Eclectic Shopping

Stein Mart's offers an interesting assortment.

Middle Eastern company makes bid for Augusta jet repair facility.

Dubai company interested in Landmark Aviation

Goodbye SRS, hello Chickasaws!

Saving a buck or two can take us to the strangest places.

No fly zone

Is someone keeping planes out of the air during Masters?

Welcome to Masters week

The week of the tournament is the best week of the year for the staff of The Augusta Chronicle. We work all year to get ready for this.

The day Sissy Barnes went 2-for-2.

I go to an intriguing area sporting event just about every day. I ask the questions. Record the answers. Some days I get to chronicle more than who ran for the most yards, struck out the most guys or scored the most points.
Those are the days when this job just can't be beat. I had one of those moments recently at Westside High School.

Too Many Telephones

I can't decide on a new telephone.

Hunting for a Hutch

The trials and tribulations of shopping for a china hutch.

A No-Win Conversation

Caught in the act of being a minimalist. And a mother.

Who would you name something for?

I have been suggesting to friends that our community consider renaming some roads, buildings and landmarks after celebrities

Good things can happen at Augusta Regional Airport, right?

We've heard your horror stories (bad service, canceled fights, high fares), now tell us about the time things went well.

Toiling for Tile

The latest home improvement project - a tile backsplash.

Can they do that?

I've had a few people ask me about the palatial "home" under construction on Magnolia Drive.

Over the River

Checking out the shopping in North Augusta

Dollar Stores - Delightful or Depressing?

Are dollar stores worth a look?

Trivial pursuits

I don't watch a lot of TV anymore because, well, it mostly sucks. But I recently discovered what might possibly be the best channel out there: The Tube Music Network.

Incredible Gifts

Pardon me while I brag for a moment.

The Dog and His Toys

Shopping for our dog, the first "child."

What Am I Doing, And Why Am I Here?

Do you know how stupid it makes you feel to say, "Thank you," to a piece of electronic equipment?

Target isn't Supersizing

Target is expanding but not becoming a Super Target.

Will success breed big crowds?

Most people seem to like it when Augusta places high on those national “best places” type of lists that come out every once in a while. Me, I get a twinge in the gut.

Pretty Much Spring

“Dracula sauce!” It disappeared quickly. They didn't think much of the honey mustard, though.

Check Your Baby's Gear

Recent recalls have been issued for major baby gear.

In Other Words, I'm Pregnant

These days, I can get emotional about [insert topic here].

An Afternoon at the Civic Center

A review of the Home and Garden Show.

Sale at Kohl's - What A Shock

Discounts abound at Kohl's this weekend.

Ikea Coming to Bucharest

When you've been out of the country for a while, there is nothing quite like getting something as familiar as an Ikea catalog in the mail.

Amusing Ourselves in Bucharest

They are very friendly people who tend to go down rows of band names they keep in their heads in the hopes of finding one we will recognize. Since we aren't big collectors of music and don't devote a lot of time to learning about it, our more musical friends tend to roll their eyes a lot.

A Profusion of Color Arrives

It's time to get gardening again.

The exception to the rule

Most people who wear costumes to conventions about TV shows are definitely losers... except dedicated Transformers fans.

The Restaurant at the End of the Piata

They're not something that would be allowed in the U.S., being a little haphazard and random and probably not visited by Inspector No. 9. It's a bit like Anakin Skywalker's hometown, minus the desert and the slavery.

What Patheth For Exthitement Around Here

Even the offer of multiple dollar bills from loving aunts and uncles could not convince the boy to part with his tooth. Today was a similar story, with Gramma making offers that the boy could easily refuse.

The Princess and the Pea

A lesson learned in buying a bed.

Do you allow your child (under 9 years) to cross the street alone? Educate yourself and them...

Are you placing your child in danger? If you allow your child (under age 9) to cross the street alone, you are putting your child's life in danger.

Immediate opening for a new future Mrs. Channing 100-Proof

Today is a sad day. A perennial member of the Future Mrs. Channing 100-Proof Club must be dismissed. Sadly I must say goodbye to Salma Hayek.

Billary Clintons

The Clintons back to the White House?

The Fashionable Kids in Town

Preppy is in for kids.

How I Got My Very Own Romanian Stalker

It began cooing enthusiastically and shaking its wings and tail feathers. It was downright embarrassing. Cute, but embarrassing.

What Will The Men In Your Life Be Wearing?

While men's fashions don't change as often as women's, there are some additions this season.

Richmond County's economic success will benefit entire region

In economic development, thinking locally is really acting regionally

Movie Review: Bond, lame Bond

James Bond is back and he’s better than, well, George Lazenby.

The film begins in classic black-and-white. We see Bond violently kill a man with his bare hands in a men‘s room - and then he doesn’t wash has hands afterward! Later, he shoots a guy in Reno, just to watch him die.

Dining in Style and For Less

Adding the latest colors and styles to your dining room or kitchen at Pier One

Romanian Goose Chase: Epilogue

As if that weren't interesting enough, it appears I have a stalker.

Free Thoughts, or Thought Police

People are always trying to tell us what to say and how to think, whatever happened to the 1st Amendment?

The Eagles? Please try again, says Uhles

The Eagles may have sold a ton of records, but their music wasn't very interesting, columnist Steven Uhles writes. So much for Great American Band.

Romanian Goose Chase

We weren't chasing actual geese. We were chasing a small flock of Romanian girls.

That so doesn't look right on the screen.

Is Augusta in Fashion?

Checking local stores to see if Augusta is in style

What would you do with lottery winnings?

OK, so I didn't win. But I can dream, can't I?
So can you ...

Lent, our sacrifice.

During Lent, Christians make a sacrifice to God by giving something up. What did you give up?

No Escape for Vlad, Part II

There he sat, turning the thing around in his brain, lamenting the lack of a back door or windows of any kind, while assuming some solution would present itself and that he could perhaps sneak by the table without being noticed.

Makeup and Massages

Do you love getting a massage or makeup freebies?

Tired of going through security?

It's probably not the end to commercial aviation as we know it, in fact, it isn't even close. But it's still really awesome.

No Escape for Vlad, Part I

Sometimes you stumble into things. Sometimes you stumble into things you wouldn't have stepped into on purpose. Sometimes you get trapped there.

Olin is a big, fat (and completely legal) polluter

Why Augusta's Olin Corp. chlorine plant won't be saying goodbye to mercury anytime soon.

Filling the Easter Basket

Michael's offers Easter items and new decorative products for the crafty person in all of us.

Spring in Romania? Et-cetera and Et-cetera

It will be nice to sit in a cozy place with a beer bigger than my head. Everyone drinks them. It's amazing. I think I am the only one amazed by them.

Going Out, Chimpanzees and Not Much Else

I had originally, and very optimistically, titled this piece “Going Out in Romania,” but the truth is, I have absolutely nothing enlightening to say about going out in Romania. It is exactly like going out in the U.S., except with more of all the things that make you say, “I hate going out in the U.S. I wish I were in Europe.”

The Allure of Shiny New Toys

Just in case you need one more place to stare at large-screen TV's

Store Wars -- The Mall Strikes Back

In the epic battle for the hearts and minds of Augusta-area shoppers, it appears that Augusta Mall is winning the war.

Dirt banking

Word going around town is that there's more out at the James Brown estate than possibly just his body.

Andy Pye, the Firehouse guy

Firehouse Subs' local franchisee says he's just warming up.

Pardon our progress

Few days go by without someone's asking me, "Hey, what's up with the Bee Hive building?"

They're here, they're here

Automatic Data Processing Inc., the New Jersey-based business services firm that said it expects to employ up to 1,000 people in the Augusta area in five years, is apparently still scouting real estate.

White sale

Remember when Clay and Braye Boardman, Julian Roberts III and Turner Simkins, a rock 'n' roll supergroup equivalent for a local business partnership, acquired the old J.B. White building downtown?

It Was a Long and Stormy Night in the CSRA's Greater Rural Outback

At 8:30 p.m. last night, the first day of March escorted it's first tornado of the season right through the western boundary of our farm.

Lights Out in Romania

Last night, there was an explosion in the shed in what I am going to optimistically call the courtyard.

More food recalls

Recent recalls you might want to know about

Grocery Store Sales

Can you save money on the weekly grocery bill?

Oh Boy (or Girl)

Not finding out is driving people crazy

The only reason to watch the Oscars...

Watch my montage of the best parts of the Academy Awards show from Sunday night.

The Wonders of Internet Networks

“If you unplug this, they'll come.”

We thought he was joking. He wasn't. As it seemed our only option, we unplugged the cord. That night, there was a knock on our door.