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UP Factory: you’ll come back because you’ll feel good

Posted on December 18, 2018September 2, 2024 by Tom Ingram

From massages to aerial classes to yoga, UP Factory offers an extensive array of amazing classes and services.

Cadena’s Hair Designs

Posted on October 22, 2018September 2, 2024 by Tom Ingram

Having grown up in my mom’s hair salon, I felt nostalgic walking into Cadena’s, a quaint salon located in north Columbus, at 7559 Kayne Boulevard, Suite B. The smell of clean shampoo and laughter both filled the air as I walked in and met the trio of ladies who have been running the salon for three years. A regular client smiled from under her black smock with color in her hair and said with a…

When you care enough about your car to leave nothing to chance, trust the experience and expertise at Carnoisseur

Posted on August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Vince has been detailing cars in the Columbus area since 1997. In 2013 he transformed his mobile car detailing business into a brick-and-mortar location, in order to provide the highest quality service under any conditions. Now, with a new location, at 3885 Miller Road, Vince offers his years of expertise to those who truly care about their cars. Carnoisseur lives up to it’s neologism name, and might go beyond. For those who want an expert…

Take back your health: The 2018 Holistic Columbus Expo connects vendors and speakers to people who believe natural and noninvasive practices should be the first approach to health

Posted on July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Hippocrates of Kos, the classical Greek physician and “Father of Medicine,” is often credited with the famous refrain, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” but scholars do not know who actually first set down the words in writing. Hippocrates was not a lone figure in the wilderness of early medicine; instead, he was the progenitor of an entire school of medical thinking and practice, an extensive and systematic approach to health…

Local Authors Spark Summer Reading

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Tom Ingram

It seems like the Chattahoochee Valley barely got to have a spring, and now the summer is here, bringing with it the excitement of summer reading challenges at area schools and libraries. As a mother of a four-year-old, I am always looking for books my daughter will be excited to pick up, watch intently, and eventually memorize so she can act out the story. I try to find activities with a balance between preparing my…

Carnoisseur: when you care enough about your car to leave nothing to chance, trust the experience and expertise at Carnoisseur

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Market Days are here again: every Saturday, 160 local vendors converge on Broadway to sell home grown and hand made wares of every kind

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Tom Ingram

A bright, cool morning finds tents and tables going up all along Broadway, from 9th to 13th Street. The crowd soon follows, overflowing the sidewalks with browsers, couples with children in tow, people with dogs. The crowd ambles among the myriad vendor booths, selecting fresh produce, accent pieces for home and garden, and tasting the wide variety of snacks for sale. Market Days are here again, and Saturday mornings are alive with commerce, community and…

I floated for an hour and I liked it: my surprisingly relaxing and invigorating experience in a sensory deprivation tank

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Tom Ingram

I was nervous. I’m not typically claustrophobic. I get antsy toward the end of trans-Atlantic flights, but otherwise do well in enclosed spaces. A sensory deprivation tank, though, is very different from a crowded airplane. You’re alone, in total darkness. The water temperature is set so that within a few minutes, you no longer feel it against your skin. Suspended and in repose for an hour, you are left to yourself. I was nervous, but,…

A Day at Omaha Brewing Co.: Columbus’s craft beer brewery in Omaha, Ga.

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Tom Ingram

It was the first truly fine day of the year, an unusually warm 77 degrees on a bright February day, when Tyson Anthony, a representative for Omaha Brewing Company, invited us down for a tour of the brewery. After our tour, we sat at a table in the tap room, a spacious retreat whose garage-style doors were open to the patio, admitting a cooling breeze and the several dogs hanging out with us that day….

Can You Escape?

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Tom Ingram

It was a cold, overcast day recently, when a group of first-timers arrived at Escape This Live, at 1036 1st Avenue, in the heart of Uptown Columbus. They were not entirely certain what was in store for them as they climbed the stairs to the second floor of the building; but as they mounted the stairs, their excitement mounted, too. On the recommendation of a friend, who had fallen in love with escape room games…

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