I don't know why everyone is so scared. The weather outside is frightful, but it could be a lot scarier. What if there were polar bears roaming wild in the streets? With switchblades.

Can you imagine?

There's no amount of sandwich bread and 2 percent milk that could protect you from that kind of winter storm. Ice melt? They eat that stuff on toast.

I know if I was scraping my Read full story

This month, the Historic Richmond Foundation celebrates “75 Years of Preservation” with the launch of a year of monthly lectures. The festivities begin on Jan. 28 with a nod to the late Mary Wingfield Scott. In a lecture titled “City Saviors,” Richmond magazine’s resident history expert, Harry Kollatz Jr., will discuss the work of Richmond’s female preservation pioneers, including Scott.

“She was the tipping point for preservation in the city of Richmond,” says Katelyn Ann Kelley, Read full story