Ed Smith is a business owner in the Roanoke Valley where I grew up. He is also an art collector. One of his favorite local artists is an...

video from Blue Ridge Outdoors Welcome to the Roanoke Valley where outdoor adventures abound. This is a list of shorter hikes that are...

Fifty percent of my web design clients are authors. Through working with writers and the publishing industry I have seen many generic...

The Roanoke Greek Festival is one of my favorite festivals in the fall. It does not have tons of things going on but what it has is done...

If you know me at all, you know that I love a good story. My husband's great grandmother's family was from Cuba and he lived in Miami for...

April 2024 Jon Murrill’s Lady Appalachia in Vinton Absolutely amazing! Check out more of his work on Insta @jonmdraws (June 2023)...

My daughter's sixteenth birthday was in November and she loves going to the Roanoke Pinball Museum with her dad, so we rented it for her...

Frozen custard was introduced commercially in 1919, when the Kohr brothers added egg yolks to their ice cream for a smoother texture and...