Carousel: One Year Later:

jeffrock:

Well, that was fast.

Roughly one year ago Mobelux launched Carousel. It was a fairly simple idea. Make a straight-forward, simple way to view Instagram on the desktop throughout the day. This post is a retrospective of the process involved in shipping that app.

Here’s a very early (and…

Mobelux’s Jeff Rock recounts the team effort behind their top-selling Mac app for Instagram, Carousel. 

RVA Creates: Hackathon Recap:

Check out the link above for a recap by RVACreates of Mobelux’s highly-successful Hackathon here at Corrugated Box several weeks ago. 

Style Weekly on Camden's Dogtown Market:

Style Weekly’s Tess Autrey Bosher picks her favorites at Chef Andy Howell’s newest restaurant here in the Corrugated Box Building.

For lunch, sandwiches include a tasty turkey, ham and bacon club on focaccia ($8), and the deliciously drippy roasty swine ($9), a baguette filled with pork loin, caramelized onions, provolone and red pepper chowchow. It’s worth the extra buck to substitute the excellent fries for chips. 

At dinner,

The pick of the litter is the Portuguese stew ($16), filled with Prince Edward Island mussels, potatoes, sausage and shrimp in a smoked paprika broth. Grilled bread saves you the embarrassment of licking the bowl clean. Other offerings include fries and mussels, pork scaloppine saltimbocca and a daily pasta special. 

In summary,

The gourmet-bodega-meets-dining hybrid answers the riddle, “Where in Richmond can you get kitty litter, Laurent-Perrier champagne and a $15 lasagna dinner, all under one roof?” For an underserved area, it’s a fairly brilliant concept, and it looks like this dog might hunt….

Camden’s Dogtown Market sets its own standard, and so far it seems eager to please.

Catch the whole review at the link above.

Photo credit: Style Weekly

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Morning ritual at Camden’s Dogtown Market. Thank you Blanchard’s coffee. Roasted just down the street here in Manchester.