The Falls Church Insider All About the City of Falls Church, Virginia, For & By The Folks Who Live & Work There

Other than a brief stint in Boulder, Colorado (another town/community that I really love) I’ve lived near Washington, DC all my life.  For all those years whenever I heard or said “The City” it was always in reference to DC.
Well, no more.
I’ve joked about it on twitter, but I’m happy to say that I now [...]

Since no one is reading this blog yet (ever?), I’ll continue sharing my thoughts on what it could / should be.  This past weekend I enjoyed discovering Blueweeds, the blog written primarily by Mike Gardner, husband of our mayor Robin Gardner.  I haven’t met Mike or Robin yet, though I hope to have that chance [...]

I had been concerned about rain, but it was the August-like heat and humidity that should have had me worried.  While we can’t control the weather, the things we can control seemed to go really well yesterday at the combo Taste of Falls Church / Fall Festival (a few photos).

To start, the standard farmers market [...]

This Saturday is the 2008 Taste of Falls Church at Cherry Hill Park.  It’s a great family activity with live music, rides and crafts for the kids, and food from local restaurants like Dogwood, Natalia’s, Four P’s, and even the coming-soon Not Your Average Joe’s.
Discussing the success of local restaurants, this article in the Falls [...]

I registered FallsChurchInsider.com after a long, sunny walk with my family yesterday through the center of Falls Church.  As we walked from Pearson Square to Natalia’s for a cookie and then past the Library, our pediatrician’s office, Cherry Hill Park and on to Lincoln Park for play-time after crossing over the W&OD (twice), then past SmithGifford and into Arlington to [...]

This site has been created.  Now what?  We’ll see.  When we’re ready for an official launch, I’ll probably take down this post and replace it with others.  Until then, if you (ye who hath randomly stumbled here) have any ideas for what this site should be, please comment below.