I’ve spent many days of my life sitting across the kitchen table from my nan. During the day, the other members of the family will work in the yard – five acres...
As a wedding photographer, I spend a lot of time around people who are eager to document a monumental moment in the lives of those they love. I’ve seen it 100 t...
For the right person, the right school can be a life changing experience. This is true in the case of local foodie and founding Paste Magazine Food Editor, Sara Bir. Sara is a native to the Mid-Ohio Valley, but spent time exploring various locations ...
Growing up, Joe Stephens had three career options. He was going to be a slugger in the major leagues, but he wasn’t able to hit a curve ball by 13. He was going...
There is an art to eating a meal. When created by a master of the trade - the medium, the presentation, and the atmosphere all create something wonderful. Like ...
My all time favorite Christmas movie, and one of my favorite movies in general, is It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s a classic feel-good story, and many parts of it have influenced the way I live my life. For example, there is a scene where George and Mary...
Downtown Parkersburg has a reputation. It’s not a great one either - 'there’s nothing to do, and there isn’t anywhere to go.' It’s sad, but the once vibrant and...
The alarm clock goes off at 6:30 a.m. Coffee, breakfast, dress, brush teeth and out the door by 7:30 a.m. to be behind a desk by 8 a.m. Paperwork, typing and si...
I have lived in the same home for the majority of my life. The house before this one I know only in photographs, it was lovely and near the beach, but it was not home. My home is sturdy and made of bricks. The floors are old, wooden and have seen cou...
Shhh.
A white house sits on the right side of the road. It doesn’t draw attention to itself. It just sits there, quietly and unassuming, while a secret society...
Olivia is a W.Va. based wedding photographer consumed by wanderlust. She seeks beauty in everyday things. Olivia is a teacher, wife, mother, daughter, indulger of all things Disney and unabashedly obsessed with her fur-babies: Henry and Pepper.
