Twitter Love

I’ve been using Twitter for a little over a year and I love it! It is a wonderful and fun way to connect with friends. But, yesterday I experienced true Twitter love.

Desperately wanting a cranberry orange muffin from Captain Buzzy’s, but feeling a bit lazy and silly. I Twittered that I would willingly give my love & friendship forever, in exchange for one of these delicious treats. Later I went outside to get something out of my car, and nearly stepped on a brown paper bag sitting on my door mat, and inside of that small bag was a delicious muffin from Buzzy’s!

Now I will commit my love and friendship forever to a certain, sweet lady.

Friends are friends forever, if they treat each other to muffins

(Sh! Please don’t tell her that I was already planning on being her friend forever!)

Tags: Church Hill, Friends, twitter

Missing Dog in Church Hill - CASH REWARD!!

My neighbor’s dog has gone missing. Please spread the word so that Flip can come home soon.

Here are the details:
Name: Flip
Occupation: Being super cute
Type: Dachshund aka wiener dog
Appearance: Brownish red with white patch on chest
Gender: Male
Weight: Approx 13 pound
Clothing: Red Crocodile Collar with tiny bones

Flip’s disappearance:
Around 9:45am today (1/18), Flip went outside on the 600 block of North 31st Street to potty in the vacant lot next door. Flip’s owner went back inside to grab something, taking her eyes off Flip for less than 30 seconds. Once going back outside, she couldn’t see Flip in the vacant lot.

But, she did see a black male with an older white/grey Buick or Cadillac put something into his back seat. Flip’s owner thinks this man might have put Flip into his back seat.

She is offering a cash reward for Flip’s return home. If you have any information, please give her a call at 814-4556. Or, leave a comment here.

Thanks!

Tags: Church Hill

Hey Church Hill

Hey fellow neighbors in Church Hill, I’ve got a few questions.

1 - Do any of you know someone up here on the hill that can teach me how to reupholster furnture?

2 - Do you guys know where I can take my large area rugs to be cleaned?

3 - If any of you have that pesky problem of cold air leaking up through your old, hardwood floors during the winter - and you know how to fix it (without replacing the 100 year old heart pine floor), please give me some ideas.

Thanks!

Tags: Church Hill, Home

My Birthday Potluck

Last night was my Birthday Potluck. I can’t remember a time when I’ve heard a group of people sing Happy Birthday so loud, and having a group of friends serenade me has never meant as much as it did last night.

I don’t know where to start when trying to describe how I’ve felt over the past week. Simply, I’ve missed Jarrett a lot. For nearly twenty years we celebrated our birthdays together. It was really hard to not be able to do that this year. But, my amazing friends made me feel very loved (and not alone) this week. Last night was the perfect birthday celebration because of the people I got to spend it with - people who bedazzle with me, make me star-shaped tie-dye cupcakes and want to be part of my life, even when things are painful.

Tags: Church Hill, Friends, Insanity, Potluck

Daydreaming in Church Hill

There are lots of reasons why I love living in Church Hill. The history, the homes, the people and the transformation are a few things I cherish. But, what I love most is the daydreaming. Church Hill isn’t just a place where people eat & sleep, it’s a place where dreams, big and small, are had, shared and maybe brought to life. Almost every gathering with friends who also love Church Hill includes a conversation where daydreams are shared.  The conversations usually include one friend sharing an idea, then another friend adding their twist to it - and someone else pointing out an abandoned building that would be the perfect location for it to all come together.

My current day dream for Church Hill is a mixture of ideas from several friends & neighbors, and a few of my own….

Like most (if not all) of the people living in Church Hill, I want to see something done with the old movie theater on 25th street.  I think about that building a lot, and the potential for it to become something as unique as the people living here - something that represents our diversity and passions.  I envision the first floor of the building being a place for anyone to share their creative side - an art gallery, handmade crafts for sale, a cafe/bakery, a stage for musical and theatrical performances.  The upper floors of the building will contain rooms where neighbors teach neighbors anything and everything - painting, crafting, music, home repair, computer skills, pet care, foreign language, cooking, how to start a business….  Also, contained in upper floors are open spaces like a beautiful studio for yoga & pilates and an open office space available for anyone to use.  Maybe there will be room for a natural health practitioner to have an office, or for a few artists to have studios.  These are just a few of the ideas that have been discussed at my dinner table. And I love them all.

I love the idea of a space in Church Hill that allows each of us to answer that soft question we hear inside asking us what more do we need/want other than work & homelife.  Sharing our skills, learning new things, meeting neighbors, and maybe making daydreams come true.

Tags: Church Hill, Crafty, Daydreams, From another, Richmond

A bad weekend for getting service in Church Hill

I don’t like to talk a lot of smack on my blog and I especially don’t like talking smack about my ‘hood, but I was let down by 3 Church Hill businesses over the past two days.
Let down #1:

For Dan’s birthday party I wanted to get some balloons, so I called up Church Hill Herbs & Flowers. I made an appointment to pick up the balloons on Saturday afternoon, but when I show up they haven’t even started blowing up my balloons. After much fussing between the employees, my balloons were ready 25 minutes later. When I paid for my simple latex, helium balloons I was offered a generous 15% discount because my balloons were not ready when I showed up. However, after the discount I was still paid over a $1/balloon. WTF?!?! I didn’t realize that like gasoline, the price of balloons has drastically gone up.

Let down #2:

For Dan’s birthday celebration, his brother (Mike) & future sister-in-law (Sarah) came down to visit. Today, the four of us, plus another fun-loving couple, decided to go to Jumpin’ J’s for brunch. We were pretty excited because Sarah has never been to J’s before. Last time she came down we tried to go, but it was when J’s changed their hours and we happened to be there on the one day of the week when they weren’t serving any food. So, today we walked down the street, dreaming of the delicious food waiting for us, but when we walked in the restaurant we were “greeted” by the waitress who told us that she wouldn’t be able to serve us any food today. Her reason was that she was leaving at 2:00 (it was just before 1:30) and that no one was coming in after her. So, slightly confused, hungry and a little upset, we left.

Let down #3:

After leaving J’s we decided to go to the Hill Cafe for their Sunday brunch. Again, we ran into more bad service. Our waitress was sweet, but we sat in the less-than-half-full restaurant for over 20 minutes before we were asked for our food orders. Anyway, I was pretty excited about the blueberry pancakes I ordered. I’ve had them before and remembered enjoying them very much because the blueberries are cooked in with the pancake batter…not just placed on top. You can imagine my disappointment when my blueberry pancakes arrived at our table without any blueberries to be found. I could understand a mistake like this in a number of situations…..like, if the restaurant was packed (it wasn’t); or, if I placed a complicated order (I think it seems simple); or, if there were lots of other similar options on the menu that the waitress/cook might get confused (nope, it was the only pancake option for today).

Sorry for the complaining, but I’m wondering, is it just me running into situations like this on the Hill?

Tags: Church Hill, Friends, Life, Richmond