Writers Who Read: Read Alike Books

You have recently finished a wonderful book and are wondering what to read next. You want something similar to what you have just read, maybe keeping with that novel’s genre, […]
On the Road Again: How to Spend Seven Days in Kansas

Ever considered adding Kansas to your vacation destination bucket list? Here’s how to spend seven days in the Sunflower State. Day 1: Topeka, KS Since Kansas City International Airport (MCI) […]
The Five Types of People You Meet at the Movie Theater

The Indecisive Couple You’ve purchased your movie ticket at the window outside the theater and are looking to grab a Diet Coke to sip on throughout the movie at the […]
A Guide to Europe’s Christmas Markets

No one celebrates Christmas quite like Europe. With its charming, romantic, fairytale-like towns, there is no better background for stringing Christmas lights and freshly fallen snow. While local Christmas parades […]
Flash Fiction: The Thanksgiving Hunt

It was so cold I couldn’t feel my toes. Or my hands. But my adoring boyfriend, Elijah, decided that to have an impressive first Thanksgiving at our new home, we […]
Bearing Witness: The Gift of Self

This holiday season, many of us will “gather, celebrate and gift” with an extra heaping of joy. Travelling maskless to grandmother’s house and beyond, we’re feeling generous toward one another. […]
Holes’ In My Shoes…a cardboard secret

BY PETER STRAFACI, SR To understand“Holes in My Shoes,” I have to bring you back to the year 1950. I’m seven years old, the middle boy of two other boys in […]
Caffeine Fix in Forsyth: 5 Coffee Shops You Need to Know About

Coffee. Joe. Java. Mud. Bean Juice. Rocket Fuel. No matter what you call it, the world seems to run on coffee and our community is no exception. Forsyth County […]
Drink Local at Lexington’s Legendary Childress Vineyards

Having lived in Winston-Salem for over two years, I had heard locals rave about Childress Vineyards and was encouraged to visit many times, but I had never experienced its […]
5 Feel-Good Things to Try in October

As we trade in our ice cream cones for slices of pumpkin pie, we’ve compiled a short list of activities for this October that we recommend giving a try. […]