Richmond has been ranked one of the top 10 metro areas in the country for Millennials, according to a new study by SmartAsset. The city landed at #7 overall, up from 15th place last year, marking one of the largest jumps in the national rankings. The annual study...
Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where it's summer, it's hot, and it's only going to get hotter. Lake Mead is dry and it's 115 degrees in British Columbia, but your uncle still says climate change is a hoax. Are we all doomed? Maybe so. But let's at least make the best of it before the wildfires and rising sea levels take us all...
Welcome to Missed Connections, where the heat of the late-June days is reflected by the content of the posting happening. At least it is this week. That said, it is Craigslist, so things always come out a little weird. And sometimes, more than a little creepy. For example, there's the guy posting about his threesome experience in a way that makes...
Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where starting things off on a down note is just another aspect of life's rich pageant. Don't worry though, folks -- like Monica Lewinsky said to the HBO Max intern, it gets better! This week we've got everything from craft beer hunks to long-ago coworkers, as well as a great example of poor,...
It's another week in the MCU (Missed Connections Universe), and I'm surprised and pleased to report more actual interactions between real people this week than I've seen since… well, since the pandemic began. Keep getting vaxxed up, Virginia -- it's nice to experience life after COVID, finally. If nothing else, it's giving a whole bunch of people...
What’s the mood out there, Richmond? Excited? Anxious? Relieved? It’s been two weeks since Virginia ended its universal indoor mask mandate in accordance with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). All distancing and capacity restrictions have been eased as well, thanks to the state’s increasing vaccination rates and...
Welcome to another week of Missed Connections here in Richmond where it is hot as hell and in the year of our lord 2021 some people still don't know what Belle Isle is called. "Bells Island" is a good guess, I suppose, but your fifth grade teacher is still marking it wrong on your Virginia history quiz. Not everything about Missed Connections...
Last year's move to campus closures, quarantines, and distance learning was necessary to minimize the spread of COVID, but had a negative effect on many college students. This year, they're more than ready to head back to campus. Devastated. Drained. Depressed. Those are just a few words college students used to describe the past 15 months since...
Every Saturday at the home of the Flying Squirrels, local businesses set up in the parking lot for The PopUp Market at the Diamond: a bonanza of local food, clothing, arts, crafts, and more! The usual nest for the hometown baseball team converts on Saturdays to a haven for local merchants and shoppers. The PopUp Market at The Diamond...
We're through the long Memorial Day weekend, and that means summer has come… right? That's what I've gotten used to here in Virginia, but from the evidence outside my window, it's still the last dreary days of late spring. But while you're waiting for the hot sunny days that are no doubt just around the corner, why not enjoy some Missed...
