Armageddon VII: Power Out on Half the Mall Last Night

Posted by Thor on March 9th, 2008 13 Comments

Holy snickies.. (does anyone know how to spell that).

Half the mall was completely dark last night. Everything after Blue Light to the Amphitheater was pitch black.  Did that freak anyone out or was it just me?

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13 Responses to “Armageddon VII: Power Out on Half the Mall Last Night”

  1. 09 Mar 2008 at 11:31 pm1mc said:

    totally freaked me out… it was like staring into a black hole.

  2. 09 Mar 2008 at 11:38 pm2wanago said:

    It was just you; many used to the dark and moonless sky for their own nefarious endeavorers

  3. 09 Mar 2008 at 11:43 pm3lilith said:

    I spell it “shnikes,” but it’s a matter of personal preference. :)

  4. 10 Mar 2008 at 12:11 am4Stanley said:

    Regionally: tonight, I was eating at Avalon in Richmond (verdict: go there! very good!), and the power went out. The bar crowd cheered. A couple minutes later the lights came back on, and the bar crowd cheered again. It was weird.

  5. 10 Mar 2008 at 12:21 am5scoriole said:

    stanley- excellent review. i felt the weirdness.

    (what kind of food does the Avalon serve)?

  6. 10 Mar 2008 at 12:45 am6Stanley said:

    Tapas-ish cuisine. A step down from Mas, but I can report high marks for the brussels sprouts (I know, right?) and the short ribs. Not to mention excellent service. And I know from late nights prior: a nice spot for a drink. 2619 West Main, RVA. Hit it up.

  7. 10 Mar 2008 at 12:48 am7Uva LaGrape said:

    the DM might’ve been down, but the Corner was up up up…police cars everywhere

  8. 10 Mar 2008 at 12:52 am8doof said:

    But Stanley, how was the tartare and the sweetbreads? Thats all we really care about.

  9. 10 Mar 2008 at 12:59 am9lilith said:

    I picked up groceries at Teeter tonight, and the students are clearly back. I saw a girl whose face looked like a cooked hot dog. Poor thing. I never had that Cancun spring break, and if all I was missing was promiscuous make-out partners, 10,000 calories of sour mix, and permanent damage to my derm, I can honestly say almost a decade later that I’m okay with that. It took this long to come to that realization, but better late than never. (If I did have it, though, I’m sure I wouldn’t regret it either.)

  10. 10 Mar 2008 at 1:06 am10Stanley said:

    8: tartare was absent from the menu, but we did discuss it at dinner. We also discussed NuvaRings®*. And the internet*, ’cause we’re big dorks.

    *not menu items, sorry kids.

  11. 10 Mar 2008 at 7:53 am11Dan from Eppie's said:

    We had power (Satty night), but it was freaky looking outside. From inside the restaurant it was like we were either an island or a ship at sea, staring off into darkness. Out on the Mall, looked straight out of a Zombie movie. Pitch black, people moving slow. Pretty sweet. Hope somebody got pictures.

  12. 10 Mar 2008 at 2:59 pm12orchid said:

    i was recently in greece, where they have 2 or 3 country-wide power outages a day. (strikes for workers’ benefits.) everyone just goes about their business, sitting there in the dark & drinking beer instead of coffee until the power comes back on.

  13. 17 Mar 2008 at 8:14 am13cVillain » Blog Archive » Week in Review: 3/10/2008 to 3/16/2008 said:

    […] begin the week with things out of the ordinary. From darkness on the downtown mall, to Charlottesville’s potentially drugged drinking water, to the not-so-smart Kentucky […]

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