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1 month ago | 
virginialiving.com | Hope Cartwright |Madeline Mayhood |Konstantin Rega |Dean King
It’s not just the luck of the Irish that Virginians are so passionate about St. Patrick’s Day. So many Irishmen settled in Virginia in the 1700s that the Shenandoah Valley was once known as the “Irish Tract.” Whether you’re tracing your Celtic roots or just in it for the Guinness, cities across the Commonwealth have you covered with events embracing the emerald.
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1 month ago | 
virginialiving.com | Hope Cartwright |Madeline Mayhood |Konstantin Rega |Dean King
March 8–9 & 15–16: Virginia’s “sweetest event of the year” brings maple syrup to the scenic streets of Monterey, McDowell, Bluegrass, and other Highland County towns. Enjoy maple sugar camp tours, pancake meals, and maple donuts. HighlandCounty.orgMarch 20–23: Virginia authors converge in Charlottesville, a town of rich historic character and literary legends (Edgar Allan Poe and William Faulkner, among others) to share insights on their writing, methods, and philosophies.
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2 months ago | 
virginialiving.com | Madeline Mayhood |Hope Cartwright |Dean King |Don Harrison
Retirement is meant to be a time of relaxation and enjoyment, but for many seniors, financial worries can overshadow this well-deserved phase of life. From managing savings and handling healthcare costs to preparing for unexpected expenses, effective financial planning is key to achieving peace of mind and security.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
virginialiving.com | Madeline Mayhood |Hope Cartwright |Eric Wallace |Dean King
Are you someone who thinks AI is just a fad? If the answer is yes, experts like Walid Saad, electrical and computer engineering professor and artificial intelligence expert at Virginia Tech, suggest you reconsider. Saad likens AI today to the Internet of the 1990s: “Its adoption will be inevitable, and we should be well-informed in order to understand how it will change our world in the next few years,” he says.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
virginialiving.com | Sylvie Baggett |Heather Bien |Madeline Mayhood |Dean King
Now that summer’s approaching its curtain call, we can drop the charade: the season was a sweltering, sticky mess not worthy of its devout following. Sure, there are backyard barbecues and occasional fireworks, but it doesn’t stand a chance compared with autumn—gloriously cool autumn. One of the most tantalizing qualities of this vibrant season is its wine and food pairing possibilities. Put away your riesling and sauvignon blanc; it’s time to bring out the big guns.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
virginialiving.com | Madeline Mayhood |Dawn Klavon |Dean King |Don Harrison
Once called the breadbasket of the South, the Shenandoah Valley is home to four of Virginia’s top five farming counties and accounts for about a third of its total agricultural GDP. Fertile soils, broad grassy pastures, and dense forests ripe with berries, tubers, and walnuts bring heavenly produce and meat products—and superlative farmers markets. Here’s our guide to four of the region’s best.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
virginialiving.com | Madeline Mayhood |Dawn Klavon |Richard Ernsberger Jr. |Dean King
Commuters rejoice! Good news abounds for Northern Virginians who utilize the DC Metro. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has plans to improve the stations and train lines throughout the area in 2025. Those tired of the wait times and crowds on the Blue Line between the Pentagon and Rosslyn stations in particular will be especially victorious, with WMATA proposing two solutions to improve commuter flow.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
virginialiving.com | Dean King |Martha Steger |Dawn Klavon |Greg Jenkins
On the twisted road with Dean King. Good old-fashioned book tours seem to have gone the way of the dodo, with publishers having deemed them not enough bang for the buck these days. But after five long years of work on my latest book—combined with pandemic disruptions such as postponed research trips and supply chain delays (remember those?) at the printer—Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship That Saved Yosemite finally made its debut last spring.
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May 3, 2024 | 
l8r.it | Martha Steger |Dawn Klavon |Dean King |Logan Ward
300 miles of exhilarating hairpin turns and switchbacks aren’t for the faint of heart.
The Claw of the Dragon is considered America’s No. 1 motorcycle and sports car road. Named for a companion motorcycle trail, Tail of the Dragon, which traverses parts of North Carolina and Tennessee, the Claw has garnered legions of fans, many of whom turn up on any given day just to watch high-powered riders take the trail’s twists and turns in thrilling style.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
lithub.com | Dean King
“I often wonder what man will do with the mountains—that is, with their utilizable, destructible garments. Will he cut down all the trees to make ships and houses? If so, what will be the final and far upshot? Will human destructions like those of Nature—fire and flood and avalanche—work out a higher good, a finer beauty? Will a better civilization come in accord with obvious nature, and all this wild beauty be set to human poetry and song?
