Winter 2010: Using her words

 On a rainy Tuesday morning, a group of five students—one man and four women, all of varying ages—stand on pieces of paper littered across the floor of Speak! Language Center’s main classroom. The papers signify different locales, like la discoteca, la stazione and il bar, and the students are meant to hop from one to […]

Winter 2010: Check her bag

 If you ask Sasha Farmer, organization equals success. The Montague, Miller & Co. realtor—best in town according to C-VILLE’s 2010 readers’ poll—has had her most successful year ever. How’d she do it? Streamlining. “I basically eliminated paper,” she says.  We took a peek in her gadget-heavy purse for ideas.—Caite White The bag: Farmer says she […]

Take it to Market

The wait is over: Gearhart's Fine Chocolates, in the Main Street Market, recently debuted its dark chocolate caramels, which owner Tim Gearhart says customers have been requesting for years.

Fall 2010: Then she found Nia

 To see Anne Wolf lunging and leaping across the wooden floor at ACAC’s Downtown Nia studio, flashing her warm, Rosanna Arquette-like smile and leading other dancers in a carefree, easygoing style, you’d hardly believe this top UVA health researcher once called herself “Type A.”  Nia instructor Anne Wolf, 48, puts on the moves at the […]