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Adam's Sentimental Guide to Blacksburg, Virginia
Location: 37°13'N 080°25'W, in the New River Valley
Great things to do in Blacksburg (on this site)
- Go to the Duck Pond
- Wander around the campus—Pillory update!
- Meet the friendly locals and enjoy their traditions
- Apprehend an arsonist
- Look for punk legend Kill Kill Destroy
- Pursue other miscreants
- Study the archaeology of ancient Blacksburg
- Visit Compiègne
and listen to Pompidou est de retour en ville - Remember Dalì & the DadaPerformanceArtThing
Elsewhere on the web:
- That 70's Blacksburg “for those of us who came to Blacksburg VA around 1970 (more or less) and for those that have been around even longer”—but great fun even if you didn't get to Blacksburg until quite a bit later than that.
- Drink lots of beer and eat a calzone (my favourite: feta with black olives & garlic) at The Cellar ("Blacksburg's Original Underground Tavern")
- Eat ice cream & vegetarian food at Gillie's
- Repair your furniture with duct tape & big screws from Heavener Hardware
- Get wholefood and homebrew supplies from the Eats Natural Foods Co-op (some history under Hippie Food on That 70s's Blacksburg)
- Go tubing at the New River Junction
- Blacksburg United for Responsible Growth
- Study French at Virginia Tech
- Listen to WUVT, Virginia Tech's independent radio station
- Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg
- Town of Blacksburg (government)
- Planet Blacksburg
- The Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech's student-run newspaper since 1903
- Blacksburg on Wikipedia
- The Ultimate Guide to Blacksburg, Virginia
Coming sooner or later to this site:
- Steppin' Out 1999
- Steppin' Out 2002
- Steppin' Out 2003
- the pseudomorph of the Immoral Kiosk
- the Lobotomies
- junk from 1987–1992 as I get more old negatives scanned
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