by Doug Thompson | Oct 5, 2020 | Entertainment, FUBAR
We’ve been thinking about taking in a movie at the Regal multiplex in Christiansburg. If we want to do so, it will have to be by Thursday. Regal announced today that it is closing all of its theaters in the United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday and...
by Doug Thompson | Jan 13, 2015 | Musings
The Farmhouse restaurant in Christiansburg is scheduled to close after dinner Saturday night, ending more than 50 years of steaks and other fine dining on Cambria Road. Current owners say business is poor and it must shut down to avoid losing any more money. My first...
by Doug Thompson | Jul 16, 2014 | Musings
Fans of Ryan’s buffet restaurant at New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg will have to look elsewhere to eat. The longtime and popular eatery closed without warning Sunday night and trucks began moving the interior equipment to a new location in West Virginia....
by Doug Thompson | Mar 12, 2011 | Featured, Musings
Climbed back on a motorcycle for the first time in five months — the first time since my left leg collapsed when I stopped at the intersection of Oxford and Locust Street and left the bike on its side and me lying in the street. After five months of back...