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Category Archives: Richmond

It’s as if Easter were meant to be an occasion of renewal

04-Apr-10

I remember Easter of last year as if it happened last week, because I never really left that moment; its impact at the time, while clearly enormous, has since been impossible for me to articulate.  Before I explain what happened last Easter at the Richmond Friends Meetinghouse, a bit of background: I’d been there before, [...]

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Why I laughed when I looked in the mirror on my 38th birthday

25-Nov-08

Yesterday, I turned 38. (Am still somewhat in denial. For instance, I first typed that as “28.”) Among the festivities of the day was Lamb of God’s last show in Richmond, before they head out on their big tour with Metallica. It was a great show, about which more will have to be written at [...]

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A recent evening of unbridled hedonism, as detailed via assorted media

06-Sep-08

__ This shot taken, as best I can remember, in one of the stalls at Alley Katz. (I know, I am a walking cliché.) The three different versions of same (rendered via Picasa because I still don’t know Photoshop or whatever it is the cool kids are using these daze) are intended to reflect the [...]

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See if I don’t

07-Aug-08

Last night, after hanging for awhile at Randy’s, my husband dropped his cell phone from his motorcycle, while going (he claims1) 65 mph. Evidently, after paying a toll on the Powhite Parkway, he’d forgotten to re-attach the Velcro strap of the bag in which both his change and his phone had been stored, so a [...]

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If you are in Richmond (especially Lakeside), please keep your eyes open for this cat *UPDATED*

31-Jul-08

My Allie, my sweet tortoiseshell of love, is missing FOUND! . Last seen on Lakeside Avenue. (See update here.) If you see her, please email me at vmarinelli@gmail.com. (You can put “cat” in subject line, and it will automatically forward as a text message to my phone, so I’ll be able to respond quickly). Or, [...]

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Wreckage of an other than historical and/or metaphorical variety (UPDATED*)

20-Jul-08

Earlier this evening, as we were driving home from a visit to my in-laws, I thought it would be funny if I posted this pathetic but true-to-life tip on Twitter: Lifehack: Can’t afford repairs needed to pass inspection? Make sure you have washer fluid. Pass cop, wash windshield, sticker date obscured! Within about ten minutes [...]

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Variations on a theme of independence

05-Jul-08

Yesterday, the ever snarkful (& smart, so, what – can I now invent ‘smarkful’ in addition to ‘snarkful,’ also not an actual word?) Simon Goetz offered the following, um, pearl of wisdom with regard to incipient Fourth of July celebrations: Guys are prematurely shooting their colorful loads of Freedom all over the sky’s face. It’s [...]

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74 Things I Didn’t Post to Twitter

27-Jun-08

It’s been a weird week. Sunday, I saw what was, perhaps, the best show of my entire life: The National (playing, as it were, at the Richmond venue called The National). That show deserves its own post (delayed though it may be), but what I want to convey here, as efficiently as possible, is what [...]

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File under “Bizarre Shit We Actually Own”

19-Jun-08

Folks, at the end of this month we will be, I’m afraid, moving. Granted, it will only be next door, to a house owned by the same landlord (with marginally more room, so finally the girls will have separate rooms and, therefore, can hopefully avoid killing each other), so there will be no specific inconvenience [...]

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Compare and Contrast

14-Jun-08

Some teenagers would kill to go to a Lamb of God show – never mind the luxury of VIP access and such, since we’re friends of the band members, in particular, vocalist Randy Blythe (as discussed recently) and guitarist Mark Morton (whom my husband has known since the seventies, and I’ve known since 1990). Here’s [...]

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