Mya Anitai of Dinamo

Richmond.com has a nice article on Dinamo’s May Anitai. Here is an excerpt:

The co-owner of Dinamo restaurant turns her love of food and family into a career.
Opening the door to Dinamo on West Cary Street, diners encounter an intimate, bustling setting with a vibrant color scheme of red, black and white, a handful of tables surrounding a centerpiece bar and an enthusiastic welcome from the hostess. As it turns out, the hostess is server, bartender, barista, cook and co-owner Mya Anitai, who talks to patrons as if they were old friends. That is, when she’s not busy busing tables.
In Italian, the word dinamo means generator, an image that caught Anitai’s eye in a vintage motorcycle magazine. “This clicked because I like the idea of something in motion and really moving forward with energy. At Dinamo, it is like cooking and working with your friends and family. When my family comes to visit, they come and work here, too.”
Food networking
“I took my first job at 14 and loved doing it,” said Anitai, a VCU graduate who calls Oregon Hill home. “I thought nobody worked at restaurants for the rest of their lives, but it’s what I really love doing. I love interacting with people every day.”

Today at Byrd House Market

From email announcement:

Asparagus, Beets, Greens, Lettuces, Spinach, Salad Greens, Herbs,Mushrooms, Salad Dressings, Strawberries, Spring Onions, Onions…
Eggs, Pasture-raised Pork, Beef, and Chicken – Sausages, Hams, Soup Bones…
Organic Teas, Herb Blends, Herb & Veggie Plants, Medicinal Herbs & Plants, Sage Smudge Sticks
AND …
Granolas, Breads, Croissants, Pastries, Cookies, Desserts to Order
Goat’s Mild and Vegetarian Soaps, Soap Balls, Lotions, Shampoo Bars, Lip balms, Insect Repellent, Aromatics
Wool Yarns, Needle Felted Animal Toys and Gifts
Ready to Eats: Spring Rolls, Noodles with Local Veggies and Herbs, Kebabs, Vegetarian and Omnivore Options

Live Music:
Blue Lotus Collective is
a local collective of RVA musicians, who organize house and venue shows and offer recording/performance opportunities to up-and-coming songwriters. They include
Solace Sovay
The Foresters
Celtic Panda
The Alberts
The Banduras
Megan Parochka
Captain Captain
Floodwall
Recluse Raccoon
Gracious Ghosts
Energy 2000
Clifton Gibbons
The Willie Nelson Experience
Ashes
Haints in The Holler
Where’s Denmark?
Temple
Kristen Leigh
Longjohn’s Silver
James Curtis
The Manifestivus
The Cognitions
Rivers Crude
Snowshoe Orangatang
Aaron Mauck
Good Stuff Today!

Get your $10 Student Deal at Origins Farm, The Byrd Farm, Epic Gardens, Agriberry, and Tomten Farm.

In the market, the Virginia Friends of Mali sharing information about Segou which is Richmond’s Sister City in the Republic of Mali in West Africa – a part of Africa where many of our ancestors originally came from!
Ms. Beth from the Richmond Public Library will do Story Time.
It will be a wonderful 75 degrees – great weather for active outdoor fun! So we will have the corn hole boards set up and 2 hoola hoops. For the younger kids the hoola hoops can be laid on the grass as targets for tossing the bags into.
We should all start watching the Mulberry Tree’s berries progress from unripe and green to ripe and purply-red over the next few weeks… Botanical Word to Repeat and Learn: Morus Rubra (pronounced MORE-US ROO-BRUH) – this is Latin for Red Mulberry!

From more information, go to http://www.byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com

3rd Annual Oregon Hill Memorial Day Soccer Invitational Tourney Schedule

The schedule for this Saturday’s 3rd Annual Oregon Hill Memorial Day Soccer Invitational Tournament has been released:

SCHEDULE IS NOW POSTED:
Saturday May 24th
9:00am Mama Zu vs. Madrid FC
10:15am Pine St. Barbers vs. Holy Pariah
11:30am Tournament Team vs. Mattaponi Warriors (ringer players)
12:45am Mama Zu vs. Pine St. Barbers
2pm: Madrid FC vs. Mattaponi Warriors
3:15pm: Holy Pariah vs. Tournament Team
Sunday May 25th
9am Mattaponi Warriors vs. Pine St. Barbers
10:15am Madrid FC vs Tournament team
11:30am Mama Zu vs. Holy Pariah
12:45 4th place vs. 1st place (seed A)
2pm: 3rd place vs. 2nd place (seed B)
3:15: Winner Seed A vs. Winner Seed B