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Being Out for Thanksgiving

Posted 11.26.09 at 10:00AM by Taste The Rainbow in Arts & Entertainment

turkeyTaste The Rainbow wishes you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving Day complete with good times with family and friends and more importantly, stuffing your face with as much good food as possible.

tastetherainbow-whiteI’m taking a break from restaurant-ing to sit down and enjoy a huge home-cooked meal. The boy makes a very good turkey.

For those of you who don’t like to cook (like me), you can easily put together a decent feast. RVANews has a good piece on gathering a bunch of stuff to make a good feast.
Read it here:  http://rvanews.com/features/rva-deals-25/23277

If you prefer to eat out (like me), there are a bunch of places still open on Turkey day. Richmond.com’s Karri Peifer put together a nice list of places to eat out. Read it here: http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/nov/12/eat-beat-thanksgiving-dinner-out

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Do Gay Virginians Have Cause to Give Thanks?

Posted 11.25.09 at 12:00PM by GayRVA in Arts & Entertainment

TimesDispatchEditorialist A. Barton Hinkle wrote an interesting commentary on yesterday’s Richmond Times-Dispatch on what gays and lesbians have to be thankful for, despite political setbacks.

Understandably, the gay community might be tempted to think November represented two giant steps backward for equality. But that might be taking too dark a view.

For one thing, McDonnell’s election does not necessarily represent a radical change at the Executive Mansion. During the 2005 campaign, Gov. Tim Kaine said “gays and lesbians should be protected from discrimination.” But Kaine — like McDonnell, a devout Catholic— also opposed same-sex marriage, civil unions, and adoption by gay couples.

Read the entire article here.

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