: The Museum of Edgar Allan Poe

A digitally manipulated photograph of a bust of Edgar Allan Poe, taken at The Museum of Edgar Allan Poe, 4/21/12.

Richmond, Virginia, is a city full of museums, and a person could spend years exploring all of the art and artifacts that these institutions offer. I must admit that I'm woefully behind on my plan to visit each and every museum here in Virginia's capitol, but I'm making progress. For example, on a recent Saturday I visited The Museum of Edgar … [Read more...]

Cool Places: Wabi-Sabi Sushi in Petersburg, Virginia

The sign for the restaurant, Wabi-Sabi.

I admit, I'm something of a foodie and so I'm always looking for interesting restaurants to check out. One of my recent finds was a great sushi place called Wabi-Sabi, in Petersburg, Virginia. A small town in central Virginia might not seem like the most likely place for awesome sushi, but don't let the location fool you. Wabi-Sabi is a first-class … [Read more...]

Artists Let Imaginations Soar in Street Painting Festival

This is an image of a street painting from February 2012. It depicts the characters Beavis and Butthead.

My advice for any city that wants to give its downtown area an instant upgrade and have a lot of fun in the process - hold a street painting festival like Lake Worth, Florida does every year. Just block off a street, offer some cool prizes for the best creations, and then let a bunch of artist do their thing. Thanks to my friend and amateur … [Read more...]

Reminders about Starting New Healthy Habits

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Have you ever decided to make a change in your life to improve your health, only to return to the unhealthy behavior you were doing before?  We've all done it at one time or another – maybe it was trying to improve our sleep routine, giving up cigarettes, or maybe improving our diet. For a time, we’re doing a good job of sticking to our new … [Read more...]

Five Easy and Inexpensive Fitness Tips

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Fitness - it's a word we hear a lot these days, from news stories about the hottest exercise trend to infomercials for the latest workout gadget. Sometimes, it seems like in order to improve our fitness we have to run out and buy a ton of costly equipment or enroll in a pricey exercise class. Unfortunately, these days everyone is tightening their … [Read more...]