Coffee With Strangers

Kelli's downtown at Pop's to grab coffee with Raymond Hawkes. Ray's a Virginia Union grad the evening traffic reporter on CBS6 who despite his evening shift has mastered the dinner break and still live Richmond.

Kelli's downtown at Pop's to grab coffee with Emily Herr. Emily's a Richmond native living who still lives only about four miles from where she was born. A 2013 VCU grad, Emily's been livin' RVA dream as full time muralist traveling and painting.

Kelli's downtown at Pop's to grab coffee with Matt DiNardo. Matt's the morning meteorologist on 8 News Born & raised on Long Island, Matt's been in RVA for 14 years and yeah, his forecast is more accurate than the farmer's almanac.

Kelli's downtown at Pop's grab coffee with Lori Waran. Lori's the publisher at

Kelli's in Jackson Ward to grab juice with Ashley Williams. Ashley is the owner of BareSoul Yoga and social justice advocate and her yoga studio in Saadia's JuiceBox is making yoga and mindfulness accessible to a whole new population.

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and scored some dope Black Friday deals. Monday is Cyber Monday so you've got more chances to snag some great stuff and Tuesday is Giving Tuesday so we hope you'll save some money to support one of the local non profits we've worked with this year like UnBoundRVA, Girls for a Change, Storefront for Community Design, The Salvation Army, Studio Two Three, Code VA or one of the other great non profits in RVA.

We're taking a break through the end of the year but will be back in January with new episodes and may have some exciting news during the holidays so stay tuned on social media.

Oh, and we've got mugs...message us through social if you want one. They'll make great Christmas gifts. Okay, see you soon!

Kelli's at Garnett's East to grab coffee with John Murden. John's a Richmond native who married into the restaurant business but hasn't forgotten his roots at Little Caesar's. He's also the founder of Church Hill People's News, a website that's been covering news and events of the east end for more than a decade.

Kelli's in Highland Park to grab coffee with Ryan Rinn at the newly opened 6 Points Innovation Center. Ryan's originally from Texas, came to Richmond to attend U of R, stuck around and ended up in grad school at VCU, and soon after that he became Executive Director at Storefront for Community Design.

Kelli's at Garnett's Cafe at The Valentine to grab coffee with Bill Martin. Bill's the Director of The Valentine and has been with the museum for 23 years. As Bill says, The Valentine is "all Richmond all the time" and a place where we can each find our respective piece of Richmond history.

Kelli's on Broad Street for coffee with Ashley Hawkins of Studio Two Three during the Coffee then Lipstick event with Lou Stevens Glam Squad and Capture Photography. Ashley and her co-founders started Studio Two Three right out of VCU as a way of keeping artists in Richmond and keeping Richmond interesting and this mom of two still finds time to live Richmond.