Journey and Experience
After almost fully retiring as Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) Virginia Oyster Restoration and Fisheries Scientist, Tommy Leggett returned to his desired life as a waterman — aquaculture farming native oysters throughout the bay for his small scale oyster business, York River Oysters. Tommy spends his days working by the tides. At early morning high tide, […]
To say that Captain Chris Newsome has salt water running through his veins would be an understatement. Having grown up on the water, Chris spent years fishing in the traditional style before seeking out fly fishing as a new challenge. The Captain helped pioneer the sport in Eastern Virginia as one of the area’s first saltwater fly fishing guides. […]
Church Hill has the honor of being Richmond’s oldest neighborhood, and probably its most changed over the years. John Murden, whose restauranteur wife Kendra Feather owns The Roosevelt and WPA Bakery, is also the eyes and ears of the East End via his blog, Church Hill People’s News. His grassroots publication and brand of community […]
You may recognize this fine couple from various debuts in Ledbury’s correspondence throughout the years. Reid Collier is one of our Art Directors here at Ledbury, and his super rad wife, Heather, is a Senior Producer at The Martin Agency. They live together in a fantastic home in the Museum District with their hound dog, […]
Matt Rho has been a friend of Ledbury for as long as we’ve been in business. As part of the team at Shockoe Atelier, Matt spends most of his weekdays just around the corner from Ledbury HQ in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom. We run into Matt around town pretty much everywhere — grabbing coffee at Urban […]
For lack of a better way to say it, touring the Arts District with Quirk Gallery Director Mary Fleming is like hanging out with the unofficial mayor of the district. She knows everyone (or everyone knows her) and she’s met with a smiling face, a cheerful update on a neighborhood project, or a drink on […]
Once solely home to warehouses and factories, Scott’s Addition is rapidly transforming from an industrial dead zone to a growing network of breweries, galleries, and creative work spaces. The neighborhood is host to two breweries, a meadery, a growing chia seed empire (Health Warrior), and a slew of hip apartment buildings actively wooing a young […]
Whether you’re a new or old Richmond resident, the Ukrop name shouldn’t be new to you. Ted Ukrop and his wife Katie have not only been huge patrons of the creative community in Richmond, and are helming the cities very-first boutique hotel, (Quirk Hotel) opening this month in the Arts District. They also happen to […]
The Tiny Bar at Black Iris is one of our favorite places in town to catch a show. A bit elusive, it’s one of those places that many locals haven’t even yet discovered. Black Iris is a music production company and gallery space located at 321 W Broad St. When Black Iris moved in to […]
Negotiation is one of those loaded words that is almost guaranteed to elicit a negative response in the average person. Some enjoy it, some hate it, and it’s essentially unavoidable as a modern human being. It’s also something most of us do every day without realizing it, which is ironic given the fear it strikes […]
One question we hear time and time again: “What’s a pop-up shop all about?” Pop-up shops vary quite a bit from brand to brand. For us, we pop-ups aren’t just a temporary store, they’re one of the most true reflections of the Ledbury brand. The pop-up shop is an opportunity to build relationships with existing […]
Five years ago this week, Paul Watson and I opened the doors to a small loft in Richmond and launched a business that had been years in the making. There is a photo from the original launch party that recently resurfaced. Watson’s mother in-law took it. Back then, family members made up the majority of […]