Fitness

Movement as Medicine

Rehab 2 Perform's performance physical therapists help raise your baseline Article by Glenye Oakford | Photography by Photos by Rehab 2 Perform Walk through the doors of Rehab 2 Perform in Leesburg, and you'll notice something different. Instead of a typical medical environment, you’ll find a space that more closely resembles a training facility, with kettlebells, squat racks, and an atmosphere that emphasizes the company’s central philosophy: movement is medicine. Dr. Grant Westbrook, the...

Home + Design

A Warm Welcome Awaits at The Waterford Corner Store

A local focus helps Sarah Holway cultivate community and connection. Photography by Photos Courtesy of The Waterford Store A passion for local foods drew Sarah Holway to the historic village of Waterford, where she and a friend turned an empty storefront into a studio for interior design, floral design, and storage for the antiques they were collecting. When her friend moved to France, Holway also made a transition, retiring from DC Greens, the nonprofit she’d started in Washington, D.C. “I...

Arts + Culture

Cozy Winter Reading

Owner Leah Fallon shares some seasonal favorites. Photography by Courtesy of Birch Tree Books Even on winter’s coldest days, Leesburg’s Birch Tree Books offers a warm space blending novels and nature. Beginning as a pop-up at farmer’s markets, the bookstore is now the perfect winter retreat on Market Street, surrounded by thriving greenery, thanks to shared space with Foliage Plants, owned by Ami Mason. “It creates a wonderful ambiance of the store with beautiful plants that are also for...

Home + Design

Create a Wildlife Haven in Your Yard

To help save local insect, plant, and other wildlife species, start at home with these five steps. Article by Glenye Oakford In recent years, scientists have been reporting an alarming decline in many species of wildlife—such as the “insect apocalypse” that has seen these crucial creatures decline by 75% in the last 50 years, including the collapse of North America’s beloved monarchy butterfly population. But you can help bolster biodiversity on a local level by taking a few simple actions in...