Sometimes, not knowing your path can lead you right to where you need to be.  Alyssa Whitfield never imagined herself working in nonprofits, let alone running one. She had a background working in retail and loved fashion but didn’t know where in her career it would take her. After working for a sporting goods manufacturer …

Thai Mii Up  4400 Fairport Nine Mile Point Rd., Fairport  1780 East Ridge Rd., Irondequoit  491-6331  Rochester’s two Thai Mii Up locations might be the only Laotian restaurants in town. Thai Mii Up’s Fairport outpost is located in an unusual spot for a Thai restaurant—Eagle Vale Golf Course. Nonetheless, it continues to serve the same great …

Dear friends— It’s not the best of times for the world, but here in the (585) the snowdrops and crocuses are blooming, the birds are out there chirping, and the days are getting warmer. So good news item #1—spring isn’t cancelled! In fact, at this time, horticulture-related businesses are still allowed to operate, which means …

To many born-and-bred Rochesterians, California seems like a faraway dream: beaches, movie stars, and palm trees in the south; hippies, fog, and Silicon Valley in the North. But “NoCal” and “SoCal” are more than their stereotypes. Like the rest of the country, California is a state with a complicated human landscape. Robert Glick, an associate …