We Ate Here

We ordered the satay noodles at South Street Brewery with no hesitation, but getting the rare seared tuna as an add-on felt like an act of some bravery, as we are not terribly hardy about raw fish. Confusion ensued when the waitress asked, “Super rare O.K.?” “Do we have a choice?” we asked. “No,” she […]

We Caught You Looking Sweet!

Where we spotted them: Tiara Tuesday Event at Il Cane Pazzo on April 8. Megan Huffman Occupation: Sales and marketing for WCAV CBS19Style sense: Megan gets her inspiration from Ann TaylorLoft and B. Moss, so it’s no surprise that’s where she does most of her shopping. In fact, she found her brown slacks at Ann […]

Couric Center going up! [April 12]

CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric attended the groundbreaking of the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center, the $74 million facility planned for the corner of Jefferson Park Avenue and Lee Street and named for her sister, the late Virginia senator. Couric joined Governor Tim Kaine and UVA President John Casteen for the hour-long, invitation-only event, […]

Red Light lands Roanoke amphitheater deal [April 13]

Roanoke has selected Charlottesville-based Red Light Management to develop and manage an outdoor amphitheater at the former Victory Stadium site. Red Light, a part of Coran Capshaw’s music empire, will be responsible for completing a feasibility study, designing the facility and operating the amphitheater once it’s completed, reported the Roanoke Times. Though Roanoke officials declined […]

Correction from April issue of ABODE

In the April 2008 issue of ABODE, due to an editorial error, the Hot House page contained text referring to the ecoMOD3 project on Fourth Street SW, but the photo shows the ecoMOD1 project on 7 1/2 Street SW. Unlike ecoMOD3, the ecoMOD1 project does not incorporate a pre-existing 19th century building.

Correction from April 1 issue

The Charles Kingrea implicated in a cockfighting ring in Harrisonburg is not a jeweler as erroneously reported in an April 1, 2008, Government News story [“Cockfighting becomes felony”]. Charles Frank Kingrea, owner of C.K. Jewelers, is not the Charles Leo Kingrea of Gordonsville, who is alleged to have operated a retail business at a cockfight. […]