Summers and throughout the academic year, we're fortunate at the magazine to work with talented students in editorial, photography, marketing and web design – they come to us from schools across the country, and leave us for graduate work, reporting and editing jobs, travel abroad and other adventures. This blog is theirs, a forum to share stories, images, travel ideas, music reviews and more. And you can now follow them on Twitter, too – @AtLeisure.
When I was little, I often pretended to be a fashion designer, using colored pencils and sharpies to create fanciful and exotic dresses, handbags and jewelry like the kind I saw celebrities wearing. But I was not blessed with my grandmother’s sewing skills, so my designs never left the pages.
Chessie sits outside the Depot Grille in downtown Staunton, Va., as a reminder of what the restaurant used to be. Located in an old freight depot on Middlebrook Avenue, the Depot Grille restaurant opened in 1990 and remains a popular place for locals...
Even before this summer season officially began at summer solstice, it already seemed to be in overdrive – the flowers in full bloom, temperatures showing mid-summer numbers and crops ahead of the game.
I’ve always been attached to the Roanoke area. I was born in Roanoke and I’ve never wanted to leave. I graduated from Lord Botetourt High School in 2008 and have been studying at Virginia Tech for two years. I just can’t tear myself away from the area.
It was just a typical Wednesday afternoon in late June when Denise Koff , vice president of sales and marketing for Leisure Publishing, Blue Ridge Country’s parent company, discovered a surprise waiting for her as she pulled up to her Roanoke, Virginia...
