vol. 106 / Silent 🤫Sarah Choi provides her tips on how to enjoy this place we love to call home.
VOL. 106 / SILENT
This week's issue is all about slowing down, finding space for yourself, and connecting with this place we love to call home. With that goal in mind, let's meet your guest editor, Sarah Choi. You may know Sarah from the unique experiences she has created around RVA, such as Silent Reading Party, which encourages Richmonders to carve out an intentional quiet space in our busy lives for reading the old fashioned way. And who couldn't use a quiet moment during this busy holiday season?! Sarah, who is also a marketing consultant working to connect hospitality businesses with the Richmond community, has three favorite tips to provide during this busy time of year. Take it away, Sarah….
Blanchard's
Coffee Co.
The month I moved to Richmond six years ago, I got my coffee destinations mixed up and walked into Blanchard's Coffee Co.'s roasting facility on Westwood Avenue thinking it was a coffee house. They very kindly offered me a fresh cup of coffee anyway. I'm so glad their first, actual coffee house is now open on Broad Street, just minutes from my office. It's minimal decor always provides an aesthetically serene start to the day (until the coffee kicks in). Oh, and I still love stopping by their roasting facility on Westwood Avenue where they offer free public coffee cuppings every Friday at 10:30 am.
If I can claim to be a regular at any Richmond restaurant, Fighting Fish in historic Jackson Ward would be it! I'm there almost every week, and all the servers know what I order, every time. My favorite is Chirashi, a traditional Japanese rice bowl topped with sashimi, but sometimes I will get poke bowls. Having grown up in Korea, I am always searching for properly seasoned sushi rice and Chef Billy always hits the right rice vinegar, salt and sugar balance.
Work takes me all over the city seeing many people every day, so intentionally quieting down is a regular practice. I can't always get to it raising a toddler, but my favorite experience is to attend a sound bath at Lucid Living, resting and listening to the ethereal sound of Himayalan Singing Bowls. Everything is made of energy, which emits frequency, and after an hour of listening to the beautiful sound that fills the room, I feel more in tune with everything and everyone.
Represent Richmond well in our comfy cotton t-shirt emblazoned with a hand-drawn design. Yes, that's Richmond's airport code. We consider this tee perfect attire for traveling this holiday season, gift giving, or enjoying a lazy day off. Trust us — it's so super soft, you'll be wearing it everywhere.
