Social Media Math: Factoring the Plus and Minus Aspects of Google+
There’s no getting around it, Richmond likes a new shiny toy. In recent months RVA has been abuzz about Google+. Hatched on June 28, 2011, many Richmonders began taking the nascent social network for a test drive on an invite-only basis. With demand quickly spiking, RVA wasted little time debating how G+ stacks up against […]
#DSRPT11
When Virgin Companies founder Sir Richard Branson rockets into RVA Downtown at The Richmond Convention Center on September 9th for the innovation extravaganza #DSRPT11 (Disrupt 2011) , attendees will not only have a chance to rub elbows with the polymathic business mogul and philanthropist, they will also have an opportunity to discover other national and […]
Calling All Creatives: ConnectRichmond & ConnectSouthside to Merge Online Resources, Announce Logo Contest
The winning design will serve as the official Connect logo and tagline.
Canal Cafe
The Canal Walk and nearby beaches along the pipeline provide romantic settings for a weekday respite at lunchtime. And Canal Cafe, located on the south side of the canal (1001 Haxall Point), is the perfect picnic caterer. Opened in January by father and son partners Steve and Jeff Austin, Canal Cafe serves freshly made breakfast […]
Ettamae’s Cafe
The diminutive Jackson Ward restaurant, Ettamae’s Cafe (522 N. 2nd Street) established last summer as a breakfast and lunch spot, responded to the requests of its regular customers and began opening for dinner in April. Evening offerings include imaginative interpretations of basic main dishes-from four-cheese lasagna and BBQ St. Louis ribs to roast chicken accented […]
RVA VIBE: Skydog
Don’t tell me girls don’t like the Allman Brothers,” challenges Jeremy Simmons, bass player and vocalist for Skydog. “They’re front and center at every show.”
Smoke Along the Water
DATE NIGHT: Off the Hookah is a one-stop date night destination. Tucked away from the nearby, heavily-trafficked Shockoe Slip streets, the canal-front oasis presents a night of dinner and dancing with tastes, sounds, and sights to indulge a breadth of hankerings. Catering to the revelers, flair bartenders deliver lively bottle-juggling performances along with a vast […]
Elegant Life Summer Reading
High summer, and if you are enjoying a stay-cation, you may be looking for a few books to read by the pool.
#DadChat: Richmond
People around RVA are always asking me, “If I’m a mobile worker and need to print something really important right away, but am miles from my home office, how in GRID’s name do I print?” Dadchat, bolstered by social media, has brought fathers from Greater Richmond together for brew, barbecue, and a little guidance. Hatched […]
Idea Interchange: Richmond Innovators Talk Shop
A Photo Tour of the Downtown Event Surveying Creativity in All Things RVA