What’s In Your Backpack?
What’s in your backpack? I.D., wallet, iPod, Amos Oz’s Tale of Love & Darkness
Other news we heard last week
And now this from the Better-Late-Than-Never Department: The UVA men’s lacrosse team won the 2006 NCAA Division 1 Championship! They capped an exciting season with a precedent-setting perfect record. And, it all happenedâ¦last month!
The Inn at Court Square.
You don\’t have to be a guest at the Inn at Court Square to dine like a queen at lunch. The friendly patio wait staff was prompt with linens and fine silverware. We ordered sweet iced tea, a glass of Perrier and a chipotle chicken salad with fresh baby arugula, red lettuce, pulled roasted chicken and zesty dressing. The bread plate came with honey orange-zested butter, and felt almost like a dessertâas refreshing as the breeze that kicked up under the ancient oak tree.
Restaurant Gossip
First things first: Bodo’s founder Brian Fox has sold the venerable 20-year-old bagel business to his three general managers, Connie Jenson, John Kokola and Scott Smith. Fox lays out the whole story himself on page 42âbut definitely stay tuned to this space in coming weeks for more behind-the-bagel coverage.
Reviews – stage and games
All My Sons, set in the backyard of an emotionally scarred American family a year after the end of World War II, was the play that launched Arthur Miller’s career. Soon after its colossalâand completely unexpectedâsuccess, he felt free to abandon the rigid structure of Greek tragedy and to cease emulating those gurus of strict realism, Chekhov and Ibsen. The result: Death of a Salesman.
Reviews: music, cd
Underground and Independent Hip Hop Festival, featuring Ghetti, Anonamys, Ohmega Men, Echo Boomers, Kaze and Beetnix; My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, Brian Eno/David Byrne
Fourth National Title
The UVA men\’s lacrosse team wrapped up an undefeated season and took home its fourth NCAA national championship last week, defeating the University of Massachusetts 15-7.
Restaurant gossip
He’s a fantastically wonderful guy.” That’s the report on Steve Carell, star of the big-budget cinematic extravaganza Evan Almighty, from Uncle Charlie’s manager Deke Shipp. This week, Restaurantarama has stars in our eyes, as we go hunting for Hollywood in, of all places, Crozet. And boy do we find it! Word is, with the filming of Evan in full swing, movie types are crawling all over that town’s eateries.
Restaurant gossip
Apparently, there’s some major university or something over near the Corner. Proprietors of that neighborhood’s dining scene are currently gnashing their teeth over the ebb of the great student tide, which declines mightily after graduation comes and sweeps the little darlings off to partake of summer adventures. This means they’re no longer partaking of food and drink (well, these are UVA students, so we should make that drink and food) here in their adopted hometown, and businesses must adjust accordingly.