#rva100ways

Way 53/100 - Bygones Vintage and The Byrd Theatre It’s easy to find something that brings you joy at Bygones Vintage Clothing, one of the most thoughtfully curated stores in Richmond’s Carytown district. Carefully selected vintage and reproduction clothing fills the historic store interior, dotted tastefully with hats, jewelry, fans, sunglasses and vintage accessories of every kind. Take a few steps to the left in your new vintage threads and you’re ready to check out Richmond’s historic ‘movie palace’, the Byrd Theatre. Lavishly decorated with marble, velvet, and every embellishment imaginable, the theatre provides entertainment 365 days a year, offering films both old and new and (if you’re lucky) a live prelude by house organist Bob Gulledge on the Mighty Wurlitzer.

Cheers, Black Hand Coffee! I raise my mug (daily) to you.

*(but really, they’re great)

This parade is not the usual organized line of performances and floats, but a ‘parading’ of well… you! Richmonders dressed in their finest pastels, with hats balancing baskets full of colored eggs and cellophane grass; children and pets in tow with their bows and stuffed bunnies; brunch parties on porches and lunch picnics on the grassy mall of Monument Ave.; lines snaking from food vendors and crowds pooling around street performers while the pastel wave presses on… the best people watching of the year.

As the weather warms and groups begin to gather once again in our city, I know the warm glow that attracted me in cooler months will beckon me back for community, conversation and of course, an oat milk latte (iced).

Way 57/100 -Belmont Pizza Walk up Belmont Ave. any night of the week (except Monday) and your nose will lead you quite happily to Belmont Pizza - the Museum District’s pizza darling. Service is always fast and friendly and the fresh hot pizza never dissapoints - a true asset to the neighborhood.

Way 56/100 - Hanover Avenue Unofficially ordained the ‘Halloween street’ years ago, Hanover Avenue transforms from a quiet residential street to a haunted thoroughfare of lights, costumes and ambitious decorations for one night of the year. Throngs of ghosts, superheros, pirates and festooned pets parade down the avenue on Halloween night, collecting candy and reveling in the spooky, the strange and the fantastical.

Way 55/100 - Secco Wine Bar Settled into its new home on Robinson, Secco Wine Bar has quickly been adopted by the fan district as a go-to place for interesting wines, delicious food, and people-watching on the patio. Stop in for the ‘Uncork & Unplug’’ happy hour any weekday for an opportunity to take a break from your screen (place your phone in a box while you’re there to get the discount!) and catch up with a friend. I’ll cheers to that!