It’s a trinity of awesome at the Once Upon a Vine tasting this Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The beers will be poured by Bridget from Specialty Bev. and are top secret but are from their 12% Import line. That seems like a good start and has a Belgian ring to me. Brad [...]
RTD is reporting for the first time in 40 years the population of our city has grown. We now tip the scales at 204,214 which is a 3.2% increase from 10 years ago. What I liked about the article was Manchester’s possible role in that growth. Michael Congdon, 29, is part of Richmond’s growth and [...]
Driving this morning caught a picture of the new Crust and Cream that is opening up and the sign of Blockbuster closing down. Crust and Cream is now officially open (after 2 for now) and I plan on going later today for lunch and plan on stopping by Blockbuster to see if there are any [...]
The best quote from the article online, since I use this bridge the most. Even the Nickel Bridge (Boulevard Bridge) is on the watch list, it just turned 86 years old. “I think we can get it to a hundred. I think it’s got a lot of life,” said David Caudill with the Richmond Metropolitan [...]
Stephanie a new resident to our little area of RVA pointed me to a new business that has opened in our neighborhood and highlights it on BREADWINNERS OF NVNV; One of the most unique businesses I’ve come across during my time with New Visions, New Ventures has to be Allison Carver’s A Taste of Therapy. Carver, a [...]
Earlier this I week had the pleasure of getting a sneak peek at the Virginia Historical Society’s new exhibit “An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia“. The exhibit is a signature program of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission. To put it mildly the exhibit is stunning. I do have a [...]
Phil over at James River News Hub is running a series of post this week that examine how folks get to and use the James River. Definitely worth checking out. I’ve outlined what he has covered so far. Head over there to contribute your two cents. Open Richmond’s canals to paddlers – “The canals in [...]
Apparently it is the season of internet polls. In the continuing quest to find the best of RVA, through polling people that go to a particular website, Richmond.com is allowing you to vote on the coffeehouses in town. Southbank favorite Crossroads is in the mix. Not very much in the way of descriptions given. All [...]
RVA News Internet Awards voting is open. Now is your chance to vote for Best Blog, Best Community News Site, Best Comment Thread, Best Business Site, Best Use of Social Media by a Business, Best Female Tweeter, Best Male Tweeter. One of the nice things about voting this year is that they have made it [...]
In the ongoing battle in city council over alleged sexual harrasment the accusser, Jennifer Walle, has recently spoken up. Most recently with Style Weekly; Walle’s life became an ongoing water-cooler topic following a City Council meeting held Jan. 2. At the meeting, Councilman E. Martin Jewell made public an e-mail exchange in which Hathcock seems [...]
From the Friends of James River Park System; The Boathouse at Rockett’s Landing and Friends of James River Park are co-sponsoring a contest to name our region’s River Heroes. We hope to bring attention to the magnificent, scenic river that runs through Richmond and to those who have worked to make the James River a [...]
