Thanksgiving Dinner at Amuse at VMFA

Thanksgiving Dinner at Amuse Thu, Nov 28, Seatings: noon – 5:45 Everyone needs a year off from cooking Thanksgiving dinner … maybe even eating turkey! Join us this year for a slightly nontraditional three-course, prix fixe dinner at Amuse and give thanks for not having to do the dishes afterward!Check out the menu. Make reservations today!

Five Easy Tips for a NOT Flat Stomach This Holiday Season

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Aren’t we all getting a little tired of those silly pop-up ads and articles about achieving a perfectly flat stomach? Why do we even care about this? This is the article I would rather see. This hectic holiday season don’t forget to take care of you, Mom! Here are 5 easy, hassle-free tips for a […]

Thanks and Giving: Heroes in RVA

Walk. To help us live.

Have you considered supporting the St. Jude Give Thanks.Walk right here in Richmond on November 23rd? They make it easy to help – and registration is free! Then fundraise! St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a place close to my heart. I have had the opportunity to visit St. Jude in Memphis, Tennessee in 2001, […]

Delivering Hope: Food Drive for Expectant Mothers and Babies

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UPDATE: Receive 20% off your full price purchase at Hip to be Round when you bring 2 or more items for the donation box  November 7 – 10, 2013!!   Have an extra pack of size 2 diapers and baby needs a size 3? Or did you get a bulk pack of baby food only […]

Your Youngster and You: Falling For You Keepsake Plate

Your Youngster & You:  “Falling For You”  Keepsake Plate – Come into All Fired Up on Wednesday, November 13th (open 10am-6pm) and we will help you get the perfect print from your infant or toddler and turn it into an adorable “Falling For You” keepsake plate. This design works perfectly with handprints (recommended for ages 3-10) or footprints (recommended […]

Kid’s Fun Night at All Fired Up!

Kids Fun Night! Join us on November 1st from 6-8pm as we create an autumn leaf dish from wet clay, design and paint a “I am thankful for…” plate for Thanksgiving, AND enjoy a pizza dinner! The cost is only $25 per child and is recommended for ages 6 and up. Space is limited, so call and sign up your […]

At the Virginia Thanksgiving Festival You’ll Party Like it’s 1619

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Prince may not have actually had that in mind — but he could have– if he only knew about the Virginia Thanksgiving Festival. On November 3rd you can celebrate Thanksgiving with a re-enactment of when Goode Shipe Margaret landed at what is now the Berkley Plantation and Captain Woodlief declared the first Thanksgiving. “Wait just […]

My Thanksgiving Survival Top 10 List

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It’s my impression that, for Americans, the Thanksgiving Holiday means: hours of car travel with arguing/whiny/carsick kids being stuck in airports with weather delays praying to get there before the holiday is over listening to politically opinionated relatives at dinner and wishing the holiday was over waiting 10 hours for the turkey to cook post-meal […]

It’s a Time to be Thankful

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My “Thankfulness Journal” doesn’t get nearly enough attention – and Thanksgiving week is the perfect time to bring it up to date. After all, we have so much to be thankful for it’s hard to imagine not updating a journal every day with thanks. As we approach Thanksgiving and Christmas, there never seems to be […]

Ten Dos and Donts On How To Survive Thanksgiving

Late Enough Alex Iwashyna

By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough Thanksgiving is almost upon us and as anyone who reads Late Enough knows, I’m not a fan. However, I am a fan of survival. And mashed potatoes. And not making things worse than they already are. So I've put together my top 10 ways to survive Thanksgiving because […]