Wednesday, May 15, 2024

821 Café

 


The 821 Café is a popular eatery just across the street from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. It has a very small dining area, hence the people outside waiting for tables to open up. But what it lacks in space, it tries to compensate with good food at more or less reasonable prices. I had their Grummus Wrap loaded with hummus, field greens, feta, kalamata olives, banana peppers, cucumbers, red onions, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette in a flour tortilla and a side cup of fruit for $12. 

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

The Staples!

 
I took this picture on S. Cherry Street in Richmond not so much because of the poster but because of the amazing number of staples people have used over time to hang other posters. Obviously a very popular corner.

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Raleigh Ringers

 



The Raleigh Ringers concert at the Second Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia last Sunday. 


Thursday, February 29, 2024

Bowden-Armistead House

"The Bowden-Armistead House, a three-story Greek Revival home surrounded by black wrought-iron fencing, stands out. It is an antebellum relic; the last remnant of the post-colonial homes and businesses present before the 1930s restoration of Williamsburg was finished. The house is located at 207 W. Duke of Gloucester Street, on a lot once owned by the adjacent Bruton Parish Church. Built in 1858 by prominent lawyer Lemuel J. Bowden, local gossip of the time reported its astonishing cost to be more than $10,000. The Bowden-Armistead House has ever since been a landmark on the cultural and geographic landscape of Williamsburg’s main street." -- The House & Home Magazine