Articles By: JessicaV
I'm the owner of The Phoenix Day Spa & Salon in Ashland. I graduated from SOU in 2001 with a BS in Chemistry after being a hairstylist for 28 years. Now I'm back in the beauty industry after being a chemist for several years, with a year of graduate school in analytical chemistry. Don't ask. I guess it's just easier to meet me. We'll talk then.
Smart People (movie review)
You know how some movies have action that goes on and on and on and you can’t catch your breath and you realize your body is completely tensed up and you wish it would just give you a moment’s break? This isn’t one of those movies. Smart People, by director Noam Murro, is a slice [...]
Heartsong Chai
I just have to take a moment to rave about Heartsong Chai and their people. At the AIFF fundraiser I won three jugs of Pepperbrew and four boxes of chai in the silent auction. I had to go to Heartsong, in front of Shop ‘n’ Kart, to pick them up. First of all, the young [...]
Penelope (PG)
Penelope is a young woman who was born with a family curse that deformed her nose into that of a pig’s snout. The only way to break the curse is for her to be loved by one of her “own kind”, i.e. a blue-blood. Men run from the sight of her and it appears the [...]
Spring is right around the corner!
Yes, spring is right around the corner and your toes will soon be peeping out of boots. Don’t scream when you see the little piggies all scrunched, yellowed and chipped from the long winter hibernation. Help is on the way!! Yes, getting a pedicure really does make all the difference on how soon you’ll let [...]

