Carrie Blackmore Smith

Feb 13, 2024 | jaxdailyrecord.com | Carrie Blackmore Smith |Franklin Street

In commercial real estate, a noticeable shift is underway in Jacksonville, as legacy markets like Arlington, Regency, Northside and Westside have witnessed a resurgence in commercial leasing activity from retailers and restaurants alike. Traditionally overlooked, these areas are now capturing the attention of retailers, diverging from the conventional focus on only the hottest markets of North Florida.

Dec 10, 2023 | thedailymeal.com | Carrie Blackmore Smith

Not nine, but seven. Apparently, world-renowned chef and author Jacques Pépin puts his faith in a home remedy for added longevity: drunken raisins. Pépin, 87, brought up this ritual — of eating seven gin-soaked raisins every night before bed — during an interview with Food & Wine. Drunken raisins are a home remedy with a mysterious origin story.

Nov 22, 2023 | cincinnatimagazine.com | Carrie Blackmore Smith

The Fiesta ware plate crashed to pieces on the floor. Alone in her house one afternoon in November 2021, Brooke Barganier shooed away her sweet Labrador retriever, Allie, and then slumped to the floor as well. In her 43 years, Barganier had survived 23 surgeries, endured more radiation treatments than she could count, and watched helplessly as the tumors growing inside her head deformed her face and the steroids she took to fight them changed her body.

Nov 7, 2023 | cincinnatimagazine.com | Carrie Blackmore Smith

The three-story building at 3 W. McMicken Ave. in Over-the-Rhine has seen a lot since it was constructed by German immigrant Carl Leopold Fettweis more than 150 years ago. He built it to house his stone-carving business, but over the years it’s also been a flower shop, a dry goods store, a soup kitchen, and a church. It was even the scene of a murder.