By Lora Settle Old Town Shoe & Luggage Repair is an Old Town Alexandria staple, celebrating its 30th year in business this year. The owners,

By Lani Gering Alexandria’s own Ten Thousand Villages has changed its name and has re-branded itself as The World Crafted on King. I was reassured

By Lani Gering Arielle Shoshana is the brain child of Arielle Shoshana Weinburg. She and her partner Katri Haas have dubbed Arielle Shoshana as “Alexandria’s perfume

By Barbara Leary On a Saturday inside the Cornerstone Craftsman workshop, a group of Alexandria teens is finishing the seams on the drywall sheets they

Pictured above: Together We Bake Co-Founder Tricia Sabatini, Executive Director Tricia Allen and Program Alumna and Shipping and Fulfillment Associate Reina Carranza By Elizabeth Hughes

By Lauren Evoy Davis You’re holding your 90-year-old mother’s hand, and her breathing is slow. She seems to be unconscious, and you’re not sure she

By Elizabeth Hughes Whether you’re looking to class up your wardrobe or to find that perfect gift, Old Town boutiques don’t disappoint. They cater to

Photo above courtesy of Chukwudinma Anthony Nsofor (aka Chudi) By Lani Gering I have been wracking my brain trying to remember when I first met

By Bob Tagert This month’s business profile is bitter sweet. Imagine Artwear, one of Old Town’s first and best retailers is retiring and closing her

By Lani Gering “Irish foods and specialty cheese, you say? You have gruyere from two-time World Cheese Champion Michael Spycher and black pudding?” These questions