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Monthly Features


Where Can You Find a Great Pizza in Glen Allen?

By Steve Cook

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie – that’s amore. Dean Martin was likely singing about romantic love. But, to tell the truth, sometimes nothing says loving like something from the oven especially when that something is a pizza pie.


So, the question is, “Where can you get a great pizza in Glen Allen . Here are a few suggestions. Keep in mind that we’re not proclaiming any of these to be the best. That’s such a matter of opinion. But we feel sure that you’ll find plenty to like.

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Come Together for Goochland Day

By Steve Cook 

Are you ready for Goochland Day? Goochland Day is bigger and better than ever. And that’s why this year Goochland Day, on May 18 is preceded by Goochland Night on the 17th. Both night and day promise to offer lots of fun and entertainment for residents of Goochland and beyond.


Sponsored by the Goochland Day Foundation (GDF), the event’s mission is to bring folks together for a day of family fun and to help foster and nurture Goochland’s strong sense of community. Goochland Day provides the perfect venue for residents to support local organizations and businesses.

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Where Can You Find a Great Pizza in Midlothian?

By Steve Cook

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie – that’s amore. Dean Martin was likely singing about romantic love. But, to tell the truth, sometimes nothing says loving like something from the oven especially when that something is a pizza pie. 

If you want to start a heated discussion, just ask a bunch of your friends who they think has the best pizza in town. That’s way too subjective and controversial a question. Let’s simply ask this question: “Where can you get a great pizza in Midlothian?”  Keep in mind that we’re not proclaiming any of these to be the best. That’s such a matter of opinion. But here are some great ones.

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A Victorian Vacation in Old Bon Air

by Steve Cook


Where will you be summering this year? If you’d asked that question of Richmonders some 140 years ago, many would have told you they would be enjoying their summer in Bon Air at the luxurious Bon Air Hotel.

Yes, the quaint, quiet Chesterfield neighborhood was quite the summer retreat back in the day. In the 1880s, to escape the sweltering heat many of the city’s most prestigious residents would spend the summer at the hotel. They’d catch the Richmond and Danville Railroad passenger train for the short ride to Bon Air, which by the late 1800s boasted three railroad stops all within about a mile of each other. The primary railroad stop was right across from a picnic pavilion, which was opened about a year or so before the hotel’s opening.

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