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>>They have amazing hash browns,

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and I love the 
color of the place.

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And I like it, it's good.

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Good vibes. (laughs)

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>>Well, I see the Blue Moon 
Diner as a one of a kind.

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It's a place where you can just 
relax and try something new,

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and meet some interesting 
people, artists,

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engineers, 
songwriters, sculptors,

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businessmen, lawyers, doctors,

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everybody comes to the diner.

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>>Today we're going 
to feature a favorite

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local eatery that has 
been serving our community

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since the late 1940s.

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This popular spot not only 
provides patrons with tasty

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breakfast, lunch, brunch, 
and dinner dishes,

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it is also widely 
known as a place

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to feel at home and 
catch up with friends.

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Join us as we visit Laura 
Galgano, at the Blue Moon Diner.

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Come on.

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(folk country music)

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♪ They would look elsewhere

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♪ Cause when a girl's 
in a small town ♪

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♪ And got too many suitors

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♪ Too many suitors

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♪ And she ends up all alone

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>>It actually first opened

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as a place called the 
Waffle Shop in 1949.

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And in the late 70s, 
it was re-opened,

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as Blue Moon Diner, by 
Buzzy and Allison White.

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>>Oh, that's so great.

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>>And it was a family event.

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They lived in the 
apartment upstairs.

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And they served brunch 
for the first few years.

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And then they sold 
it to Jerry Danner,

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who has started a lot of 
restaurants in the area.

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>>Yeah, a lot of restaurants 
in the community.

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>>And then he sold 
it to Paul Grady,

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who was the big 
Elvis fan, so most

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of the Elvis memorabilia that 
you see around the diner--

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>>(laughs) That's great.

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>>Came from Paul Grady.

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He was a huge fan.

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And Paul Westenberger 
owned it for a short time.

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And he was famous for doing 
his hospital happy hours,

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in the morning, when 
all of the nurses

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would get off of their shifts.

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>>Oh my gosh.

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>>They'd come here and 
have their happy hours,

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before they went to bed.

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Westenberger had it,

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Mark Hahn and Rob 
Gusterson bought it.

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And they had both worked here,

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under Paul Grady, in college.

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And had very fond memories, 
wanted to start a restaurant,

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took over the diner and really,

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really made it into something.

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>>So what inspired you and Rice,

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to take over a restaurant, 
re-open the restaurant?

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>>We met working in 
restaurants, so we have always

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had a love of food and 
the restaurant lifestyle.

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And this excitement 
of getting to meet

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new people everyday, 
even though you're doing

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very similar actions.

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So there's always 
something exciting.

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There's always something new.

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And always something to learn.

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And it's just a lovely way 
to be able to experience

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other people's lives.

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>>So you run the 
front, and you have

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your little office 
right at the counter.

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>>I do, I have a real office,

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and I spend so 
little time in it.

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(Terri laughs)

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Because I want to be 
downstairs in the action.

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I don't wanna miss anything.

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>>And Rice has always 
run the kitchen right?

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>>Yeah he--

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>>And he designs the menus.

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>>He designs the menu, 
and has such a creative

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mind, of pairing different 
foods and ingredients.

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That sometimes make 
me look at him funny,

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and then I taste 
it, and I say, wow.

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This is incredible.

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>>Order up.

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>>I come here for the food, 
I'm pretty predictable.

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Dinner, it's always 
a Skipjack burger.

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I don't stray too much, except 
for the occasional special.

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>>When I first came 
here, I was surprised

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to find out that they 
had all day breakfast.

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And that's when I decided 
I was gonna come back

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every time I had a craving 
for eggs or pancakes.

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>>I'm from Santa 
Cruz, California,

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and I'm currently 
traveling the country.

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So I came to Charlottesville 
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it had a lot of history, 
and I wanted to see

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Thomas Jefferson's house.

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And just check out what 
the locals do around here.

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>>You have items that have 
always been on this menu.

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>>Yes, I mean, we 
still use the same

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pancake recipe that Buzzy 
White used in the 70s.

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>>And that's fantastic.

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>>I've never 
encountered pancakes

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that are quite as 
delicious as ours are.

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I don't know what magic 
happens in that mix.

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But they are fantastic.

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>>You can get 
burgers, you can get

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a basic breakfast or you--

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>>You can also get a 
local organic salad.

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You can get, if you're 
looking for a vegan dish

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you can have something.

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If your grandmother needs 
to have a very plain,

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bland diet, we have 
something on the menu.

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The goal is to have 
it be somewhere

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that no one in the 
family is upset to go to.

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There's always that sort 
of play of negotiation.

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Where are we going to 
dinner, when you have

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so many different generations 
involved in one group.

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Diners are for everyone.

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>>Yes, we've done that 
many times with our family.

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And I have a brother 
who, basically

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this is his favorite restaurant.

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>>And we love him.

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>>Well he's a creature of habit,

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and he orders the 
same thing every time.

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So when he walks 
through the door,

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he gets his coffee 
before asking,

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and his order is 
placed immediately.

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>>He is actually part 
of our training process.

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(laughing)

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>>We have a whole 
group of regulars here.

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They really are part of 
the training process.

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They all, as soon as a 
new employee is here,

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they are instantly 
introducing themselves.

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This is who I am, and 
this is what I do.

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And they will give me 
the feedback as well.

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Oh this one's gonna 
work out great.

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Or, yeah, you're gonna 
have to watch this one.

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She can't remember my order.

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>>Oh that's so great, 
and that ties into,

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I mean, what is Blue Moon 
Diner, most known for.

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Is it the food, is it 
atmosphere, what is it?

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>>It's different things 
to different people.

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And that's part of it, 
is that we have people

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who only ever come 
here for brunch.

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So in their mind, the 
diner is a very busy,

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very chaotic restaurant that--

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>>People wait for brunch.

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>>Yeah, I mean.

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>>It's so popular.

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>>And thank you for it.

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(laughing)

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>>And rattle off some 
of the brunch items,

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because it's not 
diner food per se.

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>>No, we try to have a 
little fun with the brunch.

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We do a poached egg special.

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We'll make Hollandaise.

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We do quiche that is 
in a spring form pan,

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so it's the tallest, fluffiest 
quiche you'll ever have.

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I mean, we really try to 
play around with different

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local ingredients with 
fun different styles

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On occasion we'll 
have Vichyssoise, 
which is not something

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you would expect to see at a 
diner, and people will love it.

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Cold potato soup, who doesn't 
want cold potato soup?

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>>But you can still 
have a grilled

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cheese sandwich and 
fries if you want.

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>>Exactly.

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>>Name some of the top favorite, 
I mean there are favorites.

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>>The Juevos Blue Moonos, 
is another one of those

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items that put on 
in the early days.

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And it is our take on 
a Juevos Rancheros.

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It is simple and delicious.

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And then, you know, 
for the healthy minded.

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We got a vegan garbage 
plate that is tempeh,

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and a vegan chili, doesn't 
have any meat in it.

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Any meat touching it.

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>>I love it, you have 
items that have been

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on the menu forever, 
and you have new items.

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And it reminds me 
of Main street.

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Talk about how you 
do and don't change.

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Talk about that.

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>>The biggest thing with 
some place like this,

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is that we really kinda 
feel that we're more

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stewards of the diner, 
then actual owners

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of the diner, because 
it is so important

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to so many people.

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And when the first day we 
reopened, we had people

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walking in the 
door, thanking us.

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That's not something you 
get, as a restaurant.

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Like usually, you're fighting 
for those loyal customers.

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But we already had them.

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We just have to make sure that

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they are along the ride with us.

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That we're all on this 
fun journey together.

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That there are still 
things that are familiar,

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and welcoming and that 
we retain that notion

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that anybody can come in here.

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And then anybody can 
find something in here,

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and be welcomed in here.

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>>Well, I was walking 
in the street,

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towards my hotel, 
and I ask where

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I could have a good breakfast.

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And breakfast is very important.

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And they told me to 
go Blue Moon Diner.

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Well here I am, and I 
thought that was a very

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funky looking era building.

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Kind of a young place 
for an old lady.

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I mean, it's kind of a.

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Make you happy sort of.

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Reminds you of a few 
years back. (laughs)

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>>It's one of those places 
you can walk in the door

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and the person behind the bar, 
says hey, how're you doing?

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Like they met you before.

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And you really just 
get this sense of,

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I can just feel 
comfortable here.

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(folk country music)

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♪ Sweet dream

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♪ Baby come on home

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♪ Sweet dream

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♪ Baby come into my arms

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♪ Sweet dream

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♪ Baby set me free

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♪ Sweet dream

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♪ Baby come to me

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>>Hey we have to talk 
of the music scene too.

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Because there's a 
music scene here.

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>>We are a stepping stone 
and a comfort builder.

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We have so much fun 
listening to the bands

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who wanna come play here.

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Local bands, people coming 
through on the road.

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It is amazing how 
quickly I get booked up,

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and for such a small 
space, it's special here.

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>>You have music 
every night, but

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there are Jim Waive Wednesdays.

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>>Jim Waive Wednesdays.

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>>He is it.

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>>He really is it.

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If you've not seen 
Jim Waive play music,

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he plays with a 
full band, called

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Jim Waive and The 
Young Divorcees.

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He is just the house band.

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Every single Wednesday, 
he's here without fail.

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I remember once, there 
was a traveling group

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called The Sweater Set.

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Beautiful music, 
lovely harmonies, 
absolutely adored them.

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They were only available 
on a Wednesday night.

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So I'd asked Jim, would 
you mind switching.

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I'll have you play 
the Thursday night,

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they'll play on the 
Wednesday night.

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Everyone was upset by this.

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>>Oh. (laughs)

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Jim said fine, was very 
gracious, very sweet.

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We switched the night.

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People who came on 
Wednesday night,

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still sat and enjoyed 
the Sweater Set,

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but I got some letters.

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And people were 
very confused over,

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wait a minute, it's 
Wednesday right?

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Where's, the habit of he's 
always here on Wednesday.

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After that, we said, we're 
not messing with it anymore.

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Jim Waive Wednesdays, 
that's the one.

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♪ I'm gonna take all your 
pictures from my walls ♪

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♪ Wash them clean

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♪ Wash them down in gasoline

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♪ Strike a match and 
watch that baby burn ♪

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>>You and the Blue Moon 
Diner were very instrumental

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in helping to get 
CLAW, Charlottesville 
Lady Arm Wrestlers--

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>>Oh yes, that goes back to 
our problem with saying no.

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(laughing)

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>>But you helped this small, 
what became a small non-profit,

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turn into a national 
organization that 
donates to charity.

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>>Exactly, CLAW is just, 
it boggles my mind.

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I think it boggles all of 
our minds, how that happened

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and how that took off.

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I mean we'll sometimes 
sit around and kinda look

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at each other and go 
through that timeline,

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and say do you remember 
that first year

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we did them every month?

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How could we have done that?

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And now you're going from 
in the back room here,

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of scrappy, thrown 
together, and this we're now

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exploring bigger venues to 
hold it in Charlottesville.

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>>Right, it's just gotten 
so big, and started here.

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>>Be able to explore it.

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We have national tournaments.

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There are national 
tournaments every two years.

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And there are 23 other 
leagues in the country.

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And two international 
leagues now.

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So it just, and 
it's become this.

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It's a voice for each 
community, to express,

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whatever need is there.

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And it's just been 
a crazy wonderful

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circus at the same time.

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>>So you clearly love this gig.

295
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Because you told me in 
a conversation earlier,

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how much you love this job.

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Why, tell me why?

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>>There's something 
about it that,

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there's always something 
interesting happening.

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There's always something new.

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There's something beautiful, 
and really important

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about being able to sit 
in a room and encounter

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someone who has 
totally different life 
experiences from you.

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And share a meal.

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And talk about what's 
going on in your world.

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Every town definitely 
needs a diner.

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>>It's just a good place to be,

308
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this really is a 
good place to be.

309
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Absolutely.

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>>Get in here and start 
to meet people here,

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it feels like a second home.

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And then it all branches 
out into segments

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of the community, with 
the Lady Arm Wrestlers

314
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and all these great 
things around town

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that you wouldn't know, started

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in a small little 
diner like this.

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(jazzy music)