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Kinsey Gidick

Kinsey Gidick is a freelance writer based in Central Virginia. She previously served as editor in chief of Charleston City Paper in Charleston, South Carolina, and has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, BBC, Atlas Obscura, and Anthony Bourdain’s Explore Parts Unknown, among others. When not writing, she spends her time traveling with her son and husband. Read her work at kinseygidick.com.

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Travel

These stateside “destination dupes” feel a world away

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Arts & Culture

How @landontalks, a Mississippi art teacher turned internet star, became a noted keeper of Southernisms

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Home & Garden

In her new book, Ralph Lauren creative director Mary Randolph Carter advocates for cozy homes full of treasures and stories

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Travel

In Virginia, one writer went a little off the rails to get the wild backstory

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Travel

Let gravity do the work on these alpine-inspired rides

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Arts & Culture

Savvy booksellers are stepping up to satisfy readers’ cravings for spicy stories

Recipe

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Recipe

Rich, fudgy, and delicious hot or cold

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Food & Drink

Plus, how raw foods expert WiBi Ashley harnessed the healing power of plants

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Food & Drink

From viral star to cookbook author, the Virginia chef is living her baking dreams

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Travel

With towering trees, dazzling lights, extravagant gingerbread, and more

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Arts & Culture

The commonwealth’s quirkiest holiday event happens to be one of its most magical

Recipe

This bourbon cocktail from the Garden & Gun Club plays a perfect melody on the palate

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Arts & Culture

With their artful depictions of collegiate buildings, a UVA grad’s designs have won fans across the country

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Arts & Culture

Virginia Miller Reeves’s Once in the Blue Moon is a lesson in perseverance in more ways than one

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Travel

Old-school but updated accommodations on the Chesapeake Bay, Gulf Coast, and other Southern waterways

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Arts & Culture

A real-life Forrest Gump, Tex Robertson jumped boxcars, befriended a president, and helped secure Allied victory on his way to inventing a beloved, bouncy watersport

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Arts & Culture

The bestselling author’s latest book, A Happier Life, is part whodunnit and part beach read

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Arts & Culture

Crafty travelers and social media hobbyists have put an old-school art form back on the map

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Travel

Fascinated by American history? Book a stay at one of these centuries-old haunts