Grab your flip flops, or at least get them ready. The much debated Onesty Aquatic Center (fancy name for water park) opens this Saturday at 10AM. Apparently the Daily Progress had the opening date published incorrectly…we hope no one showed up in a bathing suit to be turned away from scrawny teenage lifeguards.
[pic from theogeo on flickr]
There is much debate on both sides of the camp of the potential new New Orleans style restaurant in Belmont. On one side we have more dinner options, on the other, an increase cluster-fu*k in Belmont. The local government seems it won’t listen to its tax paying constituents.
[pic from pointshoot on flickr]
No plans Saturday night? Feel like rocking out to Depeche Mode and Madonna? Bring your big hair, big dress and your dancing shoes, the third annual 80s Prom fundraiser is here! DJ Steve Richmond will get you into the groove all night long again this year as we support PPAV’s political work in Virginia during a very important election year! (ages 21 and up).
You can choose from a couple ticket options:
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At least in Hong Kong…from the AFP/Yahoo! News:
Hong Kong officials say they have found traces of cocaine in cans of Red Bull, a few days after Taiwanese authorities confiscated close to 18,000 cases of the popular energy drink.
Officials at the Centre for Food Safety said a laboratory analysis found tiny amounts of the illegal drug in samples of “Red Bull Cola,” “Red Bull Sugar-free” and “Red Bull Energy Drink”, a spokesman said.
The Centre for Food Safety found traces of cocaine between 0.1 and 0.3 micrograms of the illegal drug per litre, the statement said.
The tainted batches were imported from Austria. I wonder if the US receives some of its Red Bull from Austria, or if it is entirely manufactured in the states. Germany recently banned Red Bull in 6 states due to the same findings.
Coca Cola used to have cocaine in it as well. So I guess this isn’t anything new. Here are the deets as well as interesting bit of info on the only legal importer of coca leaves in the US (used for coke syrup today) from Wikipedia: –> »Read More
Is this indication that our local economy is coming out of the recession? Or does it officially mark the downfall of Starbucks. Courtesy of Jim Duncan at RealCrozetVa:
Trailside Coffee:
Owner Marcia McGee is offering coffee, baked goods, pannini, soups and salads at the new Old Trail Village Town Center.
The Crozet Mudhouse:
Ready for its sixth location, owner John Lawrence wants this to be the meeting place for the Crozet community. But will this Mudhouse accept anything besides cash? »Read More
From WCAV19:
Some neighbors say the current restaurants are causing too many problems for the neighborhood. The city council will vote on the re-zoning at their next meeting, but they showed their support for the applicants Monday.
Who else is looking forward to crawfish, gumbo, alligator and fried oysters? Can someone please give me some negatives of bringing another restaurant to the Belmont strip? It doesn’t seem like such a big deal to me. There are already 2 places that are open for evening dining and it seems pretty tame. If someone wants to complain about traffic, I think its a good thing people will have a reason to drive even slower in Belmont…some treat it like NASCAR.
I don’t think we have done this in awhile, but this helps you catch up on anything you might have missed this week:
Ash Lawn Opera announces its 09′ summer season and a change in venue to the Paramount
Wednesday
Safari Virginia is home to Scowly’s brethren, or not (video)
The Fringe Festival opens up its Charlottesville auditions
Thursday
Nothing new to report…
Friday
Virginia bans smiling in state ID/driver’s licenses. We are all eternally unemotional.
UNCUS did some quick and clean investigative journalism and found out that the Bovis construction sign that appeared out of nowhere on the now defunct Landmark Hotel is a hoax. My first guess is that it is from the same pranksters that plastered the construction site with flyers stroking Halsey Minor’s ego (no pun intended). It appears WCAV19 couldn’t get a Bovis rep on the phone to talk about this, but Hawes Spencer of UNCUS certainly did(very naice!):
“We’re not involved in the project in any way,” says Bovis spokesperson Mark Roy from the the company’s Bethesda, Maryland office. He notes that the sign shows a longer corporate name that was abandoned in 1998– though he says he’s amused by the stir
The Bovis website gives a little more insight into the Bovis/P&O connection:
The acquisition of Bovis by Lend Lease Corporation came about following the successful completion of Bluewater – Europe’s largest retail and leisure development – by Bovis for Lend Lease in 1999. Some six months later, Lend Lease expanded its global presence and position in the real estate business by acquiring Bovis from P&O. The Australian operations of Civil and Civic (then Lend Lease Projects) were merged with Bovis to form Bovis Lend Lease.
I went by to see the sign myself but it has been removed. FYI, if the anonymous pranksters want an interview, we will gladly host that venue. Just send us an email on the contact form here.
To make this hump day go by faster, think of something crazy to be addicted to, and then find proof of someone addicted to it on the internet. After all, if its online it has to be true right? I will go first…
Insanity: Water Addiction
Proof: Aquaholics: Addicted to Drinking Water
[pic from shrff14 on flickr]
Yes, you asked for it, and here it is…your complete guide to this weekend’s fun, both family and adult-oriented (not that kind you sickos). While the new waterpark won’t be open yet, there is still tons to do. Things like book fairs, festivals, roof top beer, pie fights, strawberry picking and more await you after the break…
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