Reviews
There are a few things that everyone can be sure of: 1) the earth is round; 2) if you fling a baseball (or a parking ticket, or a shitzsu) up in the air, it will come back down; 3) musicals are ripe for parody.
Dr. Ho’s
While entertaining out-of-towners in the boondocks on a recent Sunday afternoon, we figured that Dr. Ho’s would be a good bet for a tasty lunch.
Opening the pot
Bringing a restaurant into this world is no simple task. Just ask Chad Hornik, whose adventures in fending off Charlottesville\’s architectural earnestness we detailed about a month ago.
Other news we heard last week
Tuesday, July 4No surprise: fatal crash on the Fourth The Fourth of July weekend is usually an ugly one, traffic fatality-wise, and this one was no exception. In Staunton, a crash on Independence Day took the life of a 37-year-old Verona woman and left her 8-year-old daughter in critical condition. The cause of the accident […]
Drive yourself crazy!
It\’s hot. Gas prices are high. You and the kids have cabin fever. Williamsburg, Gettysburg and Jamestown are so over. Besides, Charlottesvillians are the kind of folks who prefer roads less traveled. With that in mind, might we suggest something completely different for your upcoming summer day trip?
Aiming for perfection
Sometimes, dear readers, the path to restaurant news is really a long and winding road. Which is fine, because as any seasoned traveler knows, it’s those twists and turns along the way that really teach you something. This week, it was the former Krispy Kreme spot on Route 29N that inspired our meandering.
More than moonshine
Jolie Holland laughs a lot. It\’s not something you\’d expect from someone whose lyrics embrace the dimly lit nooks and crannies of the South. High off a soulful, horn-filled hometown gig with friends, Holland revealed during our recent phone interview that aside from the fact that she doesn\’t own an iPod or a computer, she\’s not the vintage persona that her rootsy, cinema-noir music might suggest.
We Ate Here
Nothing makes a rainy morning feel cozier than running through the drizzle toward the warm light of a bakery, knowing that a beautiful selection of pastries awaits within. We thought hard and chose a blueberry cream-cheese Danish—it just looked so appealing inside the glass case, like a little boat full of berries. The crust was […]
Culture Bin
Big Head Todd and the Monsters w/ Toad the Wet Sprocket Charlottesville Pavilion Saturday, July 8, 2006 music Music has the great gift of conjuring up memories and reminding us of times long past. Well, over the weekend, two big acts from the ‘90s who have somewhat dropped off the musical map traveled to […]
GALLERIES & EXHIBITIONS
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