With each gift, my beloved speaks a language of love. When I was young, I married my best friend, a cliché dismissed as sentimental until it happens to you. In my husband, I found my home. Now, ensconced in midlife and traversing the terrain of family life, inherent with its joys and sorrows, I’m filled […]
Robin and Alex LaBrunerie’s home plays host to an eclectic art collection and festive parties. Walking into Robin LaBrunerie’s home off Stewart Road feels like walking into an intimate museum. The rooms on the main level boast color-blocked walls that showcase a variety of art styles and periods. Warm tones of gold and brown make
Robin and Alex LaBrunerie’s home plays host to an eclectic art collection and festive parties. Walking into Robin LaBrunerie’s home off Stewart Road feels like walking into an intimate museum. The rooms on the main level boast color-blocked walls that showcase a variety of art styles and periods. Warm tones of gold and brown make
Michele and James Batye work together to nurture their high-functioning blended family. She’s the president of Dave Griggs’ Flooring America; he’s a real estate investor and sales manager. The Batyes dish the details on their unconventional family and nearly quarter-of-a-century relationship. How did you meet? James: Mutual best friend. First date? Michele: The original “Jurassic
Audrey McFadden leaves sugar behind and beats her diabetes diagnosis. When Audrey McFadden turns her cell phone around to show me her before and after photos, even she can’t believe the transformation. For most of her adult life, she was overweight. In the before photo, Audrey’s frame is fuller, and she looks tired. In the
Wind — one of the gifts of nature. A provider of electric energy was first demonstrated in 1888 when Charles Brush installed a wind turbine electric generator to power the lights and appliances in his Cleveland home. In the current stampede to reduce carbon emissions and combat global warming, power from the wind has been
Employee parking downtown may not be ideal, but is it really the problem everyone thinks it is?
Lakota Coffee Company brings cups full of warmth and community to Columbia’s south side.
Did you make a bet with a friend on the outcome of this year’s Super Bowl game or the NCAA basketball tournament? Is there an office pool at your work? Every year, tens of millions of Americans wager on the outcome of sporting events and do so without giving a second thought to the illegality
From their titles to their numbers, Columbia Board of Realtors give a glimpse into the real estate profession.
