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Downtown Leesburg proprietor and owner of Eyetopia Paige Buscema is one of the primary planners for the Spring Forward event on Saturday, March 9, 2013.

Downtown Leesburg Shops Unite to Showcase Latest Trends This Season

A couple of days before the Spring Forward event held in downtown Leesburg this weekend … I wrote up this piece for AOL’s Leesburg Patch over at leesburg.patch.com. In fact, to fully appreciate this post, it is highly recommended you read my leesburg.patch.com piece so I won’t have to re-explain what this event, which takes place today, Saturday – [...]

Delicious Italian cannolis from Luccianos in Herndon Virginia

My First Bridal Shower (with Italian Cannolis in Tow) … Part 1 of 2

Yeah so call me crazy but I’m just not the “bridal shower” type and, were it not for the fact that the bride in question is a beloved, cherished and extremely dear person in my life whom I love love love, I quite possibly wouldn’t go at all (not to be rude; it’s just not [...]

Deborah Morbeto is an artist in residence and instructor at ArtSquare

Leesburg’s Own Deborah Morbeto: The Pre-Interview

I was recently assigned a feature profile write up assignment for I AM Modern Magazine on long time Leesburg-resident, loving mom, ardent community volunteer and artistically fabulous Deborah Morbeto of Deborah Morbeto Fine Art. “Did you find our office okay?” I asked Deb as she was getting settled in our conference room. “Oh yeah,” she said, [...]

The Design House at the Old Lucketts Store is a monthly interior design showcase where everything is for sale.

Old Lucketts Store’s Design House is Back In a “Big, Big Way!”

So who in Loudoun County isn’t yet familiar with this Lucketts staple on Route 15? Ahhhh yes it’s the Old Lucketts Store and the email sent to my inbox earlier today from those patina lovin’ peeps says their Design House is back in a big, big way. “How so,” you ask? Well here’s what their [...]

Thanking the staff at INOVA Loudoun Hospital

Thanking the Lovely Staff @ INOVA Loudoun Hospital

I had a medical scare this past weekend and, after a visit to urgent care on Saturday afternoon, it was clear I needed additional assistance. Hours later I was admitted to INOVA Loudoun Hospital in Lansdowne. The cause? Some kind of liver malfunction. Long story short, I’ve spent the past few days laying up in [...]

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  Brandon and dad spend a fall foggy morning catching bass near the West Virginia state line.
- Oven-roasting farmers market tomatoes … *yum*
  My client and good friend, Kathleen Nixon, is an avid enthusiast and passionate advocate for locally-grown produce. It’s no surprise, then, that she’s one of the founders of the Falls...
- Caricature artist illustrates local doggie at the Reston Pet Fiesta in Reston, Virginia
  This caricature artist was drawing amazing illustrations of dogs and their owners at this year’s Reston Pet Fiesta in Reston Town Center. I couldn’t help but be fascinated at how...