Category Archives: Richmond

How I Came To Big River And Other Lies

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Terry Taylor

The story has many versions. One of them has me showing up at Big River ten years ago with hair down to my ass, driving a red convertible with a six-pack and two strippers. That’s not true, no matter how … Continue reading →

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Squirrels Are Eating My House

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Squirrels ate our tomatoes, yanking them from the vine, taking one bite and tossing them across the yard like a redneck throwing beer bottles and candy wrappers out of a truck window. Squirrels ate everything in our neighbor’s garden this … Continue reading →

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Lights and Kremes

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Terry Taylor

When I was growing up, we weren’t exactly wealthy, to say the least. For entertainment during the holidays, my family (and sometimes friends) would brew up a Thermos of strong coffee, pile into the old Bel Air, fog up the … Continue reading →

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Neighborhood Curmudgeon

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Terry Taylor

We live in a neighborhood ruled by an “association.” Perhaps you know the situation. If not, here’s how it works. You live on a stereotypical cul-de-sac, pay a monthly fee (not a choice for us) and the association keeps up … Continue reading →

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Kicked in the Grass

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Terry Taylor

I have never had a green thumb; just the opposite. If I plant it, it will die, water and fertilize be damned. There was a time, however, when I could grow a nice stand of grass (not the kind people … Continue reading →

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The Big Mama of Bread

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Terry Taylor

It is not often that people drive forty miles to get a loaf of bread. We did. I’ve known Mark McIntyre, the owner, chef and chief baker at Norwood Cottage Bakery for years. His homemade artesian bread was rumored (on … Continue reading →

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Bass Pro Mojo

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Terry Taylor

A local newspaper recently voted the new Bass Pro Shop’s Outdoor World off I-95 north to be one of the ugliest buildings in Richmond. “Hideous,” is actually the word they used to describe the monstrously-glowing, pseudo-timbered ode to fishing and … Continue reading →

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Strike Three, We’re Out

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Terry Taylor

It hurts to lose a baseball game. It hurts even more to lose your entire team. Tweet This Post

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Smoked House

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Terry Taylor

During the holidays, Dee Briggs had an idea. “I’m going to go to the grocery store and get a turkey and take it to Extra Billy’s (a local barbecue restaurant). They’ll smoke it. You want me to get you one?” … Continue reading →

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Glue #10: From Police to Wrestling to Brokers

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Richmond, Virginia, police may have found a way to Glue police to criminals, a feat not easily pulled off in other cities. Tweet This Post

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The Tomato War

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Inside the mouths and bellies and minds of Southerners, a war has been raging for years. OK, the conflict has mostly been in my own mind, but I did my best to start a bigger fight. Tweet This Post

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DNA On The Grill

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Summer is officially here with Memorial Day past and the torched meaty smell of smoky perfume in my backyard every afternoon. People are grilling. Tweet This Post

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Readnecks

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Terry Taylor

They gather at the Barnes & Noble early Saturday morning to drink coffee and discuss a few books. They speak in the hushed, reverential tones of people who have been raised to respect the edicts of a stern librarian. Seven of them … Continue reading →

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Roy’s Big Burger

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Just a little piece north of Richmond, Virginia, on Lakeside Avenue amid the 1940-ish neighborhood and the plethora of auto repair establishments, there wafts the aroma of the 1960s. In a ramshackle square of a building straight out of a … Continue reading →

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Southern Tourist Attractions

Posted on December 20, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Recently, I was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on a shoot with Dee Briggs, and we happened by Rock City on top of Lookout Mountain, the granddaddy of Southern tourism icons. “See Rock City”, the barns, Ruby Falls — it made me … Continue reading →

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