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W.G. Clark house gets another nod

Not that, ahem, we noticed back in March or anything, but W.G. Clark’s house is very cool. The local architect designed this unapologetically modern concrete-block dwelling for himself and this month, it appears in the Oxford American’s Home Sweet Home issue…

Erika Howsare | May 7, 2008

Living

May 08: Love your little kitchen

Got a galley? An eat-in? A squeeze- past-your-spouse, pretzel-pose- to-open-drawers kind of kitchen? We’re guessing you’d still like to enjoy that room, despite the odds. In support of your efforts, dear space-challenged readers, we offer you a smorgasbord of stories. There’s a real- life tale for inspiration, about a couple who transformed wasted space into […]

Erika Howsare | April 29, 2008

News

Steve Kelly

Steve Kelly seems to be at a crucial moment in his development at a painter. I say that not out of familiarity with his previous work—I haven’t seen it—but because of what I saw at the Bridge, where he has a solo show. (His brother, Greg Kelly, is a Bridge co-founder.) The crucial moment is […]

Erika Howsare | April 15, 2008

News

Trouble in paradise

More features: Your dinner starts now Local food is sprouting, and spring’s the time to buy in Local CSA farmsFrom Appalachia Star Farm to Roundabout Farm As a movement, local food ain’t all sweetness and light. The recent legal troubles of Double H farm —and the righteous indignation of its supporters, both covered extensively in […]

Erika Howsare | April 1, 2008

Living

April 08: Upstairs, downstairs

When Rob and Megan Weary moved into their new house last August, they’d reached a breaking point. Since 2005, they’d turned 76 acres of land in Keswick into a 100-member CSA farm while commuting from Charlottesville. There was also Megan’s bout with cancer soon after giving birth to their first child, a daughter who’s now […]

Erika Howsare | April 1, 2008

Living

Family planning

So maybe you don’t start thinking about Christmas presents until Black Friday, and maybe you’re the type to Google “Charlottesville accountant” in, oh, the second week of April. Those things aren’t important anyway—at least compared to the task of preparing your body for a baby. We learned all about the preconception checkup through a helpful […]

Erika Howsare | March 18, 2008

Living

Island rhythms

Longing for a deep massage that offers more than one-day relaxation, but wary of the “no pain, no gain” approach? Say “aloha” to lomilomi massage, which has come to Charlottesville all the way from the Hawaiian islands. Practitioner Gabe Gavin spent eight years living in that balmy place (he just made it through his first […]

Erika Howsare | March 18, 2008