Jump to content

Richmond off-topic postings

Cotuit

By Cotuit
in Richmond

 Share

Recommended Posts


  • Replies 6.4k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

urbanlife
urbanlife

I have been looking around on the Richmond pages a lot lately and looking a bunch on Google Maps, and I have to say, I am really impressed with everything that has been going on in RVA. I am really di

mintscraft56
mintscraft56

I tip my hat to yall's city. Yall have quite the downtown over there and my recent visit to VCU for a tour of what should be my future school and home for 4 years has impressed me with how urban it is

eandslee
eandslee

All Richmond Forum Members, I just wanted to announce that Icetera is our new forum moderator and administrator.  I want to thank him for stepping up and taking on this challenge.  What that mean

Posted Images

RVA-Is-The-Best Burg

RVA-Is-The-Best

Posted
Posted

Neat! It's nice to see more and more people come out of the suburbs and have a happy life -- in the inner core :)

By the way, the same owner/entity in general that runs downtownshortpump.com also was planning on doing the same general website for the Chesterfield suburb with the web address

It always says "coming soon" and "seeking writers"... Does anyone know when the website is supposed to launch? :dontknow: :dontknow:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
  • 3 weeks later...
burt Megalopolis

burt

Posted
Posted

The Richmond Ballet which has acheived national and even international prominence with performances in New York, London and Chicago will appear at The Kennedy Center in Washington this year.

 

Last year, its staging of THE NUTCRACKER was ranked as the best regional production in America by The New York Times.

 

Susan Howson of RVANews has compiled archival photos of THE NUTCRACKER over the past 10 years.  It is now being performed at The Carpenter Theatre in downtown Richmond through December 23rd.  Pictures prior to 2009 are from productions at The Landmark Theatre.

 

http://rvanews.com/entertainment/ten-years-of-the-new-nutcracker-a-pictorial-retrospective/77778

Link to comment
Share on other sites
burt Megalopolis

burt

Posted
Posted

The Daily Beast has compiled its list of the 25 Drunkest Cities in the USA.

 

Guess which Virginia city is among them?  And no, it's not Richmond.

 

See how many skylines you can identify before clicking on their names.  :tough:  

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2012/12/28/25-drunkest-cities-2012-from-milwaukee-to-burlington-vermont.html

Link to comment
Share on other sites
RVA-Is-The-Best Burg

RVA-Is-The-Best

Posted
Posted
The Daily Beast has compiled its list of the 25 Drunkest Cities in the USA.

 

Guess which Virginia city is among them?  And no, it's not Richmond.

 

See how many skylines you can identify before clicking on their names.  :tough:  

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2012/12/28/25-drunkest-cities-2012-from-milwaukee-to-burlington-vermont.html

 

Wow, was not expecting that :P :P

 

I would think RVA would be there, not offensive or in a negative way, we love our beer! (Mekong :rolleyes:)

 

But of course, maybe drunkest city doesn't sound like the best accolade.... :P

Link to comment
Share on other sites
RVA-Is-The-Best Burg

RVA-Is-The-Best

Posted
Posted

I know, it's late :P

 

But I'm sitting here on my bed surfin' on my MacBook with SNL running in the background, and

 

RVA Riverfront seems like a website that originally was under construction some time ago. Well, it's live now :)

 

The top may look a little like it's promoting the Canal Walk only, but scroll down, and it really is showing you just about everything you can do down at the river. It is a booming place, anyway. So now that i know it's live, I'll probably be up late exploring each individual page on the website.....

 

http://www.rvariverfront.com/

 

Now we just need midlothianrva.com and jamesrva.com to go live....

Link to comment
Share on other sites
RVA-Is-The-Best Burg

RVA-Is-The-Best

Posted
Posted

I'm guessing it's still a concept right now, but how about one of those membership cards for chain stores, except one made for local businesses and stores? And that too, for the entire city?

 

RVA Card helps you save and get discounts at stores like Mongrel, World of Mirth, any in Carytown, just about any local mom and pop shops that aren't chains. As support for small businesses, this unites the city by providing one card that all businesses can tag with the "we accept this" tag so that people know they can use this at that store. It is a very neat concept and I hope it comes to fruition.

 

RVA Card ;)

 

http://mymossu.com/rvacard/enjoy

 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/RVA-Card/239754729485488

Link to comment
Share on other sites
burt Megalopolis

burt

Posted
Posted (edited)

Mayor Jones will deliver his annual State of The City Address Tuesday, January 29th at 6:30PM from the stage of The Carpenter Theatre at 6th and Grace Streets.

 

Admission is free.

 

If you haven't yet dined in the trio of new restaurants in the area, 525 AT THE BERRY BURK at 6th and Grace; PASTURE at 416 East Grace, and RAPPAHANNOCK at Grace and 4th Streets will all be open.

Edited by burt
Link to comment
Share on other sites
blake_p Whistle-Stop

blake_p

Posted
Posted

It looks like Google updated their satellite images of the Richmond Area (not the 45 degrees views though). The images appears to be from the Fall. You can see the start of the new 2nd St. connector, the new sorority cottages at UR, John Rolfe Parkway, Gayton Rd. Extension, and the new jail.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
RVA-Is-The-Best Burg

RVA-Is-The-Best

Posted
Posted (edited)

Seems RVA is really creative with it's "better city" ideas ;)

 

After posting about an RVA Card that can be used in local stores like chain store membership cards, I found a new project: Bring city-wide wi-fi to the entire city, for plazas, festivals, or just roaming around the streets. :)

 

http://fundly.com/rvawifi 

 

https://www.facebook.com/RVAwifi

 

So what's the problem with it? It needs to raise $100,000.....

 

Well...now we wait. :P

 

EDIT: I found the official website, too: http://www.rvawifi.com/

Edited by RVA-Is-The-Best
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
540_804 Whistle-Stop

540_804

Posted
Posted

It looks like the Richmond region has added another multi-millionaire to it's ranks. The winning Powerball ticket for the $217 million drawing was sold in the Richmond area.

 

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/latest-news/richmond-area-powerball-ticket-big-winner-in-million-drawing/article_a689f8ae-710a-11e2-82f6-0019bb30f31a.html

 

The ticket is worth about $136 million as a lump sum.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.