Tuesday, August 19, 2008

'Round About Town

For a number of years I've seen this T-shirt hanging in the window at Pairet's, a shop in downtown Farmville - where Dad & Connie live:



There are 2 colleges here - Hampden Sydney - an all guys school that's been around since the late 1700's, and Longwood - which used to be all girls but is now co-ed, founded in 1816. With these two very old schools, you'd think Farmville would be more, well, known. Ya know? I guess this T-shirt was the brainchild of someone's parents as they dropped their out-of-state kid off at school for the first time. I've always wanted one, so I bought one the other day.

Another hot spot on Main Street is this place:



The owner is very European and makes the most authentic breads and pastries this side of DC. They are closed on Sunday and Monday, so I still have yet to sink my teeth into one of their tasty treats - but I will before the week is up!

1 comment:

Don said...

Hey, thanks for mentioning some Farmville sights! Another great tee shirt that trades on the town's anonymity is "What happens in FarmVegas - Stays in FarmVegas."

There's a new online shopping directory with a lot more local stores & restaurants, and people are starting to leave comments there as well:

www.farmvilledirectory.com

You might want to check it out.