Weezie’s attempts to find the cure for hiccups
Any restaurant experiences a few hiccups when the doors open. Weezie’s Kitchen in CaryTown is getting their fill. Between staff and, ahem, pet issues, Weezie’s was starting out shooting the moon.
My friend Jen and I ate at Weezie’s last Friday. I ordered the meatloaf, while Jen ordered the Chicken cordon blue. My meal was [...]
Free Nintendo Wii available in CaryTown
You can’t take it home, but you can play Nintendo Wii free in CaryTown any night of the week.
“Hi” recently opened at 3433 W. Cary, in the former Blue Mountain Cafe. The bar’s flat screen carries the Wii. Definitely on my to-do list.
Source: Styleweekly.com
10 S Boulevard cracks me up
A squirrel eating watermelon. SERIOUSLY. A squirrel eating watermelon.
10 S. Boulevard has some great pictures. How about the street sweepers? They came through Richmond. I can’t tell the difference.
Oodles of orchids
Andi and I hit up First Friday this month and saw a fascinating exhibition at Quirk. Belmont Ave’s Chadwick & Son Orchids had Orchid Terrariums on display that were pleasing to both the eye and the soul.
The Chadwicks sure are the orchid experts. They wrote the book on orchids, literally.
They have an interesting business model [...]
City rec. league soccer
I’m looking to build a U12 team (rising 5th and 6th graders) who are not quite good enough for travel soccer but want something a little more challenging than standard recreation. We’ll practice twice a week (Monday, Wednesday 6-7 p.m.) at Humphrey Calder with games on Saturday. Please contact David Poole at dpoole4@gmail or 358-5934 [...]
Watermelon festival: is it worth it?
Watermelon wrap up
Check out all of Richmond’s posts on the watermelon festival. Good times people.
Pop Quiz: How well do you know the neighborhood?
Obviously we all think the West of the Boulevard neighborhood is awesome, but just how well do you know it? From Cary Street to Broad and Boulevard to I-195 (plus Scott’s Addition), this ‘hood has got character. Take the WotBN photo quiz and test your skills at locating the following images. Leave [...]
Take a tour of Monument Ave
The RTD has a video tour of Monument Avenue. The tour primarily features the mansions along the route, as well as a background of the architects. It’s worth a look.
The scoop on Watermelon Fest
Here’s some important things to know if you’re going to the CaryTown Watermelon Festival…
There are 5 places to buy watermelon…
In front of McDonalds
Cary & Dooley
Cary & McCloy
Cary & Belmont
Cary & Sheppard
If you like your watermelon with alcohol, Babe’s of Carytown will have watermelon shooters, and Nacho Mama’s will have watermellon margaritas and jello shots
The Watermelon [...]
Sunday proclaimed ‘Oliver W. Hill Remembrance Day’
Mayor Wilder has declared this Sunday, August 12th, to be “Oliver W. Hill Remembrance Day.” From the Mayor’s decree…
“The legacy of Oliver Hill is a profound one and should be forever revered by all Americans who believe in love, justice, and humanity;
Now I . . . encourage all citizens to join together in acknowledging and reflecting [...]
CaryTown Online Charrette – How would you make Cary Street even awesomer?
photo credit: Jake Lyell
CaryTown is truly a magnificent place. The sheer quantity of independent shops makes it leaps and bounds better than the corporate malls in Short Pump and Stony Point. A stroll down Cary Street on a lazy weekend afternoon is both fun and refreshing. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it, right?
Maybe CaryTown [...]
Plan 9 is selling its stash
Plan 9 Music is featuring a sidewalk sale during Sunday’s CaryTown Watermelon Festival. But it’s not just any sidewalk sale – they’re featuring thousands of CDs for $1 and $2 each. Also, they’ll have thousands of LPs in decent condition for a quarter each.
According to Plan 9 – “These are not albums that [...]
Oliver Hill monument talk begins
Well that didn’t take long. Lets hope that if we get an Oliver Hill monument on Monument Avenue he isn’t snatching away books from poor helpless children.
It’s Watermelon Festival Time!
Watermelon Festival is this Sunday from 10-6 in Carytown. If you been in previous years, you know it’s an event that can’t be missed. And, with temperatures topping 100 degrees, nothing beats watermelon.
Here’s a review of last year’s festival from virtualtourist.com…
They sure enough picked the right time of year for this festival. During the [...]
Introducing: WotBN crime map
In conjunction with John from CHPN I bring you the WotBN crime map. It looks kind of crappy right now but there are many improvements on the way as soon as I can get to them.
The data for CHPN and WotBN’s crime maps come from RichmondCrime.org. Soon most of Richmond’s community sites will be pulling [...]
Inspectors to re-visit Boulevard Bridge
The Boulevard Bridge is designed similarly to the one that collapsed in Minnesota and will receive an unscheduled once-over by state highway engineers.
The structure is called a “deck truss bridge,” and bridges of this type are being inspected across the country. Eleven other Virginia bridges will be inspected as well.
The one in Minnesota was previously [...]
Watermelon: Salt or no salt?
Now covering Scott’s Addition
We’ve decided to start covering the Scott’s Addition neighborhood here at WotBN. The duty falls to us because it’s geographically close, no one else is covering it, and we are probably awesomer than the other neighborhoods.
With all the news of development (movie theatre!) in the area hopefully we’ll have some interesting stuff to report. As [...]
Central Virginia Food Bank needs “deposits,” volunteers
The Central Virginia Food Bank is always looking for food and volunteers and has a particularly interesting opportunity on September 22nd from 9am – noon at their warehouse. They’ll looking for people to help sort, organize, and pack the food for distribution.
You can sign up for this opportunity at ActivateRichmond.org, a great site featuring [...]
