You’ve heard the speculation, the predictions, some have said it would fail. Well, anyone who was downtown today saw that yet again, closing Caroline St brings many times the number of people. Imagine if every weekend there were outdoor dining, places …
The Chef at Foti’s in Culpeper deserves a ton of praise for the Shaps Wine Dinner the other weekend. Our group couldn’t even pick out which of the items we liked the most, and of course the selection of wine was impeccable.Originally posted at http://…
It was reported today in the FLS that Bill Howell continues to harp on an anti-gas tax platform, yet he refuses to answer to reasonable workable solutions to come up with a revenue stream to fund transportation. Now before my hard core republican frie…
A local favorite is The Pub. Its the original, not to be confused with Fredericksburg Pub. David over at Musings Over a Pint has written about this place starting a true brewpub. http://www.musingsoverapint.com/2008/06/brewpub-for-fredericksburg.html
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Friends have known where I disappeared to the other week, vacation, glorious quiet, cell phone free vacation. I was so impressed by the place we stayed, that I wanted to share the experience so that other folks on the internet can get to know about thi…
After beating up on VRE yesterday, I was getting coffee this morning thinking about the things I will miss about going to Crystal City every day. 1. Having Mocha Mo's on speed dial for the best Vanilla Skim Latte for the train ride2. Catching the s…
I shot this picture in the Fredericksburg city VRE parking lot wondering if it is symbolic of where VRE has been or where it is headed. The tagger probably doesn’t even ride VRE, yet I find it interesting anyway. For three years I have hopped on the bi…
I have failed you, loyal readers of the blog. Life has been very busy lately, and what free time I have has been spent doing things other than writing. Oddly, I miss it, and a few ideas for posts have been kicking around just waiting fo…
When I first read this article (http://www.damniwish.com/uss-nimitz/), several things came to mind. First, holy crap – they let 16 bloggers loose on the Nimitz and let them blog their experience? The US Navy is more open that I thought. I…
Yet again this year an event almost slipped past without any major advertising. Fredstock happens this weekend. See the Weekender story for more info. http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2009/062009/06252009/475581 Originally posted at http:…
