The new year brings with it a host of promises kept and promises broken, and at the top of the list are resolutions made to improve our health.

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Loud music is blaring. Glass and debris are flying everywhere — vases, bottles and appliances, smashed to bits. It may sound like chaos — and it is. But it's also therapy.

When Marina Peshterianu moved from Ukraine to Chattanooga in 1993, she remembers being asked about her accent everywhere she went.

From teenagers with dance moves to fashion or fitness enthusiasts with a knack for video editing, social media has ushered in a new kind of celebrity: the influencer.

Welcome to 2022! Our January cool finds will help every day be one to celebrate.

To the untrained eye, the 12-acre tract in the middle of Red Bank's central business district may resemble little more than a vacant lot.

Ginny Kelly has been hooked on running ever since she was a kid jogging beside her football coach dad in Oxford, Mississippi. A member of a state champion cross country team at Oxford High School, her youthful pastime has become an adult passion.

In ancient times, linens used for mummification were soaked with embalming resin that utilized what we would today describe as essential oils. Centuries later, we now have over 90 different essential oils, each with their own health claim.

Often touted as immune system boosters, stress relievers and cognitive enhancers, mushrooms have been used for ages in Eastern countries such as China and Japan but have only recently gained popularity for their wellness benefits in the West.

More and more of Chattanooga's younger generations, from Gen X to Gen Z, are finding fulfillment in the metaphysical, particularly astrology and tarot.

A variation on a black Manhattan, the Goodnight Moon is made with a half-ounce of Amaro Averna — rather than the full ounce typically used in a black Manhattan — and the addition of a half-ounce of Tattersall Sour Cherry Liqueur, "just to give it a bit more whimsical feel, a little fruit to it," says Ryan Smith, who co-owns the recently opened Rosecomb pub with his wife, Chloe Wright.

I'm always looking for quick getaways only an hour or two from Chattanooga, and my husband and I recently had the opportunity to return to Barnsley Resort, a North Georgia countryside retreat I've enjoyed since my first childhood visit with my grandparents. Barnsley was then more of a site of historical interest than a resort, where you could explore the gardens and the ruins of the manor house on the old Godfrey Barnsley estate.

"Having a grandfather who was a fisherman and a grandmother who was an artist, my love of painting the interplay of light and water came naturally," says Jim Tucker.

January is typically a time when people of my ilk — ink-stained wretches — tend to take stock of where they've been and where they're going.

Chefs are typically at their busiest during the Christmas season, catering office parties or making holiday dinners to provide others with a memorable experience.

You've got your tree. You've got your events and your shopping list. You've also got a few questions.

For most families, keeping a Christmas tree alive requires maybe a monthlong commitment.

Looking for a podcast to keep you company on your next long drive or walk around the neighborhood?

You don't have to spend money on a plane ticket out west to spend time on the slopes.

No matter what holiday you celebrate, candy and sweets are always in demand during this time of year.

If you're always looking for one more thing you can do to reduce waste and make the planet a better place, you don't have to shake those ideals when you go out for a drink. At least not if you're headed to No Hard Feelings, a no-fuss, no-frills, neighborhood cocktail bar on Broad Street across from the Read House.

Season's greetings. Blessed Yule. Happy Hanukkah. Merry Christmas.