Age: 35 Year: Grad student Concentration: Italian Hometown: Milan, Italy What’s in your backpack?: Agenda, CD with recordings of students, cell phone, sunglasses, pencils, Avanti Italian book, international papers, class grade book, visa, passport. Marco Prina
We hesitate to call the fare at The Flat slow food (as opposed to fast food), but we don’t mind a bit waiting on one of the benches outside the diminutive crêperie, sucking in the exhaust fumes from Water Street, because we know that whatever we’ve ordered is lovingly prepared and fresh. Take the spinach, […]
The Dark Knight (PG-13, 140 minutes) Reviewed here. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4Get Smart (PG-13, 110 minutes) The old TV show remakes just keep coming. Here, Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway take over as Maxwell Smart and Agent 99, one bumbling, one sexy secret agent who must join forces to stop the evil organization […]
Due to an editorial error, the website for Anita Gupta’s wedding cake business was misidentified in last week’s issue of UNIONS. The correct website is maliha creations.com.Also in UNIONS, due to a production error, the designer of a piece of jewelry was misidentified. This necklace was made by Nicole Noelle Sherman, nicole@nicolenoelle.com.We regret these errors. […]
Worked for the county for: 30 years Resides in: Albemarle CountyJob title: Copy Center supervisor. The Copy Center handles copy and printing equipment and holds a small office supply area. The Center also makes booklets and forms for county schools, the HR department and other local government offices. Best of times: “Every day is different. […]
Due to a production error, Detective Todd Lucas was not identified in the opening photograph of last week’s cover story [“Does Charlottesville have a gang problem?” July 8, 2008]. Additionally, in the section of that story titled “The summer of white t-shirts,” the author wants to make explicit that when Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo […]
Worked for the city for: 7 yearsResides in: Fluvanna CountyJob Title: Gardener, department of Parks and Recreation, horticulture team. Hall takes care of the Downtown area and designs and places all the pots around the Mall. Lori Hall Best of times: Putting in new plants around Downtown. “It just seems to bring a whole new […]
Peter Tschirhart Age: 26Year: Grad studentConcentration: MusicHometown: Houston, TexasWhat’s in your backpack?: Notebook, Twilight in the Desert by Matthew Simmons, Beyond Civilization by Daniel Quinn, articles from The New Yorker and The Economist, copy of J.S. Bach’s English Suites for harpsichord, iPhone, USB drive, pens.
We’ve become pretty big fans of Sublime since it opened: Anytime we’re on the Corner, we find ourselves tempted by the abundance of fresh produce that packs the menu. The salads treat veggies like central players, not afterthoughts, and the rainforest redemption shake we had last time we stopped in was the most complex concoction […]