Small Bites: This week's restaurant news
Sample gourmet fare, dance to live music, and bid on everything from a beach house to a week at Massanutten, all while donating to a charity that helps eliminate poverty in our community.
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Small Bites: This week's restaurant news
"Men can cook," "Pub it up," "Ready, set, slurp"
Sample gourmet fare, dance to live music, and bid on everything from a beach house to a week at Massanutten, all while donating to a charity that helps eliminate poverty in our community.
13 bands kick off the Founders Festival on Friday the 13th
Charlottesville has its fair share of arts festivals, from the Virginia Film Festival and the Festival of the Book to the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph
Preview: Festival crashing, Dogwood-style
(Photo by Jack Looney) Nothing says quaint quite like the Charlottesville Dogwood Festival, which marks its sixty-third annual resurrection this year. Comprised of nearly a month of disparate events and activities, the Dogwood Festival has a little something for everyone, as long as everyone likes BBQs, fireworks, beauty pageants, war memorials, carnivals, or fundraising […]
Judging a wine by its label
Looks are everything. Wait, what? No matter what your mom tells you, looks do matter—especially in a crowded marketplace. When it comes to wine, unless we’ve had a bottle before, we base our buying decision on its label. And thank goodness there are producers who make downright ridiculous labels. How else would we know which […]
April ABODE: Tuley’s last stand
Classic Charlottesville surroundings, including lots of greenery, lend the house its character. (Photo by Andrea Hubbell) Jim Tuley certainly wasn’t the first architect in Charlottesville. In fact, he arrived in 1968 to join a well-established design community at UVA’s School of Architecture. But he was one of the first to create a substantial body of […]
Peter Krebs explores the people and places of Monticello Road
Soul survivor Charles Bradley belts it out along with his Extraordinaries on the Jefferson stage this Friday. (Kisha Bari) Stretching from Moore’s Creek to the foot of the Belmont Bridge, Monticello Road is only a mile long, but it has wound its way through all of Charlottesville’s long history. One of the first paths to […]
Diggin’ doughnuts
What’s not to love about a doughnut? It’s sweet, deep-fried dough for goodness sakes. Here’re a baker’s dozen of Charlottesville’s “holiest” delights. Row by row, left to right: Carpe Donut’s once-roving cart selling irresistible apple cider doughnuts (and pudding-thick hot chocolate) is permanently parked behind C’ville Coffee, but will travel for events. Grab one from […]
Small Bites: This week's restaurant news
Despite the mild winter, we’ve still been bound to our pantries and freezers for meals all season.
Raising a wine (or pint) glass to spring
Spring’s sprung early everywhere this year and with the buds already breaking on the vines, wineries, breweries, and cideries are ramping up for the year with exciting events and happenings. Here are a few ways to get out this month to drink in the beauty of our backyard. Easter weekend Get closer to nature April […]
April ABODE: The Scene
Spring abounds with opportunities to learn about growing fruit. (Photo by John Grant) GREEN EYE Compleat gardening Growing herbs can mean nothing more than a pot of chives on the kitchen window—or it can be the foundation for a healthy, nature-centered way of life. That’s the idea behind the course “Whole Living from the Ground Up,” […]