Good to know. I can arrive at work as late as 10, so as long as I’m not later than that!

It’s a horrible picture and they have eaten some large portion of it. You’d think if you were disapppijnted with what you were served you’d take the pic right after it was given to you not after you ate a large bit of it and did who knows what to the rest.

I've done RVA to DC on Amtrak three times this month and all have been on-time, FWIW. Not saying that's always the case, but good to know they do get it right a lot of times :)

Also, anyone have a Tern GSD? I think it’s our next bike, but I’d like to test drive one before buying.

The letter writing thing is a whole can of unprofessional worms and if I were selling an deceived one straight into the trash it would go because if I opened it and there was a picture of a minority family and I didn’t pick their bid I’m opening myself up to legal action.

Heading to Roanoke for the weekend.

Looks like you have your chance.

Doesn't look like they've eaten half of it or mixed everything around.

From San Diego, Did you ever find a decent surf spot out here?

If you don’t want the reloading equipment I’d be stoked to have it

If the train starts in Richmond it's likely to be on time. If it's coming from further south, there's a greater chance that it's late. I've found Amtrak to be reasonably reliable between RVA and DC, but it definitely isn't as good as it is north of DC.

If you want to do the train, it would be better to take it to Alexandria instead of Woodbridge. Not all trains stop at Woodbridge, but they all stop at Alexandria. Also, the Alexandria station is right next to a Metro station, so if the slugging option doesn't work out you do have the Metro as a backup. I would imagine public transit from Woodbridge is quite a bit worse.

I’m familiar with the second question, but I’m curious if you have any data on the first which would help to estimate the impact. With the vacancy rate so low, I’m not sure that’s an issue in the Richmond region.

While one individual choice can’t change a systematic issue on its own, we, as individuals, can have and should have personal ethics that impact our larger decisions.

In recent years, many in the real estate industry have pushed against writing to the home owners. Also, this person didn’t say they didn’t tell their clients not to, he said he pushes back when people talk about it on Reddit.

Same. I’ve never had a bad meal or experience there.

Restless RVA is a great source for live music.

https://www.restlessrva.com/

Also, happy birthday to the bro 🙌🏾

How ya gonna show us a sloppy half eaten plate of food and try to ask people to gauge its value? That's gonna look like shit no matter what.

try The Park!

Been a couple times and everyone enjoyed their meals all around. Surprised by all the hate flowing here.

This is why I don't want anything harder than beer in the house and will focus on getting just one nice mixed drink and hydrating more when going out.

I’d rather see what it looked like before they ate half of it and mixed everything around.

Thank you for providing some grounding for the still significant systemic drivers of housing disparity. In short, it is far more difficult for black and/or Hispanic people to obtain affordable housing of any type than the “average” person. AFAIK, nobody is addressing this directly.

Grateful Dead & Friends playing on the little radio I bought for my kitchen. Little chore here, little chore there. Going to a bonsai exhibit later. Cheers RVA!

I saw guy cussing a driver out on cross walk while his walk his dog because the driver almost hit him. I yelled back like exactly they need drive safer! It’s so ridiculous. So good hear people who care. I always stop for people and wait until there completely done walking to proceed.

You'd be surprised how much cash even a small carwash operation can rake in. I went to an auction at bankruptcy court for a small carwash a few years ago, and you wouldn't believe the checks people were willing to write to get their hands on the place.

As for the crab boils, I wonder if it's just an RVA thing or if they're popping up everywhere.

Happy birthday!!!!

You're not doing your responsibility as a real estate agent if you don't encourage your clients to write a "love letter" and include a photo if it will help that specific client. An individual client doesn't need to care about the larger discriminatory system when they are trying to buy a house for their own family. People don't want an agent that cares about all possible homebuyers, they want an agent that cares about themselves as a homebuyer. This is the foundation of the principal-agent problem and everyone should take all steps they can to give themselves the best chance they can to get the house they want in this market.