The first time we went out looking for an eye-catching crib for our new Hot House page, this North Downtown beauty turned our heads. First we noticed its understated color (and of course that signature sweep of the roofline didn’t hurt either.) But the reason we kept looking was the entryway on the right, with […]
[image p.11] [image p.11] Secret Ingredient Liquid lunch Starr Hill beer has been brewed right here in Charlottesville since 1999, first on Main Street and now in Crozet in a former food processing building. The massive scale of the building, along with plenty of refrigeration, makes this a dream spot for Starr Hill Brewery (starrhillbeer.com; […]
Ground Rules Year of the greens New Year’s resolution: Grow your own. Tired of worrying about E. coli in bagged spinach and turning over bedraggled heads of romaine that look like they’ve been through hell to get here from who knows where? With a bit of planning, it should be possible to walk outside and […]
Help Line Disc dos Question for Anne Williams, host of WNRN’s Acoustic Sunrise: How should I store my CDs to keep them organized and damage free? Answer: First of all, says Williams, if you can avoid big temperature swings in the spot where you keep your collection, that’s a good thing. “Most radio stations try […]
Tile fingerprints For Earlysville potter Suzanne Crane, it’s all about the local. Crane is a former English teacher who learned her craft (and discovered her talent) by taking pottery classes at PVCC. Now she’s traded grading papers for creating handmade, botanical-inspired ceramic pieces that are rooted (pun intended) in local materials and plants. Dan Zimmerman […]
Higher schooling Back in May, we told you that Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center (CATEC) students were building a house to be certified under LEED standards—the school’s first green building project. Well, we’ve got bad news and good news. The bad: That project ran into some timing troubles and didn’t earn a certification. The good: […]
Like many people whose parents prod them into piano lessons, Elva Holland had an early relationship to music that was more about self-discipline than escape. But lots of kids in parentally-enforced music lessons grow up and leave the scales and etudes far behind. In Holland’s case, the lessons seem to have stuck more closely. Then […]
Gifts from on high http://monticellostore.stores.yahoo.net/plants—seeds.html Looking to get a little Jeffersonian in your gift choices this holiday season? Instead of marching your December houseguests through Monticello’s gardens and parlors, give them a taste of Charlottesville’s favorite founding father that they can take home with them. Monticello’s online gift shop offers a wide selection of period […]
Chillin’ Custom flavors, on ice Design-your-own cone: If supermarket ice cream just doesn’t deliver what you need, try ordering custom flavors from a local kitchen. So your BFF has a birthday and you know her favorite treat is apple pie ice cream. You design her ice cream’s base and ingredients, name it and write a […]
And the winners are… Waldorf awards single out the good guys Plenty of businesses are capitalizing on the green-living trend—so many, in fact, that it’s helpful when a third party recognizes some of the leaders in that ever-more-crowded field. The Waldorf Foundation has done just that with its third annual Commonwealth Environmental Leadership Awards, handed […]