Organizers of the 2009 Virginia Festival of the Book (check out their website to see who has already agreed to come) have created a blog where they will be holding a contest every week for the 15 weeks leading up to the Festival. The best answer each week will get a 15th anniversary (Jeez, couldn’t they just give us, like, a book or something?). And Every comment will be eligible for the grand prize: two tickets to the Book Festival special reception with David Baldacci and Adriana Trigiani on March 19, 2009 (now we’re talking!).

This week, weeks challenge: Work the name of a Charlottesville restaurant into a famous book title.

The deadline is December 24. Visit the “Mixed Bag Challenge” blog to play.