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“Once the connection is made to the east, bike commuting to downtown Indianapolis from Greenfield and Cumberland will increase,” says Scott Irons, owner of Indy Cycle Specialist. “It’ll also be a boon to Irvington, as riders explore our shops, restaurants, breweries, and the beautiful neighborhood.”

Trek women’s advocate Kate Nolan has ridden Town Run for 20 years. “It’s very flowy. There are lots of short step-ups and -downs, and I love the drops,” she says. “It has plenty of terrain changes, from hilly and windy to dirt berms in the prairie.”

“I love the trail south of the zoo,” says Andrew Hector, a downtown runner working up to a marathon. “It’s pretty much just you, the woods, and the river … a little oasis in the city.”

How popular is the Monon Greenway in Hamilton County (and Carmel in particular)? Some 450,000 people biked or walked it last year, so it’s no surprise that about $500 million in new development projects have broken ground—or will shortly—adjacent to the trail.

Spotted Bring a bit of nature indoors with Homespun: Modern Handmade‘s (869 Massachusetts Ave.) new line of ethically sourced and eco-friendly insect displays by Green Beetle Shop. Friends, Forever Beauty + Grace (Carmel City Center) kicks off its Memorial Day sale with a “Friends + Family” presale event where shoppers can buy one full-priced item […]

Long before Ambre Blends was sold in boutiques across the country and name-checked by Vogue, making organic fragrance oils was merely a hobby for owner and creator Ambre Crockett. That changed in 2003, when Haus Love became the first store to start selling the line. So it made perfect sense that the launch party of […]

» Case of the Blues Stop by Irvington menswear store James Dant (5624 E. Washington St.) beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday where some folks from Raleigh Denim Workshop will be on site with their latest looks. View this post on Instagram If you're one of our Raleigh lovers, you should stop by the shop […]

New details on the opening date, plus a sneak peek at the area’s most anticipated store opening in perhaps ever.

The question we must now ask is not how many yoga pants–slinging shops can one mall hold, but rather, what sets Fabletics apart from the rest?

The impressive music lineup makes the festival’s lively marketplace, friendly crowd, bountiful food trucks and craft beer, and picturesque Ohio riverfront setting seem like mere perks.

Even if you can’t yet get a table at Whiskey Dry, Lee’s other restaurants—and the city’s oft-toasted dining scene at large—offer reasons aplenty to cross the Ohio.

The Hot List is a weekly roundup of our very favorite Instagram finds.   WANT. SKIRT. That is all. Beauty + Grace, Carmel City Center, 317-564-0687 Shake, rattle and roll this Wednesday in our clover fringe skirt! #indianapolis500 #REV #musthavefashions #racebaby #nphilanthropy #onlyatbeautyandgrace A post shared by beauty + grace (@shopbeautyandgrace) on Apr 26, 2017 […]

“Our house is exactly like you see in the photos. We don’t own a lot of possessions.”

Check in at the Thompson Hotel, and you could be in a glass-walled suite gazing past the gray-blue waves of Puget Sound to the snow-frosted Olympic mountains.

Let’s say, hypothetically, you had a business meeting, a casual lunch, and a cocktail party all in the same day. You’d find a sweet little get-up for each setting at Fira—and that’s not hypothetical. Fira is Swedish for “celebrate,” which is what you’ll want to do when you hear everything is under $100. The country-chic merch […]