It might be too costly to plan an entire week’s vacation for your family over spring break, but might we suggest fitting in a few day trips? At less than four hours of round-trip travel time, you can make your way there and back and still be home in time for dinner. Which is a […]
It might be too costly to plan an entire week’s vacation for your family over spring break, but might we suggest fitting in a few day trips? At less than four hours of round-trip travel time, you can make your way there and back and still be home in time for dinner. Which is a […]
On Fridays, we and The Charlottesville 29 feature five food finds selected by local chefs and personalities. This week’s picks come from Michael McCarthy, chef/owner of Dr. Ho’s Humble Pie. McCarthy’s picks: 1) Hot Sicilian sandwich at Durty Nelly’s Wayside Deli. “Rye bread makes life better, plain and simple.” 2) Fried Chicken at GOCO on […]
After spending too many nights in Clemons Library curled up next to my laptop, I find it refreshing (and healthy) to experience a new environment. At the same time, it can be unsettling to forgo comfort and consistency for change. Finding a new study place that isn’t on the Corner, which also offers good yet […]
The New York pizza slice, for years the pizza gold standard, inspired a lot of wasted effort and money, what with people trying to reproduce NYC pizza parlors, replete with transported ovens, in places like Kansas or Albuquerque or (gack) San Francisco. Pizza everywhere was measured against some non-specific New York City pie. If you […]
I’m an older first-time father. My daughter arrived a mere two months before my 50th birthday and my official invitation to join AARP. When my daughter turned six months, I realized I was more than 100 times older than her. Parenthood isn’t easy for anyone, but older parents face some distinct challenges. The downsides of […]
Virginia wine began as a collaboration between Thomas Jefferson and the Italian merchant Filipo Mazzei. But between war and pestilience, the dynamic duo wasn’t really able to ever make great wine. They did, however, realize that the name of the game was adapting European varietals to American soil. Virginia wine as we know it today […]
When we asked you to weigh in on our jobs survey last month, you surprised us. In this era of lingering economic gloom, we figured a lot of you would report dismal job satisfaction, the result of being stuck in less-than-great positions simply for the security of a paycheck. But 72 percent of you said […]
Join Early Mountain and Chatham vineyards as they team up to present their first Oyster Festival, which takes place at Early Mountain on Saturday, March 23. A $55 ticket gets you an endless supply of Eastern Shore oysters, clams, and chowder with all the fixins’. To wash it down, the ticket includes two glasses of […]
Happy Birthday! Today’s picks in Five Finds on Friday at The Charlottesville 29 come from Jenny Peterson of Paradox Pastry, the outstanding baker of birthday cakes and much more, whose creations have made several appearances in Two for Tuesday. Peterson’s picks: 1) Olde Salt Oyster Stout at Champion Brewing Company. “All of the beers here […]
In the second week of February, the head brewer from Breckenridge Brewery in Denver, Colorado, came to brew a collaboration beer with me at Champion Brewing Company. Longtime head brewer and owner Todd Usry showed up at our place on a Tuesday with his nephew, Drew Usry, who is the Breckenridge sales rep in our […]