Wanna try Jim Beam’s new Red Stag? Well a lot of University of Virginia students did last night. We took the Jim Beam tour bus to Charlottesville, Virginia to promote the new product. Red Stag is a black cherry infused 80 proof bourbon. Through a slow infusion process, the distillers start with fine four year old Jim Beam Bourbon and then complement its distinctive taste with hints of natural black cherry flavor. The result is a sweet well-rounded taste that’s delicious mixed or straight up.
We visited No.3, The Virginian and The Biltmore. Any curious person was greeted with a Beam drink or a shot of Red Stag. Everyone has a great evening and as usual the ride home was dance party USA on the bus.
Tonight is the Nationwide Race and tomorrow is the Sprint Cup Race in Richmond. The is the final week for drivers to qualify for the chase which starts next week.
Activities, Food & Drink Charlottesville, Jim Beam
Water Grill is the newest restaurant from Richmond Restaurant Group located in the old Karsen’s location at 3411 W. Cary Street in Richmond, Virginia. The focus is on seafood, steaks and vegetarian-friendly regional cuisine, with a full raw bar and large selection of oysters. The business is known for its patio seating, where smoking is permitted. Inside the redesigned space is a first-floor sunroom, dining room and bar, an upstairs lounge with bar and fireplace, and banquet and dining rooms that can suit private parties from 10 to 125 guests in comfortable, intimate settings. Wine and beer lists are wide-ranging with an emphasis on regional choices. Serving lunch and dinner daily, and Sunday brunch starting at 10 a.m. 353-3411.
Website: http://www.thewatergrill.com is under development. The menu is currently available for viewing.
Food & Drink, Restaurant Openings richmond restaurant group, richmond va restaurants, water grill
Vault is Richmond’s premiere dance club located inside of Bank Restaurant. I will be creating a new visual theme as well as a photo shoot with New Media Systems. Here is what the homepage is going to look like.
Visit http://www.bankandvault.com/ in the coming weeks to see the new website.
Food & Drink, Restaurant Openings creative visual design, nightlife in richmond virginia, vault nightclub
Last night a crew of us left Richmond and drove to D.C. to attend a Thievery Corporation concert at the 9:30 Club. It actually felt like winter. As we headed more north the snow got consistently harder. Once we got to D.C. we headed to Local 16 for happy hour on U and 16th. Local 16 is owned by Thievery Corporation so it made since to make a visit. It’s much more of a 10pm and after place with a wide open dance floor, and a huge outside patio upstairs and dim light bar and booths downstairs. When it’s nice go there late night and you will not be disappointed.
We left Local 16 and headed to Gus’s Next Door on U and 12th for dinner. It is directly next to Gus’s Chili Bowl which has been around for 50 years. The Executive Chef is non other than Rock Harper from last years Hell’s Kitchen. He took the winning prize of a one year $250,00 salary to run the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, but when that ended he decided to return home. The decor was nice, the food was just ok, but it has only been open a few weeks so it’s always best to be understanding in those circumstances. The Duck and the Mac and Cheese were both very good though.
Once we were finished with dinner we headed to the 9:30 Club on V and 8th to see Thievery Corporation. If you have never seen them live I highly recommend getting on their mailing list so you know when they play again. Tuesday night was the first night of a five night gig at the 9:30 Club. They usually play every year around Decmeber or January so keep that in mind. Oh yea, tickets always sell out very fast so you must be quick. Their shows are always enjoyable, but as a long time Thievery fan and someone who has now been to four shows (‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09), nothing really compares to their first show. Maybe it’s the first time newness of their style and vibe, but it just wan’t the same. The new comers to the group thought it was amazing and were smiling ear to ear so that should tell you somehthing.
All and all this was a great trip to D.C. with a great group of friends.
Food & Drink, Music, Travel 9:30 club, D.C., gus's next door, local 16, thievery corporation
That is the question.
So I know there are times when we all need to go to the store and just really don’t want to. Enter Supercook. This site is a recipe search engine that finds recipes you can make with the ingredients you have at home. You just have to tell it what you have on hand and it will give you all kind of recipes options. Seriously! How cool is that.
I tend to play the game what can I make with what I have in my pantry. You know when you can’t make a PB&J that you need to go to the store, but with this website the game can continue.
Check out http://www.supercook.com
Food & Drink
If you are on your computer all the time like I am then this little tool might be helpful to you. Let’s set the stage. You put your food in the oven, set the oven timer, but then go into your office to do some work. Unfortunately you start listening to music or just don’t hear the timer go off. Your timer then becomes the smoke alarm. That’s no good.
With Cooktime you can choose from 4 presets times or make a custom timer. You won’t burn you food anymore. If you still do then I really can’t help you.
http://code.google.com/p/cooktimer/
Food & Drink, Google
