Edwin Wright Age: 27 Year: Grad student Concentration: Architecture Hometown: McLean, Virginia What’s in your backpack? Wallet, notes on a napkin, multitool Swiss Army knife, keys, three pens, two pencils, chess board, laptop and cords, sketchbook, cell phone, loose change for coffee, e-mail address from a cute girl at Starbucks.
Connective tissue Readers name the final body worker We’ve identified 19 locals who impress and intrigue with their body work (and their body of work), but there’s one profile missing. That’s where you come in. We want to hear from you. Who’s working with or on the human form that you think we should know […]
This week’s treat: a meal prepared by Toliver House chef Jonathan Hayward and entirely built around local meats, produce, cheeses and wines—and whiskey! Yes, local single-malt whiskey, produced by the Copper Fox Distillery in Sperryville. Owner Rick Wasmund muddled mint (which grows behind the distillery) for summery cocktails and talked about how he gets all […]
Due to a production error, the caption in the June 10 Restaurantarama [“Foodie forum”] misidentified the person in the photograph as Jaison Burke. The photograph is of Tyler Teass. Our apologies to both Mr. Burke and Mr. Teass for the mix-up.
Giselle Childs Age: 21 Year: Rising senior Major: French and foreign affairs Hometown: Great Falls, Virginia What’s in your backpack? The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon, notepad, mints, Trident gum, lots of chapstick, plastic knife, Purell, Sex and the City movie stub, Band-aids, camera, sunglasses case, headband, iTouch, headphones, Blackberry, green tea.
Diane Behrens Worked for the county for: 33 yearsResides in: Greene CountyJob title: Executive director of support Services for Albemarle County Public Schools. Oversees building services, which includes maintenance and upkeep of building and planning for redistricting and new additions and buildings. Also oversees child nutrition programs, school athletic directors and school nurses.Best of times: […]
Decadence, thy name is pâté. Such melt-in-your-mouth paste of animal parts can only be extravagant at best and overindulgent at worst, no? Well, not so when it’s made of sustainably-raised local rabbit at the hands of Keswick Hall’s executive chef and locavore Craig Hartman. We guiltlessly devoured Hartman’s luscious rabbit mold at a recent stop […]
Worked for the city for: 30 years Resides in: Charlottesville Job title: Commissioner of Revenue. Raymond’s office assesses personal property, handles state income, estimated income, daily rental and transient taxes, among others, and runs housing relief programs. Lee Richards Best of times: “You seem to be able to get the same amount of work done […]
Jann Ronis Age: 33 Year: Ph.D. student Department: Religious studies, focus on Tibetan Buddhism Hometown: San Diego, California What’s in your backpack? Collected Works of Getse, notes from studies, folder of photocopies of Getse’s other works, laptop, AC adapter, iPod, Chapstick, highlighters, house keys, SweeTarts. C-VILLE welcomes news tips from readers. Send them to news@c-ville.com.
In the May 27, 2008, News From This Just In, an editing error introduced some confusion to the last sentence of an item about Angela Ciolfi’s report on fees charged by public schools. The sentence should read as follows: “She acknowledges that budget woes are behind the districts’ creative fundraising tactics, and that many schools […]