Good Friday morning, Alexandria!
Today’s weather : Expect sunshine and a high of 68 degrees, accompanied by a light and variable wind, which will turn southwest at 6 mph come afternoon. Friday night will be partly cloudy, with temperatures dropping to around 54 degrees. South winds around 6 mph will shift to west direction after midnight.
You need to know
Old Town paper store Penny Post has seen a boost in sales after appearing on an episode of Love Is Blind last week, Axios reported .
The shop’s owner, Amy Rutherford, said the store saw a 31% spike in revenue in the days after the episode aired compared to the same period last year. Rutherford also said people came into the shop the following weekend and mentioned having seen the shop on the dating show.
The episode featured local calligrapher Michele Hatty Fritz of Meant To Be Calligraphy teaching a class to show participants Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans. Fritz said her website’s seen a 200% bump in web traffic after the appearance and she’s sold a quarter of her Penny Post calligraphy classes for the next year.