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September 8, 2010
2nd Street Festival 2010 set for October
The free 2010 2nd Street Festival will be held Saturday-Sunday, October 2-3 on 2nd Street in Jackson Ward: The hands of time are turned back to the past when 2nd Street was the heart and soul of Richmond’s African-American community. Each year thousands of people come to Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward to hear live music [...]

Bring the noise! Public Enemy at the Hat Factory
Forget Flavor Flav the reality tv clown and hold in your mind just how perfect Nation of Millions was and is: Public Enemy is at The Hat Factory this Saturday, September 10. $30 adv/$35 day-of. I saw PE at the Flood Zone back in the mid-90s. In my memory, Kepone opened up for’em but I [...]

Westboro Baptist Church to protest at Trinity Baptist Church
The notorious Westboro Baptist Church has a day of protest planned for several Richmond locations on September 26, including a stop at Trinity Baptist Church on Fendall Avenue. WBC to picket the Trinity Baptist Church Dog Kennel where they lie to the people for filthy lucre. “For there are many unruly and vain talkers and [...]

no no no no no!
No words for this. See by Chloe – wool-blend intarsia poncho – $795 This post was originally posted at, and all the content in this post is the copyright of My Milk Glass Heart

This post was originally posted at, and all the content in this post is the copyright of My Milk Glass Heart


Beat Meet: More Mooncircle Love
Seriously, if Project: Mooncircle had a face, i’d make sweet, sweet love to it. Keeping to their own Madlib-ian pace, they just hit us up with another two creeper joints to keep asses bumping and heads nodding.First up is a killer comp piece, Finest Eg…

#29. Not Fabulous: Roller Backpacks
It’s back to school time and you know what that means? An abundance of roller backpacks! I’ve been against carrying backpacks since high school, but roller backpacks have a special place in fashion hell. They may ease back pain, but they make you look…

Webcasts Tonight: Trey Anastasio Band & Primus
On iClips.net tonight, they will be rebroadcasting the Trey Anastasio Band Live from the Pageant & Primus Live from Red Rocks Re-Broadcast TONIGHT. Primus to start at 7 PM EDT, TAB @ 9 PM EDT. Also, if you went to iClips looking for the webcast of Moedown this past weekend, they did not show it live but recorded it and will be broadcasting it at a later date.  More details when I get ‘em.

FlashForward: The Complete Series
Review by KC Carlson While it may be titled FlashForward: The Complete Series, viewers need to be warned that — despite including all 22 episodes of this high-concept sci-fi/thriller series, plus copious bonus features — this five-disc DVD set doesn’t tell a complete story, as the series was was badly mishandled by ABC and ultimately [...]

The Taint of Kochs on McDonnell’s Reform Commission
Is there a Koch connection to Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s 31-member commission on government streamlining?The Kochs are brothers David H. and Charles who run Wichita-based Koch Industries, a petroleum-based conglomerate that is the second-largest privat…

Mood Board Making: Smoky & Sophisticated
We’re back with our weekly mood board and this time we tackled a serene and gender neutral bedroom full of moody grays, blues, yellows and whites. From clothing storage to display space for jewelry, books, and more, we really tried to squeeze in a ton of function without breaking the bank (affordable Ikea furnishings definitely [...]

backing up your WordPress blog
Here are some quick tips on backing up your WordPress blog (both for free and paid hosting). It’s something you should do regularly. While your paid hosting site can usually save the day if you install a bad plug-in and everything disappears and you call them in a panic (happened to me a month ago), [...]

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Bob McDonnell: tax hiker (UPDATED – still a tax hiker)
Bob McDonnell led the Republican Party to its biggest win in Virginia history with a mandate to restore prosperity to Virginia. Today, he could lead both the Commonwealth and the party into the ditch.

Wedding Theme Wednesday: Striped Swiss Wedding
I love this great wedding that I found on SMP.  It is an elegant swiss wedding that was shot by Adam Ludwik and Joanna Siwiec in Switzerland. I am going bananas (yes, I’m secretly in love with Rachel Zoe) over the matching stripes t…

Bad Idea, Governor
Once again, an otherwise talented and attractive Republican officeholder proves the verity of Evans’ (as in “M. Stanton”) Law: “When our friends are in a position to be useful, they’re no longer our friends.”Today’s news provides word that the Governor…

Citizens Response System
CHPN has a guest column by Michael McPeak regarding Citizen’s Response System, the City of Richmond’s online request system. By his and other accounts the City has got this one right. “one clear advantage of the CRS is that it provides documentation on all requests and ways to track progress. So, if something is not getting [...]

OC Housewife Launches GCC Handbag Line
The most FAB housewife from the OC (in our opinion) is launching her own handbag line. Gretchen Christine Rossi has released “The Gretchen Christine Collection”. After creating her line of cosmetics as we saw on the show in 2009, she has now team…

Bryan Park Centennial Celebration
On September 25th Bryan Park is celebrating its 100th year anniversary! Crazy! They’ll be all sorts of bands, vendors, and “more.” You can check out the entire list over on the Friends of Byrd Park website. The eponymous Joseph Bryan practice law in Richmond and eventually purchased a huge swath of land named “Laburnum” — [...]

More Burglaries
Once again from the daily police report. Call 911 if you see suspicious behavior. The Richmond Police Non-Emergency Number is (804)646-5100. 3rd Precinct -BURGLARY 9/3/10 — 9/7/10, 8:13 p.m. – 12:01 a.m. 1209 W. 29th St . An unknown person(s) broke into the shed and stole power tools. 3rd Precinct – BURGLARY 9/4/10 — 9/7/10, [...]

Posh Ice Editorial Exclusive
For those ladies who are too cool for their own good. Novel Couture makes Kay Adams’ “Posh Ice” their number one pick for Fall 2010’s editorial exclusive gifts. Get the story here.

Supplements Do Your Body Good
You can’t just live by your “manshake” or protein powder alone. Don’t fall this fall! Stay on your grind by… …



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