I have lived in Richmond, well on the out skirts, all my life and this is a great place to live, work and play. So spots not mentioned but are a must to go. Cary street- this one way street host great shops, fantastic food and in the spring one great watermelon festival. My favorite spots there are Galexy dinner- a scifi themes diner that has great food with some very interetingly named dishes like nuclear waste dog. After that head to the Byrd Theatre only one or two blocks away. This is a neat place all year round. The theatre is a 1920ish theatre that has $1.99 movies. They have an organist that plays there. One neat thing about the theatre is that it is a fantastic place for a wedding! I was a part of a wedding there and it was absolutely gorgeous. Now if you are more into the out doors hit the James river. It has great rapids for the adrenalin inthusiest. Or head over to Manchester wall for some rock climbing. Or go to pony pasture to swim and splash among the rocks in the river. Another must go to place is Bottoms up pizza in the bottom rather Shackoe bottom. This area is the old warehouse district from the tobacco days. Cobble streets old rail tracks and very cool architecture line the streets. Back to bottoms up pizza, this place is so good! When you first go in look at the paint scheme. They painted the waterline from when the building was flooded during Hurricane Gaston (I think). It is remodeled of course but I thought that was neat. Thier pizza is great. Flavor Like Greek, Chesapeake are amazing. I get mine in the portobello caps.

Well there are so many other great places and things to do. Don't be afraid to explore the city.

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