Second Mudhouse coffee shop on the way in Crozet
Uncle Charlie’s space will become a cupping room, adding a sixth spot to the Lawrences’ coffee empire.
Crush wineshop hosts closing sale
As Restaurantarama reported a few weeks ago, Paul and Nan Coleman are selling their retail wineshop Crush to a new owner who plans to turn the vintage building in Belmont into a cozy restaurant this spring.
Rethinking the ‘‘I’’ in design
Alloy Workshop was formed two years ago this January as a partnership between licensed architect and contractor, Dan Zimmerman, and licensed contractor and carpenter, Zach Snider. In the past year, the firm has added a graphic design studio headed by Zimmerman’s wife, Serena Gruia, to the mix. The firm now has two architects (Zimmerman and […]
Farm econ 101
They look so cute, right? Those local farmers at the market with their little trucks and fresh tomatoes and healthy, sun-kissed complexions. Makes you want quit your desk job, right? Well, before you leave the safety of your regular paycheck to get back to the land, you better love, love, love to seed and hoe. […]
Recipes from three local chefs
Rice Hall Blue Moon Diner Spaghetti Squash and Leek Pancakes 1 spaghetti squash, roasted 2 leeks, washed, julienned and lightly fried 4 eggs 1 cup cream 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 tsp. allspice 2 Tbs. sugar 1 Tbs. salt Cut spaghetti squash in half and roast open side up at 425 degrees until […]
Raw possibilities
We know many of you want to eat as local and seasonal as possible. Like us, however, you may open your weekly CSA box with a bit of dread, thinking you couldn’t possibly eat another zucchini or bunch of greens that week. Or maybe you just stare into the box in puzzlement, thinking to yourself, […]
September 08: Tanning: Who can you trust?
Here’s a new one: Tanning beds are good for your health—that is, if you trust a full-page ad placed by the Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) in The New York Times a few months ago. The ad, followed by a T.V. media blitz in major markets, is grounded in the release of scientific evidence that exposure […]
September 08: Do fence me in
Looking for a new form of exercise that doesn’t conjure images of a hamster wheel? How about a little duel? Local musician and violin teacher Kari Caplin went that route when she took up the sport of fencing a year ago. She’d wanted to find an alternative athletic activity for her daughter, and while watching […]
August 08: Payback time
Just because you’re successfully weathering the current credit crises, armed with your reliable FHA-backed loan and your unsexy but stable fixed interest rate, doesn’t mean you should rest easy. You are losing money just sitting there! By the time you make that last mortgage payment decades down the road, you ultimately may pay more than […]
Be glad Virginia doesn’t…
More: Virginia: the scorecardFrom cost of living to number of strip clubs—how our state ranks with the other 49 In case you’re starting to think that 28th in tornado fatalities is just too high for you, consider the following other things that you don’t have to worry about in Virginia. We promise you’ll fly your […]