Tag Archives: RVA

Time to Light the Fuse on this Rocket Ship

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Tom Garrett

Today marks the final day of voting for Style Weekly‘s annual “Best Of” awards.  Style has introduced an award for Best Richmond-based Blog this year.  Actually, I’m not sure if this is the first year of the award.  But who … Continue reading →

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No Laughing Matter

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Tom Garrett

Seen at the Richmond International House of Airplanes Airport: Upon arriving at the security checkpoint, I announced loudly that “A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into an airport . . . ” at which point I was quickly … Continue reading →

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Gene Cox

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Tom Garrett

Gene Cox began working at Richmond’s WWBT-12 thirty-three years ago.  Today is his last behind the anchor desk. The native Virginian presided over half a lifetime’s worth of news items, big and small, making them all his own.  Especially the … Continue reading →

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RVA Banner Design Contest!

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Tom Garrett

I stumbled across this Richmond, Virginia banner design contest yesterday.  I encourage everyone to enter!  The deadline is tonight at midnight, April 7, 2011.  The premise fueling the endeavor is to design a banner that celebrates our fair city in … Continue reading →

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National Media Covers UR and VCU as Only They Can(‘t)

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Tom Garrett

As the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University triumphantly earned their way into the Sweet Sixteen, the fact that both schools are located in the same city has not escaped the watchful eye of the New York Times. To … Continue reading →

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Demographic Maps Are Educational, Pretty

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Tom Garrett

This isn’t particularly timely.  It could fairly be called “old news.”  But my discovery of Eric Fischer’s demographic maps predates the birth of this site.  So, I’m running it now. Here’s what you need to know:  Each map is a … Continue reading →

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