RVA Brunch Weekend 2024: How to Support from Near and Afar

July 31, 2024 by Sara Woznicki in Humor, Leisure, Life in Your 30's, Richmond Brunch Review, Sara's Column, Social Media, Tweets and Mascara, Work, Young Professionalism

I know if you’re one of our faithful email subscribers, you’re probably looking at this email thinking something along the lines of are you even still blogging? And then your second thought is, "Ah right, the annual Richmond Brunch Weekend blog post.”

Since I know you’re not all in Richmond, I’ll give you non-locals a pass to just scroll to the second half of this blog post to see how you can support the event. And if you’re looking for some life updates from me personally, I’ll throw some highlights down below in a third section. But let’s get going with the info for our locals…

Three New Features of Richmond Brunch Weekend 2023

August 01, 2023 by Sara Woznicki in Life in Your 30's, Richmond Brunch Review, Sara's Column

I listed our t-shirts first because it’s a fun way to support us even if you’re not in Richmond (they even ship internationally, Cazey!).

We have two designs this year, which is a first. One is the white RVA Brunch Weekend logo on a myriad of products, Make sure to click around a bit — there are nine different products you can get the logo on with typically five color options for each design. That’s 40 options, so buy a few so you can rock our logo year round.

Some may scream nepo-baby, but I scream, “There’s gotta be some dog on the shirt, so mine as well be mine, ESPECIALLY since she’s a rescue dog!” We lovingly call this design Brunch BFF, and it features a glorious tabby cat and waffle-headed mutt that yes, is a graphical rendering of Bellatrix. Same rules as above apply, scroll around a bit and buy a few! You can get the design on t-shirts, baseball shirts and more.

Bacon Bits: The Secret Life of Socks

October 26, 2022 by astoldoverbrunch in Humor, Leisure, life lessons, Tweets and Mascara, Work

In recent years, the placement of L and R on a sock pair is meant to imply there’s a proper alignment to your feet, much like a shoe or a glove. Now I’m not suggesting I’ve solely worn socks exclusively on the "proper foot", but I have noticed one thing — well more than half of the time — I adorn my feet with the correct alignment without actually looking.

Where Can Dogs Celebrate Richmond Brunch Weekend?

September 04, 2022 by Sara Woznicki in Leisure, Life in Your 30's, Richmond Brunch Review, Sara's Column

If you’re a dog-owner, you might be wondering, Where are the dog-friendly brunch patios in Richmond who are participating in Richmond Brunch Weekend?

Well, you’re in luck! We devised a list to make it easy to find them.

Who is Grits Malone? Meet Our New Guest Blogger

August 24, 2022 by Sara Woznicki in Leisure, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara, Work

If you caught our last blog post on concert etiquette, you might have noticed it’s by a new guest blogger named Grits Malone. My friend saw the blog post and asked, “Who is Grits?” so I thought it might benefit our entire community if I give you just a few words about him!

Bacon Bits... Standing or Sitting?

August 15, 2022 by astoldoverbrunch in Guest Post, Humor, Leisure, life lessons

Okay, here's the deal; I've been to many concerts and, as my disposable income has modestly increased, so too has my desire to become more comfortable at such events (ignoring how my modestly increased age MAY be contributing to the same). At any rate, at my last concert, my wife and I purchased seats to enjoy the sounds of Keith Urban. All was well and good as we settled into our seats, politely 'squenched' in to allow others to pass in our aisle and gained a mild buzz (pacing ourselves, I think is what folks from my generation call it).

Even with the warm up band, we remained comfy and could see the performers on stage; this was about to change. As soon as Keith appeared, as if some crowd dog whistle had been blown, everyone stood up — well almost everyone.

There's the dilemma; do I stand or do I sit?

Why We're Supporting the Richmond SPCA This Richmond Brunch Weekend

August 03, 2022 by Sara Woznicki in Leisure, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara, Life in Your 30's

In honor of Bellatrix and all the rescue pets, I hope you get out and brunch at one (or more) of our restaurant partners this September 10-11 for Richmond Brunch Weekend! If you can’t make it — or can make it but want to do more — please make a donation! We’ve set a lofty goal of fundraising $5,000 before the event. And yes — of course we have t-shirts too. A portion of each sale of those will go to the Richmond SPCA .

A Sense of Identity and Donating Blood

June 29, 2021 by Sara Woznicki in Life In Your 20's, Leisure, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara

Well — June is my month to write a blog post, and there is a singular topic I have wanted to write about, and it’s bloody propaganda (kind of a joke). However, before I get into the straight propaganda about why you should donate blood (if you’re able), I want to start about how donating blood has become a weird, but cherished, part of my identity.

Get Woke: Stop Buying Purebred Dogs

May 31, 2021 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column

Fifteen months after the pandemic arguably began, we see a light at the end of the tunnel. The willing are vaccinated. People are traveling again. Masks are off – mostly. And offices are starting to discuss The Return.

There’s also been an influx of returns to pet shelters. Now this piece isn’t shaming those who must rehome a pet — I covered my own personal turmoil on this topic already — but this is a unique opportunity for the many who want a purebred dog to get one ethically.

This is my plea for people to visit pet shelters when getting pets, especially for dogs.

I was Listening to this Podcast...

April 27, 2021 by Sara Woznicki in Leisure, Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Tweets and Mascara, Social Media, Sara's Column

Months — maybe years ago at this point, time doesn’t make sense to me anymore — my friends mocked me because I would start far too many conversations with, “I was watching this documentary…” and then I would begin a diatribe about whatever topic I had just learned about.

Throughout the pandemic, I’ve found myself listening to hours of podcasts, and now relating conversations back to stories I’ve heard on podcasts.

Here are bits I’ve found most interesting lately while listening to Armchair Expert.