Richmond Related
Conventional Wisdom
John and I went to a gigantic home and garden show at Richmond’s downtown convention center last night. And boy were we stimulated. The combined Home Show Richmond and The Maymont Flower & Garden Show was bursting with local and national companies showcasing a staggeringly wide range of wares. And while it was chock full [...]
Sunday in the Park
When this Sunday lived up to its name (and brought us beautiful weather in the mid 60s) we contemplated several parks that we could visit to take little Burger for a long walk. In the end, our love for Richmond’s old neighborhoods won out and we ended up hitting up Park Ave instead.
Richmond’s Park [...]
Blast From The Past: Part 3
We’ve returned from our Christmas in West Virginia just in time to grace you with the third and final part of our “Places We Used to Live” video series. This time it’s a new city (Richmond, VA) and a new arrangement (cohabitation). Ooh la la.
Our First Apartment Together in Richmond was a [...]
Spreading Holiday Cheer
As mentioned in our “acceptance speech,” we planned to give a portion of our prize money from RemodelingMySpace.com’s contest to a local housing charity. So when our check arrived on Saturday it was finally time to spread the love. And this time the love went to Richmond’s Better Housing Coalition.
The Better Housing Coalition has been [...]
Classy Richmond vs Tacky Richmond
For the most part, Richmond is a classy city: Jeffersonian architecture, cobblestone streets, Sunday brunches, etc, etc. Even during the holidays, areas like historic Monument Avenue keep their Christmas decorations full of class- like this fancy little tree below.
But I’d be lying if I told you that Monument Avenue Christmas decor was the [...]
Open Up, People
We spent Sunday afternoon doing what people do best. Being nosy. This time (as we alluded to on Monday) it took the form of invading strangers’ homes as part of the Woodland Heights Holiday Tour of Homes.
We had never heard of Woodland Heights before Sunday, but apparently I drive through it every morning on [...]
How Bazaar
Friday’s great news kicked the weekend off on a high note, and Saturday and Sunday weren’t too shabby either. On Sunday we toured one of Richmond’s lesser known neighborhoods and invaded strangers’ homes (more on that later), but first we hit up a hole-in-the-wall bookstore.
Meet Chop Suey, a used-book store that we’d driven by plenty [...]
