Another new Charlottesville blog, Doublesingledouble.com, needs help finding more pinball machines Charlottesville. They list some places, but I figured we would know better. Their list:

Outback Lodge has one machine, but they are apparently only open for shows…we tried this afternoon. Durty Nelly’s currently has three machines: Space Jam, Earth Shaker (upgrade from Pirates of the Caribbean), and Demolition Man.

I believe Kegler’s has a bunch of machines and Charlottesville Ice Park used to have one of the sweetest SPACE ALIEN pinball games.

He stands like a statue
Becomes part of the machine
Feeling all the bumpers
Always playing clean
He plays by intuition
The digit counters fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball

If you know who wrote this song, you get 10 cVillo’s.

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Looks like Tuesday at South Street has become a better bargain! With the rising cost of fuel the price of beer has increased. This is terrible news. I have yet to feel the pinch but will certainly be thanking SS every chance I get. I may also switch my regular choice of beer from Blue Mountain to Natural Ice. Mmmmm cheap beer. Have any of you noticed a price jump?

Read the Crappy News Here.

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Check out the video.  We got a mention because we selected Computers4Kids as our charity winner during our Space Party.  We are a “blogging site,” which is a pretty cool, I guess. They did get the link, the pronunciation and the type (kinda) of site wrong, but it’s all good.

I just hope that none of the kids actually visit our site.

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This praying mantis picture is amazing. I know lizards are a fine delicacy in the praying mantis world and we are proud of our local hunters.

Best comment gets a foot massage and free lovin’ from Scowly.

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Out and about at the downtown market yesterday, the little free-loader in me awoke and asked me if I thought I could sample enough food in cville for free without paying for it. I have a couple pieces to the puzzle but am definitely missing some. Here is what I have so far:

Breakfast

• Albemarle Baking Company: they have samples of 3-4 baked goods at the counter…just play nice and see they don’t notice you taking more than one!

Appetizers

• Feast!: As you enter head towards the meat/cheese counter. There is a table setup in front of the display case with various delicious offerings such as pickled okra, sweet german pickles, and usually at least one kind of cheese (sometimes 2-3) with ABC bread

Lunch

• Whole Foods Market: This is actually a one-stop shop for the freeloader in all of us. Go around lunch time to sample just about everything.

Desserts

• Splendora’s: so many flavors, so little time…there has to be a limit here!
• Milano: so few flavors makes picking a gelato sample very easy
• Gearhart’s Chocolates: a small table on the wall to the left of the main display case usually has pieces of their solid chocolate bars for sample. By pieces I mean chocolate chip size samples. But if any of you have had Gearhart’s, one little morsel is usually enough to satisfy a craving. This week they have their “Maya” bar for sampling

As you can see I am short of enough places on this list to give you all choices…so, what did I miss?
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This woman decided to break into Millers two nights ago.  She broke into the third floor via the window.
I ask… why?

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I stumbled across this site sometime ago and couldn’t wait to share it with all of you. I kept thinking about the posts for dating sites and locals complaints of the woman to man ratio. I hate to burst your bubble. This just happens to be a site based soley on meeting a platonic partner. Okay? The site is basically people looking for some to love without “lovin”. See Cville is not so bad! Those that are single here seem to be looking for all/any partnership they can get.

Silly British.

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Why are we starting to get famous with all the big name papers. Is the New York Times coming next?

Yesterday, May 27th, the Wall Street Journal mentioned Charlottesville in its “Off the Beaten Path” column. We couldn’t argue with their restaurant findings:

Superb restaurants abound. Bizou is a high-end diner offering delicious steak salads, salmon cakes and meatloaf for ridiculously low prices. A little loud, but Ten has top-notch sushi and other Japanese food, and Sissy Spacek (a Charlottesville resident) was sighted. . Meanwhile, do not miss Jinx’s Barbecue, which offers hickory smoked barbecue and some seriously down-home atmosphere that ranks with some of the country’s best. Irregular hours, so call ahead.

But, Jinx’s?  Haha, I’d love to see some Wall Street banker show up at Jinx’s looking for BBQ.

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Recently I was lucky enough to score an apartment downtown and was thrilled by the fact that I’d be able to walk to all the bars, get trashed and not have to drunk-drive home. The Mall was about to become my playground. Also, I bartend at a place downtown once a week, and was excited about being able to walk to and from my job.

Now, every weekend, late into the wee hours, I stumble from my establishment, buzzed from a lovely shift drink and find my way home, pocket full of cash from that night’s wonderful patrons. The Mall is empty and surreal, but it’s cool, it’s kinda magical, like if you were in Disneyland after everyone else went home. Sounds sweet right? »Read More

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A local group calling themselves the “Experimental Cuisine Collective” is trying to recruit members to think really hard about food. Their Craigslist post reads:

In order to spread the growing knowledge of progressive American cuisine and cooking techniques, I am proposing the formation of a group that is committed to the ideas, production, and philosophy of today’s cuisine seen in restaurants across the country such as Alinea (Chicago), WD-50(NYC), Moto (Chicago), McCrady’s (Charleston), 202 Market (Roanoke, VA), Town House Grill (Chilhowie, VA), and a growing list of many more.

The group would not not be a stuffy, elitist guild of culinarians, but instead a exciting, forward thinking, yet laid-back society that would promote the spread of ideas above all else.

Please contact if interested. Chefs, diners, home cooks, anyone interested in this cuisine of the modern age, let me know.

This group has even created a blog to track their culinary discoveries. Judging from the blog, Craigslist ad, and their mission statement, it sounds like a fun club to join…who is game?

Fancy food pic from Flickr.

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