Posted by Scowly on July 1st, 2009
From Blue Ridge Eco Shop…
The City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County both now have a $30 Rebate on New Rain Barrels! If you’ve been considering buying a rain barrel, now is the time. Both rebates are grant based, meaning there is only a limited amount of money for the residents. Once the funds are gone, they’re gone. Stop into the Blue Ridge Eco Shop to pick up your rain barrel today! We have rebate forms to give you so it really is that easy! Want to learn more? Read Here.
Free Upcoming Events @ the Eco Shop:
Saturday, July 18th: Free Composting Class at the Blue Ridge Eco Shop @ 11 a.m.
Back by demand, we will be holding a FREE composting class. Come ask all your composting questions and pick up a composter if you don’t already have one.
Saturday, July 25th: Rain Water Harvesting @ The Habitat Store 8:30-10 a.m.
Part or our Women With Nails learning series, Come learn about Rain Water Harvesting taught by Paige Mattson at the Blue Ridge Eco Shop. Also learn how to fix your leaky faucets. Free and open to the public.
Posted by Kyle on June 26th, 2009
If you want to win tickets to Artini, we’ve got you covered.
We have two $50 tickets which we will give away to one lucky commenter.
Please leave a comment on this post with your real email address to be entered to win. We will select the winner at 5PM and email them their ticket information. Only one entry per person. Thanks!
Update: Winner has been notified. We’re waiting for confirmation…
Posted by Scowly on June 25th, 2009
Posted by Thor on June 25th, 2009
Remember when we predicted the future and said you would get swine flu? Well, it happened again. UVa hospital explains:
On Tuesday, June 23, the University of Virginia Medical Center’s epidemiologist, Dr. Keri Hall, sent an email to all Medical Center employees informing them that a small number of healthcare employees had been diagnosed with novel H1N1 influenza. As has been widely reported, the symptoms of this virus have ranged from very mild, cold-like symptoms to more severe influenza symptoms. It is generally being described as seasonal flu.
Dr. Hall advised U.Va. Hospital staff that they should not come to work if they develop flu-like symtoms. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, chills, runny nose, nasal congestion, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Employees were asked to immediately contact Employee Health to be evaluated if they had any worrisome symptoms.
“Please be vigilant about noticing any visitors who appear to be ill or have a significant cough,” Hall added. “Sick visitors should be asked to avoid visiting until their symptoms have resolved.”
Time to stop making out with everyone and licking each other’s hands.
[pic from kozumel/flickr]
Posted by Scowly on June 22nd, 2009
From a reliable birdie…
Don’t know if this is blog worthy, but maybe something to share with friends to see if we can get the word out. The news stations are reporting “a string” of car thefts around town this weekend. The police spokesperson didn’t seem to give them an accurate picture of what happened. Cars were vandalized and stolen along Park Street and into the Greenbriar neighborhood. FIFTY would be a conservative estimate of the number of cars damaged. I have heard a few numbers, all higher than that.
Related links:
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=10569999
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/48736147.html
[looking for pictures, please send to gossip@cvillain.com]
Posted by Thor on June 21st, 2009
Off topic: Does anyone know this NBC news anchor? She’s hawt.
Anyway, the pool offers Charlottesville water fun of epic proportions. From its corkscrew slide, to the water bucket to the thing that sprays water on your head, how can you complain? Oh, you can bitch about enough things if you are a grinch. I love the neighbors complaining about parking. Are you serious? You just have a park that will seriously increase your property value and you already lived next to a park. Wow. Here we go:
Top 10 Most Ridiculous Reasons to Not Go to the New Pool (aka list for a Grinch): »Read More
Posted by Thor on June 19th, 2009
(via @JimDuncan)
You might know you are in Charlottesville when you read a craigslist ad that required that you only eat vegetarian food. We know that because we did a post on it and it was actually advertised on the Charlottesville Craigslist.
We can now add “Voted for Obama” to the list of Charlottesville Craigslist Elite (CCE). For real, check out this Craigslist ad titled “Must Be Awesome:”
Hi!
My roommates and I are looking for a 4th to share a house in Fry Springs (JPA).
We are looking for someone who shares our values:
*Respectful
*Artistic
*Only one of us is vegetarian but we all eat like it.
*Positive
*Voted for Obama
*nonjudgmental. unless you didn’t vote for Obama.
*our DVD collection is full of romantic comedies. But you don’t have to watch them.
We are 2 women and 1 man. 2 of us are UVa employees (1 professor and 1 office drone) and the 3rd is a bank employee. We occasionally have people over but always ask each other first. We’re not partiers, but we are social.
So now it’s cool to discriminate against people who don’t think share your political beliefs? I guess the hardest part really is sharing artistic values. Oh the irony of being nonjudgemental unless you didn’t vote for Obama irks me! This is worse than discriminating against vegetarians, but I guess you probably would really want to live in that house if you were a staunch XXXXXXX supporter, since, you know, they are so nonjudgemental, positive and respectful.
Maybe we can put together a cVillain craigslist housing ad which would include: »Read More
Posted by Kyle on June 16th, 2009
David Witmer wants to bring reduced-cost MRI scans to Charlottesville, but faces a lot of resistance.
When an old friend called me a few weeks ago to talk about bringing an MRI scanner to the Charlottesville area, it initially sounded like a story which was probably better left for the back of the Daily Progress. With all the talk about health care reform, the ever-increasing cost of health care and the fact that, as an entrepreneur, I’ve payed insurance that’s increased 50% in 2 years, I quickly realized that the issue went far beyond a clanking magnetic scanner. Explanations for increased health care costs are: overuse and misuse of insurance, the cost of treating the uninsured, increased prevalence of malpractice lawsuits, limited supply of health care providers, low growth in productivity (the ability to efficiently service patients) and more expensive treatments for people who live longer. Today, this issue has become very local. We look at how anti-competitive regulation more than doubles the cost for MRI services in Charlottesville.
Dave Witmer’s an orthopedic surgeon who told me several times that “no one is going to like me over there.” »Read More
Posted by Thor on June 15th, 2009
A birdie asks…
My parents are coming into town this weekend, and I’d like to take them to a local vineyard for a tour/tastings. Looking for somewhere interesting, reasonably close to campus, and affordable. Ideas?
Posted by Scowly on June 12th, 2009
The long-winded rumors are true… according to C-VILLE, Trader Joe’s is
applying for a liquor license with the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The ABC has confirmed that the application was received on May 21…The store will be located on the stretch of land between Hydraulic Road and Greenbrier Drive.
The only gripe: why can’t it be closer to downtown? 
