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Jan 13, 2025 | virginialiving.com | Heather Bien |a Virginia- |Madeline Mayhood |Hope Cartwright

You can change a house, but you can’t change its location. That’s the mindset homeowners Gail and Clay Huber took with them when they purchased an 8,000-square-foot home in Wintergreen that dates to the ’80s. Carefully built on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with four-season views that reach out over miles and counties, it’s hard to imagine a better location. But the nearly 40-year-old design felt tired.

Jan 11, 2025 | virginialiving.com | Heather Bien |a Virginia- |Hope Cartwright |Eric Wallace

Early memories shape the art we gravitate toward. That could be a walk through the Met on a childhood trip to New York. Perhaps it’s the illustrations from a favorite children’s book or a certain angle in your bedroom that stretched your understanding of color and light as the hours and seasons evolved. For Page Evans Corey, those early memories include riding ponies at Jamie and Phyllis Wyeth’s family farm.

Nov 1, 2024 | virginialiving.com | Heather Bien |a Virginia- |Tina Gomes Brand |Cathal Armstrong

Made from the young tender leaves of a black walnut tree, bay sauce is often described as a predecessor to worcestershire.

Oct 25, 2024 | virginialiving.com | Heather Bien |a Virginia- |Elizabeth Cogar |Heidi Speece

The Virginia Scenic Railway is restoring the allure of train travel with its three-hour round trips departing from Staunton. The railway runs two main routes, and the Alleghany Special route is particularly scenic. It lurches westward from Staunton through pastoral scenes, past working farms, and toward the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. From Saturday, Nov. 23–Sunday, Dec. 22, Santa’s reindeer are getting a break.

Sep 23, 2024 | virginialiving.com | Heather Bien |Hope Cartwright |Elizabeth Cogar |a Virginia-

Before the Acela hit 160 miles per hour and turned train travel into a race from one destination to the next, riding the rails was an occasion. Sweeping vistas right outside the window and meals served with silverware made traveling by train an experience—one that a dwindling generation looks back on fondly. But the Virginia Scenic Railway is restoring the allure of train travel with its three-hour round trips departing from Staunton.