Most people recognize and know how to meet their basic needs when it comes to doing things like eating and drinking, or turning the heat up or down. And they don’t even think twice about it. But what about when it comes to sex? Do we trust ourselves? Recently, I attended an international conference where […]
Most people recognize and know how to meet their basic needs when it comes to doing things like eating and drinking, or turning the heat up or down. And they don’t even think twice about it. But what about when it comes to sex? Do we trust ourselves? Recently, I attended an international conference where […]
When you fall back November 6, keep things running smoothly—and fashionably!—with these five tickers from around town. From left: Alfex stainless steel watch from Angelo ($495, 220 E. Main St., 971-9256); Anne Klein from T.J. Maxx ($39.99, Rio Hill Shopping Center, 974-7410); Philip Stein rose gold-plated watch from Keller & George ($450, 1149 […]
The vanguard of the local building industry may be slashing energy loads by up to 90 percent—creating the Picassos of energy-efficient architecture. But thousands of locals still live in the housing equivalent of a velvet Elvis: older homes built with little or no weatherization. “In the city of Charlottesville and Albemarle, in the 1950s and […]
Fall for flats (clockwise from top left): The 1920s fan detail adds whimsy. Libby Edelman flats ($24.99, T.J. Maxx, 974-7410) Bright red patent leather adds a little sass. Adrienne Vittadini flats ($39.99, T.J. Maxx, 974-7410) Dainty bows make a practical flat lovely. Delman pointy toe flats ($250, Scarpa, 296-0040) We love that these look like thumbprints. TOMS […]
If you think my job as a wine writer is cushy and glamorous, you’re right. On winery visits, I get to frolic through the greening vines, sample new wines in the cellar and then taste the finished products in comfy tasting rooms, eating all the oyster crackers I want.
By day, John Alexander works for the Centers for Computation Intensive Research and Scholarship at UVA. But on nights and weekends, with Diane Ober, he organizes a local group called the Rivanna River Sacred Harp, Charlottesville’s steward of what some claim is the oldest surviving American musical tradition: Shape Note singing.
While refueling your car seems to get more expensive by the day, refueling your body at a local gas station is easy on the wallet and tasty, too. Here’s the what and where on great Charlottesville gas station food: Peach and blackberry fillings ooze from under the flaky crust of the daily cobblers at Brown’s […]
Shake it up Don’t forget to toast the autumn equinox on September 23. The season changes and finally the planet tilts to our advantage after a relatively brutal summer, though compared to our fellows in Texas who are enduring historic drought, we really can’t complain. Cooling temperatures, and perhaps rain from Atlantic storms, give us […]
Props to you Seems to us that a bit more couch time might be in order now that summer’s winding down. We’ll take a cold drink, please. And, um, some reading material. And where are we supposed to put this clicker/rest our feet/show off our art books? On one of these locally sourced coffee tables, […]
When in Romas The humble Roma tomato is easy to overlook at summertime markets. Let’s face facts—you’ve bypassed them a million times in the supermarket, so red and cheerful (even in the dark night of winter) that they seem to be imitating wax fruit. Amid the motley, knobbly heirloom tomatoes (Mr. Stripey! Cherokee Purple!) and […]