ʻOiaiʻaʻoleʻo ia ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma Virginia, aia i ka heluna nui kaulana o Richmond he heluna nui o kahi 200,000, a he nui ka heluna o kahi 1,2 miliona. ʻO kahiʻoihana pōmaikaʻi a me ke aupuni e loaʻa ana kahi waiwai nui o nā hale hōʻikeʻike, nā hanana kūhaka no ke kūʻai liʻiliʻi a me kaʻahaʻaina, a me ka lāhui GLBT e ulu ana ,ʻo kēia kūlanakauhale ola ma ka muliwaiʻo James i piha i ka lima o nā kaomi kaulana a me kekahi mau wahi nui me kahi nā kūlana ikaika i ke kaiāulu.
ʻAʻole kahi'āpana pili nani ma Richmond,ʻoiai he naniʻo Carytown ka wahi kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke lele i nā hoa GLBT i ke kūʻaiʻana, i kaʻaina, aiʻole i ka pale pahū. Ke hoʻomau neiʻoe i ka hikina, ma o ka Fan a me ke Downtown, eʻikeʻoe i kekahi o nā kole o nā kapi o ke kūlanakauhale. Aʻoiaiʻo nā hanana hoʻolauleʻa e kapaʻia neiʻo ka muliwai, Shockoe Slip, a me Shockoe Bottom he mau kīʻaha maikaʻi a me nā haleʻaina hoʻi, he nui aku lākou hetero e pili ana i ka noʻonoʻo.
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ʻO ke kahua pāʻani kaulana loa o Godfrey (308 E. Grace St., 804-648-3957) he hale'ahameleʻo ia a he haleʻaina, aʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi i hoʻonohonohoʻia ma ka moku'āina ma waena o nā poʻe kalapu, nā haumāna mai nā kula nui, a me nā mea'ē aʻe nā huapalapala kaiapuni. Hoʻokaniʻo Godfrey i ka hula, i ka lā 11 ma ka lā Sābati a hoʻokipa hoʻi i kekahi mau pule hebedoma i hōʻikeʻia i kēlā me kēia pule (Freaky Fridays, College Hump Nights, huki i nā hōʻailona hōʻike, a pēlā aku).
ʻO ka lehulehu he hopu-ʻo nā kaiāulu pīhoihoi, nā poʻe pilikino i hui nuiʻia a hōʻoluʻolu i nā kāne a me nā wahine o nā makahiki. A maikaʻi ke koʻokoʻo. ʻO ka hapalua o ka māhele he kahua hula, a me kekahi mahele'ē aʻe kahi wahi kīkī maloʻo a me ka haleʻaina.
Aia wale kekahi mau poho ma ka hikina o Godfrey's, ka lumi hoʻokipaʻoliʻoli a me kaʻaina Barcode (6 E.
Grace St., 804-648-2040) hoʻonui i ka nui o nā mea hoʻolaha hoʻokahi. ʻO kēia wahi kūlohelohe me kahi lōʻihi lōʻihi a me kahiʻainaʻaina me nā hale a me nā papa he wahi leʻaleʻa no ka karaoke i nā Lāpule, martini madness ma hope o ka hana ma nā Pōʻalima, a me ke kūkākūkāʻana, ka holoʻana i ka mālamalama, a me ka hui pūʻana. Hoʻolālāʻia eʻoi aku ka nui o kahi pōpō "kakahiaka nui" ma mua o Godfrey. ʻO nā lāʻau laka e kokoke ana i ka hale hālāwai o ke kūlanakauhale a kokoke i nā kauhale a me nā mea hoʻokipa nui o ke kauhale.
Ma kahi o ke komohana o ke kauhale, kokoke i ka pā kula o Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), eʻikeʻoe i kekahi o nā'ahamele nui loa ma nāʻaoʻao a puni, Launi (536 N. Harrison St., 804-353-9776), i wehe waleʻia ma ʻO nā Pōʻaono a me nā pūʻulu ma ka nui o nā kāne a me nā wahine (hiki i ka 3 am) a huki i nā hui lehulehu. Aia kahi papa hula nui.
ʻO kaʻaoʻao o West End kahi o Carytown, i kekahi manawa i kapaʻiaʻo "Mile of Style" ma kāna kaha nui, West Cary Street, he home no kekahi mau kikola mālie me ka hapanui o nā hahai i huiʻia. Aia i ka haleʻaina a me ka haleʻainaʻo Babes, kahi i weheʻia no kaʻaina awakea,ʻaina ahiahi, brunch a me nā pō inu pōʻeleʻele - ke hula nei, e huki ke aliʻi, kahi papa volleyball, a me ka lokomaikaʻi lokomaikaʻi).
Aʻelua mau poʻomanaʻo eʻikeʻoe i kahiʻo Secco Wine Bar a me ka nani a me ka nani (2933 W. Cary St., 804-353-0670), kahi wahi maikaʻi e hōʻiliʻili ai i nā waina kūikawā (ʻoi aku ma mua o ke 30 ma ke aniani e hāʻawiʻia), a me nā meaʻaiʻono a me nā papa kāpili a me nā meaʻai maikaʻi'ē aʻe.
Ma ka'āpanaʻo Shockoe Bottom e ulu nei, eʻikeʻoe i nā hangena paʻina e like me McCormack's Irish Pub (12 N. 18th St.), aʻo ka hale kope a me ka bistro Urban Farmhouse (1217 E. Cary St.) he mau wahi maikaʻi e inu i nā mea inu. aiʻoleʻaina ahiahi.
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