The other night, we learned from our friends, Continental regulars, that saying “one with” will get you “one house margarita with salt.” We then deployed this new knowledge repeatedly. Somewhere amid the ensuing mayhem, we also ate about half of a spinach and mushroom enchilada—the other half made for delicious leftovers for next day’s lunch—and […]
Richard Wiggans Job title: Director of finance for Albemarle County Resides in: Crozet Has worked for the county for: 5 years Best of times: The opportunities to help people directly. “Much of what the financial department does is administrative, so those times that we get to render a direct service is nice. Raising funds for […]
Due to a proofreading error, in last week’s Arts picks, the write-up for the play The Santaland Diaries [“Holiday freakin’ cheer”] was printed twice. As much as we approve of the extra promotion of such a great production at the American Shakespeare Center, we greatly regret that it resulted in the exclusion of the write-up […]
Chad Mizelle Age: 19 Year: Freshman Hometown: Newport News Major: Undeclared What’s in your backpack? Laptop, iPod, empty Mountain Dew bottle, notebook, pens, pencils, Kashi TLC Chewy Granola Bar, Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life.
Poking around the elegant new foyer of TJ’s house—the visitor center, that is, which recently opened—we got some education, browsed some souvenirs, and topped off the afternoon with a hot coffee and a chocolate chip peanut butter bar from the cafe, which is run by your buddies at Brix. They’re still doing their gourmet thing […]
Evans Finger Age: 19 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Houston, Texas Major: System engineering What’s in your backpack? Headphones, laptop, laptop charger, pencils, planner, calculator, graphing calculator, econ class ticker, various textbooks: Economics; Physics for Engineers and Scientists; Probability and Stochastic Processes: A Friendly Introduction for Electrical and Computer Engineers. C-VILLE welcomes news tips from readers. Send […]
Norcross Station, the railroad warehouse turned chic apartment complex, is prepping to add a third building. R.E. Lee & Sons have been clearing the strip of land between Garrett Street and the Norcross Station parking lot since the end of November. Rick Jones, of R.E. Lee, says they have begun pouring concrete, and estimates that […]
Job title: Training and accreditation supervisor for the Emergency Communications Center. Wade trains the folks who handle all of our emergencies, and keeps our area on the cutting edge. Worked for the county for: 24 years Resides in: Fluvanna County Best of times: Receiving national accreditation. “I spent two-and-a-half years working to have our department […]
Due to a reporting error, in the November 25, 2008 “Your tax dollars, at work” [Government News], it was stated that Sarah Temple works for the city. She, in fact, works for the county.
In a hurry at breakfast, and not wanting to spend a fortune, we finally clued in to the fact that every Downtown worker and her mother lines up to buy $1 pastries from Blue Ridge Country Store. Hello! At that price, our apple scone suddenly seemed to need an accompaniment, and we found a worthy […]