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 […]
News and ideas for sustainable living
StreamWatch volunteer training Get in the flow of cleaning up local water If you join StreamWatch’s band of volunteers, you’ll collect samples of Sowbugs, fly larvae and other creepy crawlies […]
Design, Living and Trends for Home and Garden
The most interesting thing about faux simplicity is that it’s anything but simple, actually requiring more trouble and expense than most decorating styles. The aesthetic isn’t based on giving up […]
News and Ideas For Sustainable Living
Wage clean air with the peace lily and other houseplants. Places in a planned utopiaBelvedere development will sell a green vision Can you create a sustainable community nearly out of […]
Style File: Design, living and trends for home and garden
But is it design?“Modernism” shows museumgoers how we lost our frills These days, we’re used to living with a mix of the modernist and the traditional. Just look at the […]
How dense can we get?
By Will Goldsmith, Erika Howsare and Meg McEvoy More than anything else, the big zoning changes enacted earlier this decade in both Charlottesville and Albemarle are about density. The idea: […]
A loose rein on reality
Oh-six was a year of contradictions and confounded assumptions. The Republican incumbent who was supposed to be unbeatable for the Senate enacted his own Chernobyl-like meltdown; “affordable housing,” the presumed cause du jour, turned into a dictionary game …
Spice of life
It\’s been a hot and sweltering summer. Yet one of the most popular dishes at D\’Ambola\’s Italian restaurant in Afton is the equally hot and spicy Alici con Bucatini Rigati.
20 for the moment
Recently at C-VILLE, we’ve been pondering what makes this town exactly the way it is. How can it be so artsy, stylish, community-minded, fast-growing, infuriating and deliciousâall at once? By way of an answerâand after much discussionâwe’ve assembled a list of 20 people that are shaping our community right here and now.