We were happy to take a recommendation from the good people who serve the restaurant at the Clifton Inn—its menu, after all, is almost overwhelming in its wonderfulness. This is how we came to a single order of foie gras and duck confit agnolotti served in brown butter jus and dusted with cracklins. A lovely […]
Kerry Von Reese Cook has been sentenced to four years in prison for assaulting two city police officers at Friendship Court in August 2004, according to The Daily Progress. Cook’s conviction this year came after two mistrials. Cook was shot in the stomach during the 2004 incident and now uses a colostomy bag. He has […]
As reported by the Roanoke Times, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb told a group of Democratic supporters on Monday that "the country is watching Virginia" to see who wins in next week's state legislative races.
Cavalier football fans are venting on TheSabre.com today, trying to realign expectations after a surprising hot start to the season came to an end Saturday against N.C. State. The UVA football team was looking for its seventh straight win against a team that didn’t have a single conference victory prior to yesterday, but with quarterback […]
The current issue of What Is Enlightenment, a quarterly magazine about spirituality, contains a brief obituary for Dr. Ian Stevenson…
Staunton's News Leader fired sports reporter Blair J. Parker on Tuesday, October 23 for plagiarizing at least four stories from different internet sources, that paper reports this week.
They lay on their backs, shoulder to shoulder, for three minutes. Each was dressed in black, and each wore maroon and yellow ribbons around his or her neck. Thirty-two UVA students held a "lie in" October 16 in protest of what organizers say are the country’s lax gun laws, the 32 signifying the victims of […]
Unless you are completely Spanish-illiterate, you already know that Aqui es Mexico means "Here is Mexico." Or maybe that should be Mexico is here, since we finally have real south-of-border food in Charlottesville. Our meal began with homemade chips and two types of salsa, one red hot, the other sublimely green. We followed that with […]
Ken Boyd’s stated desire for more growth ("Out in the backyard," Government News, October 9, 2007) is further proof of this supervisor’s unwillingness to think realistically and sufficiently broadly about issues facing Albemarle County. Developers like growth because they profit from it. For the rest of us, growth requires more schools, roads, police and other […]
Tuesday, October 16Warner raises over $1 million Although he only announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on September 13, Mark Warner has raised more than $1 million through the end of that month. As reported in the Virginian-Pilot, the former governor’s campaign received 703 contributions in-state and 301 outside of Virginia. Warner, a Democrat, […]