A love for picnics and being outdoors has led to the creation of Richmond’s first luxury picnic and charcuterie business. Picnic RVA, started by Polina Bukina, brings fabulous experiences for all events and specializes in outdoor picnics, charcuterie, and grazing tables. After seeing similar businesses pop up on the west coast, Bukina decided to try […]
Ever since his high school teacher put a camera in his hand and appointed him the photo editor of the school newspaper, Phillup Lyons hasn’t put it down since. Lyons (Rouge Jungle to the world), is a self taught full-time photographer who said it’s taken a lot of trial and error to get him to […]
Richmond’s first selfie museum had its grand opening last Friday and its 16-year-old founder and CEO couldn’t be more thrilled. Na’Zyia Washington said her passion for taking pictures and bringing something to Richmond for families and teens her age to enjoy led to the creation of the museum. “It feels really good [to be the […]
Shannon Geiger wants you to know that shopping at her store, Twin Bull Treasures, supports over 30 local artists and their families. “We have a great selection of merchandise, but if we don’t have something we can custom make exactly what you’re looking for,” Geiger said. After selling furniture privately and as a vendor in […]
Theodore Booker’s favorite movie is The Karate Kid but for the longest time, he couldn’t figure out why he liked telling stories centered around father and son or mentor and mentee relationships. Once he remembered the movies he liked growing up, everything clicked for Booker, who said the film “embodies a son learning about [and] […]
“Wouldn’t it be awesome if drag queens got together by the van load on weekends and did shows in people’s driveways” – Michelle Livigne What started as a silly and fun Facebook post has led to the most incredible thing ever, according to Michelle Livigne. Livigne has been a drag queen for 13 years and […]
About 50 percent of the people who come in to Beaunuts ask how to pronounce the name, according to co-owner Ernie LaBrecque. LaBrecque said he needed a name quickly and his logo design (a donut with a mustache), southern centric menu and the definition of ‘beau’ helped things come together. “It gives us a reason […]
DispQueen always knew she would enter the cannabis industry and she created a five-year plan to transition from laboratories (where she worked as a hematologist) to eventually researching cannabis. After meeting her husband, DispKing (who also had interest in cannabis as a business and used as much as her) and joining forces, the Maryland-based couple […]
After being told he had no rhythm, Jouri (née Jouri Frazer) said he never saw himself doing music, but watching his friend make a beat led to an obsession with figuring out how to do it himself. Jouri got better at it, started writing and, since he’s a perfectionist, he decided if he was going […]
