photo credit: Jake Lyell The inside of Captain Jack Sparrow’s brain is a marvellous thing: richly detailed, over the top, and full to the brim with nonsense. Disney’s new Pirates of the Caribbean installment, At World’s End, occasionally opens a tiny window into the character whose massive popularity was brought about, and let’s give credit [...]
This morning I read Jon’s post about completing a survey to help the Richmond Police Department reduce crime in your neighborhood. Unfortunately, the survey was only available as a PDF or an actual piece of paper that you had to go get from your community association. Luckily the internet exists these days. I’ve taken the [...]
General Zod nabbed by police. His beard is a little fuller, but it’s him. And police didn’t even need to use Superman’s molecule chamber at the Fortress of Solitude! AP – A manhunt for a gunman suspected of leaving a trail of six bodies as he made his way from Texas to New York ended [...]
Seriously people: Four of the five youths were found guilty of felony gang participation charges and given 96 hours of community service. Judge J. Stephen Buis told them that if they stay out of trouble until a hearing in May, he might dismiss the guilty verdicts. Absurd.
From “inRich:” They were organized, with their own hand signs, graffiti tag and even a Web site. They committed vandalism. They claimed parts of Richmond’s Carytown neighborhood as their turf, and on at least a half-dozen occasions, they outnumbered their enemies and beat them. And they had a name: The World War Crew. Psht … [...]
From tipster Chris: We were driving through Carytown last night and some big group of Jazzy people were performing near the Byrd … It was a pretty cool gig. Maybe 15 people playing. The crowd varied. It was very New Orleansy.
Happy Interactions (HI), the new bar and restaurant in Carytown that has a Nintendo Wii for its patrons on a giant flat-screen, featured a coupon in this month’s Valpak. Buy-on-get-one lunch and dinner, and a free appetizer. But the picture is a bit odd. I’m no photographer, but I’m not sure they captured the atmosphere [...]
RVAblogs set the challenge, and WOTBN.net delivered. This could be one of the most incriminating photos ever taken. Doug Wilder… in cowboy boots… fixing a pothole! It’s a little difficult to tell, but those aren’t penny loafers, they’re boots. Shiny cowboy boots. He was also wearing boots in this interview, where the author describes Wilder [...]
The Richmond Kickers battle the Harrisonburg City Islanders as they attempt to repeat as champions of USL2 soccer, tonight at 8pm at U of R stadium. Tickets are a bit steep @ $15, but hey, it’s the championships. If you can’t make the game but want to watch, Fox Soccer Channel will re-broadcast the game [...]
As you know, Jenna Bush recently got engaged to Richmonder Henry Hager. But did you know his parents live in WOTB neighborhood Windsor Farms? Son of the head of the Virgina Republican Party, Hager is the reason that the Bush twins were spotted running the Monument Ave 10K. And now, you may be able to [...]
The first ever competitive, collegiate build in the history of Habitat for Humanity will take place here in Richmond when the Commonwealth’s most intense rivalry goes hardhat to hardhat in a race to see whether Virginia Tech or the University of Virginia will raise more money and volunteers to build a house for Richmond Habitat [...]
A tea enthusiast will tell you the best tea is picked by monkeys. Well, it’s hard to verify that it was actually picked by monkeys, but Ti Kuan Yen tea of the oolong family is good. It’ll run you $42 a bag at CaryTown Teas. Style Weekly featured CaryTown Teas last week with a brief [...]
News of the weird IN RICHMOND! On Monday, a black goateed male wearing a white construction hat and a safety vest entered SunTrust Bank @ 3022 W. Broad and demanded money. No word on the dollar amount stolen. No note was used, and no weapon displayed. Humorous, yet disturbing. He should have been fixing the [...]
The Yarn Lounge has posted their fall class schedule (as a pdf — bleh). There are a variety of classes ranging from one week to six week.
From NBC12: A disabled Richmond man was assaulted and robbed in his home in the ealry afternoon. This all played out at the victim’s Carytown home about 12:30 p.m. Friday. While a suspect has been caught, the victim says he’s still afraid. The article doesn’t specify where the “Carytown home” is so who knows how [...]
This Wednesday, Acacia restaurant in CaryTown hosts “The Wines of South America,” the pairing of South American cooking and three glasses of amazing wine from the same area. The meal is selected by Bryon Jones of Country Vinter, who chose to stay in season with the menu. Since it’s winter there, the menu is “light [...]
photo credit: Jake Lyell Recently, I made some sweeping statements about the seemingly indefatigable trajectory of trilogies as of late, fueled by my bitter and almost personally offended disappointment in the final installment of Pirates of the Caribbean. One is enough! I said. Two is indulgent, and three is simply showing off effects, recycling jokes, [...]
