Local Shops Offer Unique Gifts
In addition to Carytown, which could be a one-stop shopping destination, visit Waller & Co. Jewelers and Barky’s Spiritual Store, both on Broad St. near Jackson Ward; Bouquets by Sylvia and Michaela’s Quality Bake Shop, both on Brookland Park Blvd. in Northside; Shockoe Slip for retailers including Dransfield Jewelers and Fountain Books; Shockoe Bottom [...]
Head for the Pool This Winter
by Ronny Marie Tucker
We work for the bikini body in the summer, but why not in the winter? Get your swimsuit out now and head for the pool – for water aerobics, that is.
Water aerobics is a great method of cardiovascular exercise that is easy on the joints. Because the body is buoyant, there is [...]
Merry Christmas!
Urban Views Weekly would like to wish our readers a season filled with health and prosperity.
For the past 19 months, we have enjoyed the privilege of sharing with you the best that life offers in Richmond, Virginia and the world.
As we grow further in 2010, we will increase the number of pages to continue to [...]
Timeless Temptation at Christmas: Nigella Lawson
by Cesca Janece Waterfield
With an intrepid spirit and plunging neckline, bedroom eyes and kitchen savoir-faire, Nigella Lawson is at the top of the competitive world of food media.
Born to privilege as the daughter of a British politician, today Nigella exclaims, “I am a Londoner born and bred!”
Yet she’s always followed her own ideas about living [...]
Girdlebuster Pie
from Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities (Hyperion, Nov. 2009)
photographed by Lis Parsons
I confess: it was the title that lured me. Tell me you don’t feel the same. I came across this in a recipe by Elinor Klivans, whom I often turn to for chocolaty solace, in her The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook, which includes [...]
