Life + Culture

Nurses Honoring Nurses

Monroe County’s Honor Guard Offers Final Tributes to Caregivers Article by Sarah Keeler | Photography by D.P. Soule Photography; Submitted When a nurse’s life and career come to an end, a small but meaningful ritual performed by a local nonprofit ensures their service is remembered. The Nurses Honor Guard (NHG) of Monroe County was founded in 2024 with a simple but powerful mission: “nurses honoring nurses.” The volunteer group attends funerals and hospice bedsides to perform ceremonial...

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Forces of Nature

Building Something Bigger on Their Own Terms Article by Katrina M. Randall | Photography by Kelly Kester Photography "There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish," Michelle Obama once said—and the women of Rochester are living proof. They aren’t just living up to that sentiment, they’re setting a new standard. These women are healing, building and rebuilding, renovating, designing, and creating. Our region is home to women who are thriving in male-dominated fields and leading the way...

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Women to Watch

Rochester's Next Chapter Is Being Written by Women Article by Staff | Photography by Submitted Christina Shipley, Maison & Bouquet Christina Shipley brings a well-traveled aesthetic to Schoen Place in Pittsford, where she recently opened up Maison & Bouquet. She describes her “European-style” boutique as a “love letter to the ‘collected life’—a jewel box of a space." She was raised in Los Angeles and spent her childhood absorbing the art of living well. Shipley says: “A home should look...

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Space to Breathe

The Rise of Women’s Retreats Across the Region Article by Marie Gillette | Photography by Submitted Deep in the woods, alongside lakes, in a subterranean greenhouse, along wooded trails winding through the seasons, women gather. They arrive carrying accumulated exhaustion from holding it all together, the quiet ache of roles that leave little room for their own voices, a longing they can’t quite put into words. Somewhere in the circle, around the fire, on the earth, they begin to set it down. ...