The Plaids are part of a rich tradition at Swift Creek Mill Theatre, as the first play, Forever Plaid debuted in 1994 at the historical venue. Over the last twenty-one years, three different…
Fiona Bessey-Bushnell is an occupational therapist and writer who lives in the West End. She enjoys exploring all the exciting places Richmond has to offer with her husband and two sons.
Dominion GardenFest of Lights at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden gets better and better each year! With half-a-million dazzling lights and more than twenty-five miles of light strands, it is no…
Reviewed by Fiona Bessey-Bushnell Do you remember biking down to the corner store as a child? Or riding bikes in the neighborhood with your friends? Or perhaps you…
Reviewed by Fiona Bessey-Bushnell Treasure Island the play, written by Paul Deiss and based on the classic novel of the same name by Robert Lewis Stevenson, is an…
Reviewed by Fiona Bessey-Bushnell Have you ever suffered from poison ivy? How about being stung by nettles? (I know this one firsthand – ouch!) Do you have invasive vines such…
Reviewed by Fiona Bessey-Bushnell The Science Museum of Virginia’s new temporary exhibit, Mindbender, offers your brain an intense but fun workout. As we prepared to enter the exhibit, I wasn’t…
It seems everyone in our family is sitting for a good portion of the day. My husband and I have office jobs. Our children are sitting in school for what…
Reviewed by Fiona Bessey-Bushnell I am not sure who was more excited about the newest temporary exhibit at the Science Museum of Virginia, Be the Dinosaur: Life in the…
Reviewed by Fiona Bessey-Bushnell The nationally recognized ReelAbilities Film Festival began in 2007. Now in its third year, fourteen US cities will host this thought-provoking film festival. This local…
When they take up lodging on our kids’ heads, lice don’t just gross us out. They wage an all-out assault on our confidence as parents. Because I had been informed…
