April Fools week. Booya. What a better way to start out that getting all of you with a sweet April Fools joke? We know we got a lot of you! We also saw a lot of restaurant action, reviewed The Local, named our birdie Scowly, got into some hot discussion about babies and found Jenna Bush at a local restaurant. Don’t believe me? Read the week in review to see what you missed!

Restaurants and Bars

You would think that cVillain runs out of things to talk about, but it seems as though every week we have a new restaurant and a new obsession. This week, 434 introduced us to the Tea Bazaar, or the place where self-less commies and future executives roll up sleeves to drink tea. We also witnessed the death of Orbit, a former corner pool hall and townie hangout, which many of us are happy about. We aren’t sure of the replacement concept (50’s, hamburgers, etc), but the owners of Mellow Mushroom should have something good in store. If you were thirsty, Lu Sid introduces us to a bacon vodka recipe. Not suitable for vegetarians.

We review The Local, Belmont’s little gem, and pray that the operators can keep their prices low. Finally, we find out Jenna Bush is visiting her boyfriend and try to guess her favorite Charlottesville spots. Guess where she hung out? The comments in the article reveal the hot spot. Did anyone check out ZoCaLo brunch?

Discussion & Gossip

Stanley starts us off with everyone’s favorite bumper stickers. There are lots of good ones; my favorite: “eat the kids first.” Lu Sid, always prolific, brings up discussions of plastic surgery, starts our second Free for All, and talks about over the counter father tests. Green transportation? Lys discovers the unicyclist. You have all seen him, but who is he!? Thank Jack and an anonymous birdie for the picture of the Z95 truck parking in the handicapped spot (although the street was shut down) and the pictures of the Albemarle County police officer’s fender bender.

Over the weekend we had a double whammy with discussions on parenting and marriage in Charlottesville.

News

After nearly two weeks of covert recounts, we announced that Cecil had been assassinated by UNCUS and our birdie friend was christened, SCOWLY! Real life wise, we learned that a $59 million government complex will be installed on 29N by 2010, that you are all smokers because of genetic history, and a UVA freshman football player gets arrested. We do some research and find that 1 in 15 Virginians are on food stamp. It’s a pity that some things aren’t April Fools jokes.

Events

Stanley reminded us that Will Shortz was in town and we saw the city market open.

That’s a wrap.

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