This week's Page Three model, Ashley Flaherty, is a young lady we'd like to have on our side. A UNCG senior majoring in human development, Ashley aspires to one day get her law degree and become an advocate for at-risk youth. She credits her grandfather, David, with sparking her interest in politics and law.

The Sunday after Christmas, my thoughts turned to New Year's and the promise of a new beginning. For many years, it's been my philosophy that if you're very lucky, life is not one continuous existence from birth to death, but rather a series of deaths and rebirths.

Welcome to a bright new year to gallery hoppers and Arts District denizens alike, bringing the very First Friday of 2009 to life in Winston-Salem.