I have a feeling Francine cares not for them. She's been living at Lowe's for many Lily seasons, and I'm sure more to come. Francine is a smart kitty.

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It's part of why I'm fat. 👀

I am SO glad to hear they're doing well enough to have a second location. That warms my heart. 😍

The chocolate fudge icing is Crack I tell you! My fav is the raspberry filled with the chocolate fudge icing. Heaven in your mouth.

It's good, but I swear the original near the airport is better. Probably all in my head though. 🤣

Country Style Donuts on Williamsburg road makes better donuts and they have better hours. Oh, and they won't sexually harass their employees and high school students, unlike the chode that owns Sugar Shack.

Treat Shoppe on Jahnke rd ALSO better donuts, AND food, and they serve ice cream and fun county fair foods and snacks. Bonus - it's Black Owned. And again, haven't heard of anyone there spitting in the food or sexually harassing people. Oh, and they hire the otherwise abled.

Two very fine donut shops that support the local economy without supporting a pedo -minded sexist pig and spit in food.

It's great. Take the train. Seriously. Jump on Amtrak and just get around DC on the Metro. It's much better than driving up there and trying to find parking.

I honestly like Deep Run Roadhouse better. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Pumphouse Park Secret Skate Park!

Anytime! Historic is just code for poorly insulated shithole I don't have to spend money to upgrade. 🤣

Just like... Take this warning. DO NOT RENT HISTORIC HOUSES IN RICHMOND. The reason? They are drafty as all hell, your bills in the winter will be astronomical and you will still be cold. Me and some friends rented a few, and every time, our electric bill was almost as high as the rent in the winter. Rent in an apartment or a newer home for reasonable utilities.

He's actually just kind of an awful human. All my friends in the service industry complain about him being a handsy, super diva karen running the staff into the ground, and doesn't tip after treating people like shit. So yeah....

You sure that's not Richmond County?

Yeah, it's kind of a thing if you actually live IN the city proper. I lived here in the city when getting mugged was a normal occurrence. So, I'm kinda defensive about that boundary line, don't tell me you live in the city when you live in a cozy suburb away from the bus line, hobos, crackheads and hookers. 🤣

I love how central the city is to everything. I can be most anywhere in under 20 minutes, being near several highways is kinda convenient.

I love the city. Been here since 1999. I hated my stints in the counties. Only time my cars were ever broken into was the counties. Apparently when there aren't as many chances of witnesses they'll break in. Keeping it locked is enough in the city though. 😂

Surrounding areas aren't Richmond though. And really, I wouldn't trust the James for at least 70 miles upstream of RVA, and truth be told... I don't really trust water this far south, period. Too much industry north of us to be dumping god knows what in the rivers leading to us. Dominion dumps coal ash roughly 60 miles upstream of the city. It might look clean a half hour up... But it isn't. Richmond boasts way more restaurants that aren't plastic (chains) than the surrounding counties. And we have the best traffic conditions of any metropolitan city in the country. That said... I have swam in the James, and immediately took a shower when I got home. Just don't drink the water 😂

Actually, it's still investment firms. Landlords provide housing like scalpers provide tickets, IJS. And, as someone who worked the Census, you'd likely be appalled at just how many people are illegally Air BnBing places across the city.

Not 'feel like ' ARE. We ARE being priced out of our neighborhoods by investment firms gentrification flips to begin with, and then cake on the DC socialites getting to remote work so they can schlep it down here, overpay for whatever home they wanted and still be saving themselves money compared to the DC market, while widening that income inequality gap here.

The best part about Richmond, IS Richmond, not the grotesquely plastic surrounding counties.

Lmfao, you're not wrong. 🤣