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From Ghana to Virginia: Waking Up From My American Dream

Finding the "American Dream" had always been a fantasy for this small town Ghanaian girl. I grew up in Mankessim, Ghana, and believed that leaving for America would result in a better, more prosperous life, but feared the unfamiliar. When I left my home at 16, it was...

Girl Power in Everlasting Bronze

This is girl power at its finest. The Virginia Capitol Foundation’s latest project is finally underway, as the first four bronze statues for the Virginia Women’s Monument were commissioned this week. Voices from the Garden: The Virginia Women’s Monument will...

Best of RVA Missed Connections: July 10 – July 17

We're back with an all-new RVA Missed Connections to get you through the rest of the week. In this batch, sparks fly at a local salad bar (Ellwood's perhaps?), a woman on a tinder date at The Graduate Hotel has a secret admirer, and someone creepily snapping photos of...

First Crash Involving GRTC Pulse Bus

One of the newly-launched GRTC Pulse buses was in a collision with a pickup truck that was making a left-hand turn through the dedicated bus lane on West Broad Street, around 5:50 this evening, at the intersection of Broad and N Allen Ave. According to Carrie Rose...

Best of RVA Missed Connections: July 4 – July 10

Trying to reconnect with old friends or lovers? Looking for the perfect place for your inebriated midnight ramblings? Missed Connections is your place. In addition to those lovely contributions, we’ve got a girl looking for some queer love at Hardywood, another hoping...

Best of RVA Missed Connections 3/8/2017-3/14/2017

The weather certainly may be fluctuating between several seasons this week, but it’s always the season of love for our dog walkers, grocery store customers, and chivalrous ketchup-savers. Read on for this week’s roundup of Missed Connections. Wal-Mart Colonial Heights - m4w (Colonial Heights) You spoke and smile at me an passed me so fast. I...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 2/28/17-3/8/17

Can’t buy me love? Yes, no, maybe? The majority of missed connections happened in a grocery story this week. Check this week’s roundup to see if the rainbow sticker meant what you thought or if the person you liked wants to share a conversation with some beer and wine. At Aldi's - m4w (Mechanicsville) You were giving your daughter what for in...

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Ring in 2017 in style with the help of RVA Mag’s NYE party guide

In just a few day it will be 2017 and we will be worrying about sticking to our New Years resolutions, many of us making and considering major life changes, and most of us wondering how much crazier the world plans to get next year. But before we have to worry about those things we get to celebrate the fact that we survived another year. In just...

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Happy Holidaze! We Are On A Break, We Hope You Are Too

Has anyone else thought 2016 has been a strange year so far? We are taking a small break over the holidays to regroup and recharge and process the last 12 months. So let's be merry, sip a holiday brew or two, eat all the foods, hug our loved ones, read the newest issue of RVA Magazine and enjoy this mini vacation while we can. Until then we leave...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 12/13/16-12/20/16

Sadly, its the week leading up to Christmas, and not a single holiday-themed missed connection. I'm sad, I was holding out hope for one, but not even a single Santa-Mrs Claus post. However, there are a few non-holiday related missed connections that are still keeping hope alive out there so check out this week's batch of missed connections below:...

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