Sam Cooke, Neil Diamond, The Everly Brothers, Dion, Wilson Pickett, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison! Great entertainers, great music. And there is one – and only one – musician in CvilleBuzz country dedicated to preserving those great sounds from our past. Jimmy O. There will be plenty of opportunities in the next month or so to catch Jimmy O live. He plays every Thursday night at Corgan’s Publick … [Read more...]
The Ivy Inn
Charlottesville, Virginia, home of CvilleBuzz, had around 225 restaurants at last count. That’s a lot of choices, but if I had special guests coming to town, price was no object and I wanted to make sure they dined at one of Charlottesville’s very finest restaurants, I would take them to the Ivy Inn. Over the years, my wife Nancy and I have had many enjoyable meals at The Inn (mostly … [Read more...]
English Cucumbers
My cucumber patch gave out long ago, but the grocery store cukes have been decent – until recently. For the last month or so, the regular slicing cucumbers I have purchased have been over-ripe with huge seeds and generally poor. So recently I tried the English cucumbers instead and they have been excellent. They have also been on sale on several occasions, once for a buck apiece – a terrific … [Read more...]
Downtown Office Lease
Bob Kahn Realty recently announced a large downtown office space for lease just one block from the popular Charlottesville Downtown Mall. The space has an open floor plan with exposed ceiling, wood floors and parking is included. Amenities and details include: 5008 square feet High, Exposed-structure Ceiling Bamboo-style Wood Floors Tall Windows Bathroom, Shower, Kitchenette 10 … [Read more...]
Adaptive Anglers Fishing Camp
The 13th Annual Adaptive Anglers on the Fly's special Fly Fishing Camp is scheduled Nov. 18-20. The multi-generational group of adaptive anglers includes youth, seniors, teens, and adults - both male and female - from across the state and beyond. Some disabilities to be served include traumatic spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, spine bifida, primordial dwarfism, traumatic brain injuries, … [Read more...]
A Bunch of Horse Manure
“How would you like a load of horse manure for your Christmas present this year?” stated the email from my close friend, Tim Tigner. Not many would think of a load of horse s…. as a particularly great gift, but I did. My garden desperately needed it, and a few weeks ago, Tim brought me a pickup load of composted horse manure. Cucumbers, squash, tomatoes, green beans, beets – get ready to … [Read more...]
Black Drum at Nags Head
TW’s Tackle at Nags Head says that surf fishing is good. Black drum, bluefish, sea mullet, speckled trout and plenty small puppy drum with a keeper pups are being beached. The winds on Wednesday were N at 16 and the water was 59 degrees. Sound Fishing: The Little Bridge on the Manteo causeway reported slow fishing. Pier Fishing: Avalon: Small trout. Nags Head: Little … [Read more...]
Deer Season Off To a Bang
Hunter Spinks bagged this handsome buck in Fort Valley. According to VDGIF Deer Program Coordinator Matt Knox, the opening weekend electronic data from the early muzzle-loading season listed below shows that hunters had a very successful weekend. The weather was very good, the first really cool to cold day and very little wind. The electronic running total is comparable to last year, … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving and Football
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and to many of us Boomers, Thanksgiving meant more than just turkey and dressing. It meant football games on television. Go way back with me, if you will, to the early days of the National Football League. Typically, my family made the long drive from Beckley, West Virginia to Raleigh, North Carolina to spend Thanksgiving with my grandmother, Mama Ida. … [Read more...]
Lake Anna Forecast
By Guide Chris Craft November has come in unseasonably warm this year and the lake is 8-10 degrees above average. This means we have fish scattered throughout the water column. You can find fish from 2 feet all the way down to 20 feet. The baitfish is still mostly on the main lake and has not even begun to push into the backs of creeks. BASS-I have found bass up lake on shallow … [Read more...]
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