Small Bites: This week's restaurant news
The biker-themed bar on Meade Avenue across from Jinx’s Pits Top is called Black Market Moto Saloon (not Vintage Brews, as reported last month)
Wine is but a dream, or so say the owners of Afton Mountain Vineyards
Afton Mountain Vineyards’ motto is “grapes don’t grow in ugly places,” and a trip up the mountain in Nelson County confirms that. Morning mist tumbles over the estate’s 82 acres […]
Ted Coffey composes an ever-changing score for Bill T. Jones
With only a few hours left until the curtain goes up, you are seeing the score for tonight’s show for the first time.
February ABODE: Nurture bulbs, nurture the gardener
Most deciduous trees and shrubs remain dormant during these short, low-angled days, their tight buds still furled over sleeping embryos. Yet mild temperatures teased out coral quince and pale yellow […]
February ABODE: Providing boundaries between public and private family space
There is an epically fabulous mirror in 13-year-old Nan Marsh’s room. This particular antique was found in the basement of the 100-year-old house that she shares with her parents, Charles […]
February ABODE: Keen on beans
Cold winter weather and hunger can both be answered with a hunk or two of hardwood and an iron pot bubbling with beans and bone. Dried beans are an economical […]
February ABODE: Making multigenerational housing work
Sky-high student loans, a sluggish job market, inflated health care costs, and diminished retirement savings —it’s no wonder multiple generations of families are deciding to cut costs by moving under […]
February ABODE: Andrew Montgomery gets creative in a “clean and simple” room
Andrew Montgomery can’t remember a time when he wasn’t interested in building. In fact, he claims he built his first chair when he was five years old. “It was this […]
February ABODE: Snooze-a-thon
You’ve got your bed. Now you need the other pieces to let your bedroom hit a certain middle C between dull (so that you’re not kept awake by overly flamboyant furnishings) and […]
February ABODE: Green Scene
GREEN EYE Home sweet foam Leaky house? Limited funds? As usual, LEAP jumps to your rescue. The area’s go-to organization for energy efficiency is once again offering a GreenMatters workshop […]