Downtown tarot card reader Ed Rowe passed away on NYE; a memorial service will be held Wed. 01/07 from 5-8PM at Twisted Branch.
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UVA graduation is this weekend (May 20th). Consider yourself warned. #
Theodore Roosevelt’s Albemarle retreat, Pine Knot, is looking to become more well known and accessible. #
Tablet computers are working out pretty well in city schools. #
VDOT got seven bids for the Western Bypass, but they’re secret until one is selected in June. #
One small car part is the sole evidence of who killed a Waynesboro woman in a hit-and-run on Saturday. The community at Jalopnik figured it out—it’s from the grille of a 2003 Ford F150 XL. #
Does the city have the power to set the speed on the bypass so ridiculously low? Several people argue that it does not. #
Council has again shot down the police department’s request for funding to put CCTV security cameras all along the Downtown Mall. #
A little light reading: Charlottesville’s charter. These are the rules, set by the legislature, under which C’ville exists. #
The plan for Shoppers World has been made public. Stein Mart and DSW will moving in to the complex recently vacated by Whole Foods. #
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I know him but I don’t know him. I mean I saw him day after day for years but never talked to him. He was a good addition to downtown ambiance. Never hassled anyone, never annoyed anyone. I was glad that he was there.
The good ones all die. The good ones and the interesting ones. Steve Weiner, Budda Phil, Phil Gininy, etc. Heart attacks, usually.
I wasn’t close to Ed Rowe, but I did interact with him on a regular basis (most often back in the days when I worked at the Tea House). To the extent that I knew him, he was kind, generous, and patient. He’ll be missed.
I’d like to add “Loki” (whose real name I never knew) and Carl Carter to the list of formerly ever-present downtown individuals who are sorely missed.
I used to sit and talk to Ed for a long time until he shooed me away. After an hour of talking, he used to say it was “time to look mystical and make some money.”
Talking with Ed meant more to me than he probably knew. He would tell me things I didn’t understand at the time, but as time went on, I realized were very true. He was the wisest kind of wise man – the kind who didn’t even know he was wise.