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New Seniors Housing Option in Charlottesville

April 18, 2013

There’s going to be a greater number of  ‘maturing’ Seniors as the Boomers age.  And the Boomers are reknowned for refusing to act in a manner traditionally assigned to their age.  So it’s no surprise that active healthy Seniors are carefully selecting housing based on their unique status in life. Charlottesville now has an option called The [...]

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Charlottesville Residents Among Thinnest

April 15, 2013

On one hand this seems like good news.  But on the other hand it makes me squeamish for some reason. According to a recent Gallup Healthways Wellbeing Index poll, Charlottesville ranked as the 3rd best city in the U.S. for thin people vs. obese people.  It bothers me to even report this, because I have personal [...]

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Robinson Woods Neighborhood in Charlottesville

April 4, 2013

Recently one of Charlottesville’s local newspapers, The Hook, ran a feature story about one of the neighborhoods near the city center of Charlottesville… Robinson Woods.  We thought we’d link you to the story because it has a great explanation of the history and character of this little enclave near the city and the university.  It’s [...]

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Charlottesville’s Restaurants

January 31, 2013

The Huffington Post has just include Charlottesville in its list of 15 cities with the most restaurants per capita.  Lucky us.  Here are the rest of the cities in THIS LINK.

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Gordonsville Bicentennial 1813-2013

January 29, 2013

February 2, 2013 Gordonsville Volunteer Fire Company Fire Hall 301 E. Baker Street Gordonsville, VA 4 – 6 PM Celebrate with the citizens of the Town of Gordonsville as they celebrate Gordonsville’s 200th birthday with music, refreshments and fireworks! This will be the first of many events for the year long celebration. For more information [...]

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A 50 Percent Chance

December 29, 2012

  Haven’t done a formal test, but seems that 80% of the time I try to insert a USB plug into my laptop,  I get it the wrong way.                    ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson  

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Christmas Legacy

December 24, 2012

Like many others at Christmas time, I love my Christmas tree.    I’ve been through many phases with my Christmas tree preferences…. the purist must-cut-my-own tree … the simplistic select-the-best-cut-tree … and the this-artificial-tree-looks-real-enough tree. But what makes my tree so special, is my mother.  She and I were always very different.  She was all neatness [...]

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Charlottesville Airport Update

December 20, 2012

The Charlottesville VA airport (CHO) will be opening up a new.. and longer.. runway this week.  They’ve extended a runway to 6800 feet long, in order to accommodate larger airplane landings/takeoffs.  In addition they’re adding another security check lane to facilitate faster check-ins.  Airport officials say that these changes will allow larger aircraft to use the facility which [...]

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Christmas in Virginia History

December 15, 2012

In some ways the weather in Virginia can make some unpredictable holiday activities.  I’ve attended the New Year’s festivities on Charlottesville’s downtown mall on New Year’s Eve…. comfortably dressed in a lightweight shirt.  I’ve also attended that same celebration another year… bundled against a cold wind in a turtleneck, scarf, sweater, and winter coat.  You [...]

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Have It Your Way

November 19, 2012

Browsing through recent news accounts, it seems almost impossible to me that, within hours, police departments in two different areas of the country were called to the scenes of two separate Burger King restaurants….. both for having a driver plow right through the side of the building.   I mean, what are the odds?   One incident took place [...]

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