I’m a lifelong resident of Richmond, Virginia. Here is my list of the best things about Richmond. It may give you some good ideas for what to do when you visit, or if you are already lucky enough to live in Richmond, what you can do to entertain out-of-town guests and show off our great city.
1. Favorite restaurants for lunch: Can Can (the beet salad is great, but so is everything else); Mediterranean Bakery and Deli; Arcade Cafe on Grove; Mekong (no atmosphere but great authentic Vietnamese); and Ginger in Carytown.
2. Favorite restaurants for dinner: Verbena; Dd 33 Asian Bistro; Zeus Gallery Cafe; Azzurro’s; Edo’s Squid; Osaka; Pomegranate; Can Can; Mama Zu’s; Lamaire ( upscale dining at the Jefferson Hotel).
3. Favorite places to shop for clothes: Saks; Annette Dean; Philosophy; Coplan’s; Levy’s; The Phoenix; Frances Kahn; Irresistibles; Peter Blair (a great – as in “Richmond conservative” men’s clothing shop; the owner, my friend Dick Fowlkes, is the most entertaining man alive).
4. Favorite sources of gifts and accessories: Tweeds; Paper Plus (my sister’s shop! My mother is there too — they are darling, and will help you with whatever you want to know about Richmond); 5708 Patterson; Carytown (allow time to work the whole street — lots of interesting shops).
5. Favorite galleries: Page Bond Gallery; 43rd Street Gallery; 1708; Quirk; Bev Reynolds.
6. Best hair salon/day spa: Mango Salon (hair and color); Metamorphosis; Arch’s Backstage.
7. Favorite insider secrets: For the Love of Chocolate (fabulous imported candies); milkshakes at the Dairy Bar; potato salad from Sally Bell’s Kitchen; tea at the Jefferson Hotel; Limeades from Phil’s; extensive selection of old fashioned nightgowns, slips, and French hand-sewing supplies upstairs at Chadwick Heirlooms; cool one-of-a-kind jewelry at Quirk Gallery; Tan-A Asian supermarket, for anything Asian, especially the oriental vegetables; Greek salad at Frank’s West; scarves at Ten Thousand Villages; Ellwood Thompson’s cookies; Frankie Slaughter’s studio (art clothing); music at Enzo’s outside patio on weekend summer nights; The Attic (consignment home furnishings); Caravati’s and E.T. Moore (architectural salvage); Williams and Sherrill (fabric, furniture, accessories); Joe’s Market (specialty grocery); Infuzion’s Ice Lounge (all made of ice — for sampling different vodkas); Pleasants Hardware (a great old fashioned, has-everything hardware store).
8. Places you be sure to take a friend in town for a few days: Hollywood Cemetery (walking tours available through the Valentine Museum); The Valentine Museum; the Museum of the Confederacy; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (largest single collection of Faberge, among other wonders); Canal Walk, Shockoe Slip area; Carytown; Farmer’s Market on Thursday morning at 17th Street; the walk along Riverside Drive around the pony pasture; Goochland Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings; Monument Avenue; lunch outside at the Edible Garden on a nice day; Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; the Virginia Historical Society; Whitewater rafting on the James (via James River Rafting), Riverwalk (also canal boat rides downtown).
My parents divorced when I was ten and I always felt like my lack of self esteem most have something to do with my Dad's absence but then one day when I was in my firths my mother said or did something that made me realize she was emotionally abusive
Holy crap! What a sad story. Congrats on overcoming that hurdle. Wow.
How I would handle it. FIrst, I would get into therapy; that could go a long way to helping you and your difficulties.
Second (boundaries are necessary in life)..when your kids call for advice, I would FIRST ask them what their thoughts are an
Go for it ! Get out there and do something you love !
Use the internet. Here is a site I found.
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Most B&B are seasonal and offer housing, so you will get a chance to see if you like it. Wi
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