The folks at the neighborhood’s newest ice cream parlor It Must Be Heaven would like to share both that they will be closed on Mondays for the winter months and that they have more than ice cream to offer. Stop by and check out the lunch special including the Bite So Sweet (One Jumbo Hot [...]

Jim Bacon, over at Bacon’s Rebellion, continues the discussion of how to make biking more accessible in Richmond, and particularly in Henrico’s Near West End.  Creating bike paths is what we need to do to move into the 21st century. I can’t think of any one change that would make Richmond  a more appealing place for [...]

Now that the Tacky Lights Tour has become a traditional kitsch extravaganza, how long has it been going on? Who started it here in Richmond?

Writing for the Richmond Times-Dispatch in 1996 Bill McKelway offered his readers a brief history of a seasonal tradition in Richmond since 1986, when the Tacky Lights Tour was launched by [...]

Old news at this point, but congratulations to the nuptials: The Honorable Jennifer McClellan and David Mills were married on Nov. 15.

The RTD is reporting the sale of the 15,000-square-foot building at 1710 E. Franklin St. [...] for $1.15 million to The Democratic Party of Virginia.

The RTD is reporting that “Kathy C. Graziano, 4th District councilwoman, is likely to become the next president of Richmond City Council.”

Richmond Food Collective visited the next-to-last of the South of the James markets yesterday and enjoyed the slower pace that the colder weather has brought:

The market was quiet. I usually go to South of the James on Saturday mornings and the mad rush, and the sea of shoppers had this Saturday finally given way to [...]

Led by Eric Mayor’s 18 points and a strong defensive effort, VCU prevailed in its first game in the holiday tournament down in Mexico at the Cancun Challenge: VCU 67, New Mexico 55.
The Lobos (3-3) took a 32-31 lead into the locker room at halftime, but the Rams assumed control in the second. VCU limited [...]

The 25th Annual Ukrop’s-Supervalu Richmond Christmas Parade will take place on Saturday December 6. The parade kicks off at 10AM at the Children’s Museum and move down Broad Street to 7th Street (2008 Christmas Parade route map).