I would love to have one big snow day a year. Just to be able to crunch around and watch the dogs play in it. Then again, I also no longer have a work commute.

They do! They have both bar seating and little tables inside. It's very cozy in there on a rainy day.

I’m loving the cold but also glad for no snow!!

Currently working a 3rd job for extra cash (through February) and I hate it so much. I dread every weekday.

Wait, really?

Did you hear? My alarm clock? It won’t shut up until I correctly answer a math question.

Sun was crazy yesterday, couldn’t see anything.

Good morning!

Yesterday I had an errand to run at Stony Point Mall. Bought something at Dillards. I truly enjoyed being the only customer in sight. Like having my own private mall.

You should also look at townhome rentals. When we first moved here a few years ago, we rented a 3BR townhome with garage in West Broad Village for the same as what 2BR apartments in the area were listed.

Does anyone know if Jardin has an indoor seating space, or if it’s just an indoor cellar? I’ve never been but nervous about sitting on the patio the rain!

The sun was in my eyes going through the tolls on the downtown expressway, so I have that to look forward to now. Don’t worry, people will keep barreling towards it even though they can’t see shit.

I live in a very, very similar apartment complex (different part of town) and I love it. Maintenance and the office staff are all very responsive, helpful, fast, and friendly. The grounds and amenities are well-maintained at all times. It’s great.

My only dislikes are how much they’ve been increasing my rent year over year, I wish they’d clean the stairwells more often, and the high turnover of neighbors (maybe this is part of apartment living?)

In August 2018, the Bogle Sunflower Plantation in Canada had to close off its sunflower fields to visitors after an Instagram image went Viral. The image caused a near stampede of photographers keen to get their own instagram image of the 1.4 million sunflowers in a field.

Omg yes i went for their NYD brunch and it was great. Slipped my mind! Sunflowers is operating out of the green kitchen in church hill now.

>trip across the river but

I've heard various definitions of 'city center' but that is a stretch :)

How much? Please DM me.

I’ve been needing to find someone as well. I go to the VCU gym and they have a wall there. Let me know if you still want a buddy.

I lived at Springfield for a year with my partner and we really liked it. This was 2018 - 2019. It’s clean and I liked their pool a lot. It’s nicer than other apartments in the area in my experience. Whatever you do, DO NOT rent from Abbington West End Apartments. That place is a god forsaken drug den and super sketchy, especially at night. A good lesson I learned after breaking my lease there is that you should always go to where you are potentially going to live at night time and see how it is before signing a lease if possible. I like Short Pump because it’s super quiet and green compared to the city but just know it’s Karen central lol.

Because I was nosey a while back (someone asked for lunch recommendations in church hill because they were going to this place), I can tell you about this shop.

https://www.urbansetbride.com

Hatch rents out kitchen space

Message me! I just started at triangle too :)

I’m from SWVA as well & moved up here years back how do you like the change ?

I used to live in one of the corporate apartments at VCC. It was uneventful. Apartments were newer and less needed to be fixed. When the AC condensate line started leaking they came and fixed it pretty quickly. Washer and dryer on site with free parking. The apartment was great, if bland and soulless. No it wasn't quirky Fan row housing but it was perfectly serviceable.

We got a group that goes semi regularly. Personally, I go 3 times a week. Always looking for more belay buddies.

Edit: feel free to message me

What prison? Reread my comments. If the kid is that mentally disturbed, then he should have been institutionalized BEFORE he killed someone. Afterwards, it’s too late.

As far as rehabilitation of prisoners goes, good luck. I think it’s worthwhile to give ppl the opportunity to reform themselves (addiction treatment, job training, education opportunities, etc). But, the voice is theirs. If they keep ending up in prison, the problem isn’t the prison. It’s them. I have spent time in lockup. I have met dysfunctional pieces of shit that don’t care about being there. They will tell you as much. Not everyone has an excuse for their shitty fucking behavior. I’m willing to wager most don’t.

I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but they don’t actually do any “appropriate mental healthcare” in most prisons. I worked in drug treatment court and it was bare bones treatment for addiction, and the program was only even offered for nonviolent people. They might give you meds if you have outward symptoms, but nobody is unpacking trauma or going through intensive psychological programs in the American criminal justice system. Maybe a volunteer therapy group comes once a week if you’re lucky, Not everyone is violent, but at age 13 your brain is nowhere near developed and if you’ve experienced trauma, your emotional quotient age is likely even younger than your actual age. Normal 13 year olds don’t shoot people at random. When one does, we can prevent more of this shit if we ask ourselves why it happened and what might prevent it from happening again instead of treating it as a one-off event that just happened at random. This kid is likely already lost to himself or the American prison complex or both.

This isn’t about an individual case, it’s about a complete systemic failure.

I feel awful for the parents that nothing can be done.