Archive for May, 2009

kybecca & RIFF Team Up To Support Arts in Fredericksburg

By From http://kybecca.blogspot.com/ • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Week 1 from Fredericksburg Athenaeum on Vimeo.

Donate to the Rappahannock Independent Film Festival and get a chance to win a FREE 4 course dinner with wine for 10 people at Kybecca ($1,000 cash value) PLUS two all access passes to RIFF 2009 events.

rifilmfestival.com/kybecca



More Yin and Yang…

By From http://fredvegaschronicles.blogspot.com/ • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A PRO:”I don’t care who said what about who. It is nice to have a place that actually welcomes students downtown and doesn’t treat us like third class citizens. Kybecca and places like that look down on us. This place caters to us. It’s a first.”–…



Another interesting email….

By From http://fredvegaschronicles.blogspot.com/ • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

“Maybe I’m out of the loop here, but why all the criticism for a place that’s been open…what…3 days? I haven’t been a college student in 20+ years, but it seems the ‘burg is lacking places for younger crowds that can’t afford Poppy Hill and Kybecca…



President Obama….Still Popular in Virginia

By From http://fred2blue.com • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

SurveyUSA (the most accurate of the swing state pollsters in 2008) has President Obama at 57% approval in Virginia as of April 30. His numbers here have steadily climbed, 54% in February and 55% in March. The President is also more popular here than Gov, Kaine (50%) and Sen. Webb (48%). Not surprisingly, Sen. Warner trumps them […]



New Area Blogs

By From • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, News.Local

Today we’ve added two interesting new blogs to fburgnews.com.  From the guy that seems to know a lot about the underground in Fredericksburg, we have Fred Vegas Chronicles (http://Fred Vegaschronicles.blogspot.com/) and from regular storm chaser Storms R Us, we’re adding his local Fredericksburg weather blog (http://fburg-weather.blogspot.com/).  Enjoy reading posts from these two exciting blogs.



And more…

By From http://fredvegaschronicles.blogspot.com/ • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

‘TRYST ROCKS! If it’s anything like that I’m there. Kybecca isn’t Tryst.”-HeatherSee the link for the FLS article? So keep the positive reviews coming and I promise to go through them. But I still have lots of negatives coming in, and right now my …



And also this….

By From http://fredvegaschronicles.blogspot.com/ • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

“People say “Dead Fred” for a reason. I laugh that you call it Fred Vegas. There is a reason it is crowded, and if they hurt other businesses too bad. That’s called competition and capitalism so stop whining.” -DS



Being Fair to U Cafe

By From http://fredvegaschronicles.blogspot.com/ • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Here are two quick positive reviews to counter the negative. I assume they are UMW students.”I like that it is open later than anyone but that I can just come and hang out”-JH”You are grouchy and unfair. A nice place that will show student art. It i…



Housing Report Highlights

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This report was just released by MRIS.  MRIS is the MLS system that services the Fredericksburg real estate market, as well as Northern Virginia, among many other places.  The report is titled “First Quarter 2009 Trends in Housing Report Highlights,” and provides some interesting opinion on what is happening in the Washington area housing market, […]



Elsewhere on the Internet (May 4th 10:26)

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

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