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Archive for September 2010

100 Years of Maymont’s Italian Garden

A recent Maymont press release: Maymont Celebrates Italian Garden 100th Anniversary The Italian Garden blossomed a century ago as a result of the Dooleys’ great love of Italian art and culture and Mrs. Dooley’s passion for gardens. An air of romance still lingers in the garden today, now the site of thousands of weddings, countless [...]

Maymont’s Playground Has Vanished

The Maymont Elementary School playground has been removed. During a weekend when another playground was found burned, this has to be considered suspicious. Two substantial leads and several more pictures after the jump.

A Gold Bracelet of RVA Landmarks

A post on Craigslist is advertising a gold bracelet with seven representations of Richmond’s most famous landmarks, including the Carillon.  This flattering bling is clear evidence that Richmond has made it to the big time. Here’s the description: 14K Gold CL Ford-Richmond slide bracelet. 7 Slides of Richmond landmarks including: Clock Tower, Lowe’s Theatre, Carillon, [...]

FREE Water Lettuce

A neighbor has water lettuce that multiplied like bunnies and now some of it needs to go and colonize your pond too.

Lifetime Filming in Richmond, Needs Extras

The Lifetime cable channel is filming a movie in Richmond.  They aren’t sharing many details about it other than the fact that they need extras: Sign ups for extras will be held this Saturday, Sept. 4 at the Byrd Park Roadhouse from 10 a.m. 2 p.m. All applicants are asked to bring a recent, non-returnable [...]

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