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She birthed me and raised me and most certainly deserves a hassle-free glass of caramel popcorn if that’s what she likes.

Tomas Rahal of Mas did not return calls for comment. Mike Lewis of Mono Loco denies that he wrote the entries and had no comment beyond a chuckle. […] represents excised quotes. Read the full exchange here: [PDF file] Mono Loco @cvilletomorrow #cville Council adopts zoning changes to allow live amplified music at restaurants in more […]

What are you doing sitting on that couch? What’s with the overstuffed chair? who do you think you are, parking yourself at the dining room table? Get outside, for crying out loud! It’s springtime in Central Virginia, and it demands to be enjoyed. You can still sit down, we promise. And with one of these […]

In the glory days of the Dallas Cowboys—the early 1990s—kids used to joke about how the team’s compact, unstoppable running back Emmitt Smith took ballet lessons in the off-season. It made theoretical sense, kind of, that studying movement would improve his footwork. But the thought that it was Smith’s moonlighting in Capezios and a tutu […]

Everyone loves cookies, but beneath this universal fact lay dozens of feuding factions. Chewy! Crispy! Chocolate chip! Oatmeal raisin! Thick! Thin! The rivalries abound, but fortunately, so do our town’s cookie choices. Here’re a dozen guaranteed to satisfy all sides of the Cookie Camp. Now, if only we could agree on what to dunk them […]

Pizza the action Just call us “Pie Town.” A new pizza joint—this time in Belmont—is slated to open this week. Called Belmont Pizza & Pub, Harry Horner’s new restaurant will have outdoor seating and —good news, Belmont-dwellers!—delivery to folks in the neighborhood and Downtown. The new pizza spot’s home is 221 Carlton Rd. in Kathy’s […]

Sharing. It’s the first lesson we learn as kids and we’re usually pretty good at it by the time we’re of drinking age. Wine has always been a beverage intended to share—to do otherwise would seem terribly selfish, not to mention intoxicating. Suggest sharing a beer with someone, though, and you’re likely to get ridiculed. […]

Last week marked the fourth anniversary of Seung-Hui Cho’s shooting rampage on the campus of Virginia Tech that killed 32, plus Cho, and injured 17. In the four years since, even as Nidal Malik Hasan and Jared Lee Loughner have used legally-purchased firearms for mass murder, there has been little progress in reforming the loose […]

Nice is pie For Christopher Herring, “only” is a very important word. As the general manager points out, new pizza restaurant Slice is the only ’za spot in town to use Boar’s Head meats and cheeses, the only totally eco-friendly pie operation (everything they use, down to the forks, is biodegradable) and the only locally […]

Made from the same vinifera grapes as fine wines, today’s kosher wines offer a level of quality and selection that will surprise you and your matzo ball soup.