Illustration by Carson McNamara
Richmond Roots: “I was born and grew up here, moved away in the early ’80s, and then returned in 1997.”
Fridge Essentials: “Bacon, eggs, fresh fruit and Pellegrino Aranciata Rossa.”
A dish from Restaurant Adarra (Photo by Justin Chesney)
Dinner Plans: “Some of my favorite Richmond restaurants are Restaurant Adarra, Dinamo, Perly's, Longoven and The Roosevelt.”
Sightseeing: “If a friend was visiting, I would take them to Hollywood Cemetery. One day I spotted three ’Jeannie‘ bottles, just like on the TV show ['I Dream of Jeannie'], in the back corner of a crypt. It’s my favorite thing in the city now.”
Hollywood Cemetery (Photo courtesy Richmond Region Tourism)
William Kendrick, "Wally DuChateau," 1960, oil on canvas, 32 x 28 inches, collection of the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, gift of Wally DuChateau, 2010.5; image courtesy Longwood Center for the Visual Arts
RVA Aesthete: “I can’t go without pieces by Richmond artists William Kendrick, Louis Briel, Susan Worsham, Jennifer Holloway Bopst, Tim Harriss and Wes Freed.”
Midnight Munchies: “When raiding the kitchen for a late-night snack, I’m reaching for a Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwich.”
Volume Up: “While cooking, I like to listen to Grace Jones, Nina Simone, Loretta Lynn, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.”
RVA Classic: “One place to me that is quintessentially Richmond? Sally Bell’s Kitchen.”
