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

Note: another note from our friends at CBC … They’re coming up with more content than Andy & I are anyway …
CBC to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Falls Church, VA – November 3, 2009 CBC - 50 years strong, an advocate for good city government, responsive to the needs and interests of the residents of Falls Church [...]

The City of Falls Church has a great Farmer’s Market every Saturday morning - 52 weeks a year! My kids and I stop by almost every week (and probably spend more money than I should). During the summer the crowds get fairly big but it’s never overwhelming.
This weekend I recorded some audio while [...]

This weekend in the annual Tinner Hill Blues Festival in Falls Church.  When people ask what I love so much about living & working in Falls Church, this is one of my go-to examples.  Andy and I did our part to support the event by selecting the Tinner Hill web site as one of Viget’s [...]

As part of my volunteer work with the Falls Church Cable Access Board, I helped setup for the annual Santa TV Shoot this past Saturday.  It’s a tradition, I’ve learned, as part of Falls Church’s annual Holiday Crafts Show to put together a holiday themed set and have Santa chat with the kids.  Part of [...]

My first attempt to volunteer for an elected position in the City didn’t go quite as I’d planned.
Last night, at the annual meeting of the Falls Church Cable Access Corporation, the results of the recent election were announced. I was running for one of the two open seats on the board of directors, along with Chip [...]

As promised, we took the kids to Farm Day today and enjoyed some great Fall weather. I snapped a few photos of the fun.

Sounds like a fun event:
The City of Falls Church Recreation & Parks Division is sponsoring its 16th Annual Farm Day on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 at Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave.) from 10 am to 3 pm. Enjoy a day of old-fashioned family fun including hayrides, pony rides, a petting farm, scarecrow making, pumpkin [...]

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 [...]