THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 5, 1995 TAG: 9502010043
SECTION: REAL LIFE PAGE: K1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Fred Kirsch, Real Life editor
LENGTH: Medium: 62 lines
For centuries, philosophers have asked the question, ``What is real life?'' and searched in vain for the answer.
Until today.
Real Life, grasshopper, is the newest section of The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star. You'll find it waiting for you every Sunday, tucked beneath the Flavor section.
In it, you'll find stories about the personal side of life: love, marriage, humor, dating, sex, parents, children, life on the job, the struggle of squeezing into a swimming suit at age 40 and stories about both the big and little issues that make life, well, real.
You'll find real people like staff writers Dave Addis and Kerry Dougherty who go mano-a-womano in He Said/She Said, a column about anything (like how come women never have any money in their purses?) and everything that makes them laugh, makes them wonder, makes them mad.
Can there be Real Life without Dear Abby, Ann Landers and Miss Manners? No way. So, you'll find these favorite syndicated columnists here, too.
And we'll offer a whole package of other highlights, some of which will appear regularly and some occasionally. Such as My Job, Thumbs Up and Real Love.
My Job will put you in someone else's work shoes and give you a look at what some people in Hampton Roads do for a living and how they feel about it. In today's section, Grady Love tells us what it's like to work in an ice cream factory.
In Thumbs Up, we'll be sharing with all our readers stories that have appeared in locally zoned editions about folks who have done something special - from a personal achievement to helping their community - that we feel everybody should know about.
Real Love is all about married life. Here, you'll find stories about unusual courtships, how a ``two cop'' marriage works, why some couples still feel like newlyweds after 50 years.
And there's something else, you'll find in Real Life: You. In Real Moments, we invite essays from readers about memorable moments in their lives or how they view life in general.
So settle in with a cup of coffee and check us out.
It doesn't get any more real than this.
P.S. Reader essays should be addressed to ``Real Moments,'' The Virginian-Pilot, c/o Karen Santos, 150 W. Brambleton Ave., Norfolk, Va. 23501. ILLUSTRATION: Photos
MISS MANNERS
DEAR ABBY
ANN LANDERS
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