Best hiking trail 2013: Humpback Rock
Humpback Rock Runner-up: Monticello Trail “Humpback” is a bit of a misnomer, because hiking actually exercises almost all parts of your body—legs, knees, ankles, arms, hips, butt, abs, shoulders, and […]
Best golf course 2013: Birdwood
Birdwood Golf Course 410 Golf Course Dr. 293-4653 boarsheadinn.com/golf Runner-up: Old Trail Golf Course 4594 Golf Dr. (Crozet) 823-8101 oldtrailgolf.com “Hit it. Hard.” That’s a simple enough instruction for Birdwood’s […]
Best martial arts studio 2013: Hiromi T’ai Chi
Hiromi T’ai Chi 609 E. Market St. (877) 880-2479 hiromitaichi.org Runner-up: Charlottesville Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 601 Concord Ave. 825-6202 cvillebjj.com T’ai Chi Ch’uan is Chinese for “supreme ultimate fist.” We can’t […]
Nice work if you can get it: Six folks who took the path less traveled to fulfilling careers
Ambassador to rock The Jefferson’s behind-the-scenes man makes sure the show goes on “I like to think that my schedule is actually really similar to a lot of other peoples’, […]
June ABODE: The Scene
(Photo by John Robinson) ABODE NEWS I’m your density Plenty of people live on the Downtown Mall, but for the entire month of May, Stephen Balut took that notion to […]
Book Agenda: Can’t Miss VA Festival of the Book Events
The annual Virginia Festival of the Book begins today and the lineup features opportunities galore to revel in Charlottesville’s love of the literary arts. Here are some must-attend events from this five-day celebration of the written word.
From the inside out
For weekly newspaper writers, commenting on the news is generally limited to an occasional jab or quip. And even in subjective columns and reviews, sweeping ideas that come more from the heart than the mind are left by the wayside. That's all well and good. But for the first issue of 2008, we wanted to do something different: a year in review with a completely personal touch.
Behold! Life after local politics
By Will Goldsmith and Scott Weaver When the dust clears on November 6, we’ll have somewhere between two and six new leaders on the biggest local offices, Charlottesville City Council […]
Glass acts
It’s easy to forget they’re there—after all, you can see right through them. But make no mistake: There aren’t many parts of your house more important than the windows. They […]
Design, living and trends for home and garden
“As wood grew scarce in England and France, laws were decreed limiting its use among commoners…In the mid-1600s, the British authorities decreed that Virginians who owned a hundred acres or […]