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Here are some quick tips on backing up your WordPress blog (both for free and paid hosting). It’s something you should do regularly. While your paid hosting site can usually save the day if you install a bad plug-in and everything disappears and you call them in a panic (happened to me a month ago), [...]

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I love this great wedding that I found on SMP.  It is an elegant swiss wedding that was shot by Adam Ludwik and Joanna Siwiec in Switzerland. I am going bananas (yes, I’m secretly in love with Rachel Zoe) over the matching stripes t…

CHPN has a guest column by Michael McPeak regarding Citizen’s Response System, the City of Richmond’s online request system. By his and other accounts the City has got this one right. “one clear advantage of the CRS is that it provides documentation on all requests and ways to track progress. So, if something is not getting [...]

The most FAB housewife from the OC (in our opinion) is launching her own handbag line. Gretchen Christine Rossi has released “The Gretchen Christine Collection”. After creating her line of cosmetics as we saw on the show in 2009, she has now team…

On September 25th Bryan Park is celebrating its 100th year anniversary! Crazy! They’ll be all sorts of bands, vendors, and “more.” You can check out the entire list over on the Friends of Byrd Park website. The eponymous Joseph Bryan practice law in Richmond and eventually purchased a huge swath of land named “Laburnum” — [...]

Once again from the daily police report. Call 911 if you see suspicious behavior. The Richmond Police Non-Emergency Number is (804)646-5100. 3rd Precinct -BURGLARY 9/3/10 — 9/7/10, 8:13 p.m. – 12:01 a.m. 1209 W. 29th St . An unknown person(s) broke into the shed and stole power tools. 3rd Precinct – BURGLARY 9/4/10 — 9/7/10, [...]

For those ladies who are too cool for their own good. Novel Couture makes Kay Adams’ “Posh Ice” their number one pick for Fall 2010’s editorial exclusive gifts. Get the story here.

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Sure it might just be a small change, but sometimes switching up the way a table functions can really make all the difference. And our house is not a museum. Pillows and accessories are swapped out all the time, and nothing’s too precious to get relocated or edited down whenever the mood strikes. So as [...]

by Michael McPeak Following up on the September Church Hill Association Newsletter article on the Citizens Request System (CRS), I decided to use it to make two requests of the City on 23 August – one, a Priority request and the other, a regular one (anything not defined as “Priority” by the City). The Priority [...]