So I embarked on an odyssey last week (does that sound too serious?), to find out about cville’s vegetarian offerings. Given some of the comments on the posts related to this, let me clarify what that means. I was not looking for vegetarian ONLY restaurants, just places that, lets says you took a date to that happened to be vegetarian, he/she would be quite happy. So all of you hippies take a hike, this is not the post for you.
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Just got this from the City…
The City of Charlottesville Police Department is pleased to announce that a missing Charlottesville twelve year old has been safely located in Chicago, IL by federal and local authorities. Lorena Sanchez-Toledo had been missing since April 15th after she returned home from Buford Middle School. She is described to be in good health. Jeremias Chagala-Mil, 31 years old of Swanson Drive in Charlottesville is in custody facing local and federal charges.
Chagali-Mil and the 12 Year old were located based on leads generated by local and federal authorities.
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Thor’s nicotine dependence post a couple of weeks ago came at just the right time. I happened to witness one of the dangerous side effects of smoking. A girl was driving down my street while trying to light her cigarette. She proceeded to hit my neighbor’s parked car. While I did feel bad (for my neighbor), I also laughed at her complete stupidity. I had to go to work so I am not sure if she actually admitted how she came to hit the car to my neighbor or the police.
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Do you recall the Alien Space Ship invasion from April 20th? In the name of cVillain, I offered myself to the aliens and have recently returned to earth. While they couldn’t probe me because of my thunder and lightning powers, we did sit down to plan the next party.
I explained that cVillains and 106.1 The Corner had OFFICIALLY raised over $2,100 for the HIV/AIDS Services Group! They decided they wanted to be involved in our next party. While the ideas for an “Illegal Alien” party on Cinco de Maio were quickly shot down due to fears of the Feds and their fallen Area 51 comrades (and some earthly, political correctness issues), we decided we wanted to throw a party in which all aliens were invited.
The details require top secret government clearance, but will soon be released to the public. We are leaking the date of the party: May 25th! Trust us, the party is going to be amazing.
This time, we will let YOU pick the charity and will give all event proceeds to that charity! Initial submissions start now and end on Saturday, May 3rd at Noon. We hope to raise more than $2,100 for the charity of choice.
Rules…
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A little birdie explains:
There’s a huge busted water main over by Quarry Park. Lots of city guys standing around.
So, can someone get pictures of the action and send them in?!
UPDATE: Now with pictures from Tom Daly!
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Mother’s Day is coming up (Sunday, May 11th) and I have started looking around for gift ideas. My mom is such a great person and I try to find something special each year since I don’t get to see her as often as I would like to. This year I came across some websites that were very interesting and helpful and thought others might enjoy them as well. I started at
Gifts.com, where they give you a variety of categories to view based on moms interests. Some examples are for the Eco mom, they have recycled bicycle parts clocks, solar chargers, and energy monitoring devices which also link you to Terra Pass. For the relaxation theme, I found heated body wraps, aromatherapy blankets and pajamas. A gift certificate to Oasis Day Spa is also always a nice gift for the mom in town. Practical around the home gifts or gadgets are also a great idea and can be found at Brookstone.
Red Envelope always has very stylish ideas with beautiful jewelry, floral kits, and journals.
Locally, I’ve always loved the downtown shops such as Quilts Unlimited, Innisfree, Chinaberry, Posh, or Londons. Many of these places will also ship. Hope these ideas help. Don’t forget mom.
What ideas do you have?
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Apparently, the only people who don’t know are 60 year old women. Go figure…
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Three tornadoes went through VA today. Our Governor, Timothy M. Kaine, has declared a state of emergency for the areas in southeast VA that were hit. About 218 injuries have been reported thus far and 9,000 people are without power tonight. This is just no good. To read more please see the story released by the AP below.
(We were lucky to just get stuck with rain and gloomy clouds.)
Video Footage (thanks B’YO):
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Today really feels like it should have come with a sarcastic greeting card. You know? Like, “Good morning, I’m here to pee in your cornflakes,” or “Hello, and welcome to your penance for this weekend,” or even, “Dear parlie, instead of sending you to hell I’ve decided to trap you in an eternal rainy Monday morning. Love, God.”
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The Breakfast Battle: Bluegrass Grill vs. Blue Moon
I am sure after at least 10 comments on Blue Moon everyone is fully aware of my love affair with the place. It is not only a Sunday morning tradition, but the highlight of my week (that and South Street on Tuesdays—which Thor beat me to discussing). I make it a point about once a month to try a new breakfast place (Sunday or otherwise). My most recent new place was Bluegrass Grill & Bakery. I went on a weekday to avoid the mass line that seems to enviably appear every Saturday and Sunday morning.
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