Living

Whether you’re taking a hair of the dog after a debaucherous night, or simply taking the edge off a Tuesday morning, having an adult beverage before noon is perfectly acceptable in the Working Pour rulebook.

Eggs and hashbrowns may be your go-to meal when it comes to starting the day off right, but might we suggest an alternative? This is a pancake-happy town, stacked with melt-in-your-mouth choices. Here are a few of our favorites. These pancakes from The Tavern certainly stack up to the city’s many tasty choices. A seasoned […]

 Quite a few women with uterine fibroids suffer in silence, unaware of how common their condition actually is and not knowing where to turn for help and support. Between 20 and 35 percent of women ages 25 to 50 have symptomatic uterine fibroids (leiomyomata). And African American women have an even higher chance of developing […]

 We don’t need to tell you how important it is to be healthy; we tout the virtues of healthy living in nearly every issue of C. But, according to the most recent health care report card from the National Women’s Law Center, some Virginia ladies just aren’t getting it. Among the 11 categories where we’re […]

"No nonsense with the best of intentions.” That’s how Sugarleaf Vineyards owner Lauren Maillian Bias says most people would describe her. And, she adds, they’d be right.  It’s those intentions that have earned her so many points of pride. Bias, in her late 20s, is already the youngest female minority self-made winery owner (whew!) in […]

HOW TO: Host a girls’ night in GUEST WORK Consider who of your friends would really love the theme of the party or who deserves a nice night in. Has a pal been working 60-hour weeks? Did you recently meet someone whom you’d like to get to know better? These questions inform the evening’s guest list. […]

      Erin McDermott green stone earrings from Eloise ($52, 219 W. Water St., 295-3905); Shawl Smith London earrings from Spring Street ($159, 107 W. Main St., 975-1200); gold swirl earrings from Bittersweet ($24, 106 E. Main St., 977-5977); Aqua glass teardrop earrings from Bittersweet ($24)               Sonya Renee […]

Paraguay-born Gloria Rockhold lives in 12-year cycles. Five years into the current one, the Latino liaison for Albemarle County Schools says she feels “perfectly placed.” With a focus on education, she fills her days coordinating programs for underprivileged minorities, like the photography project she arranges with The Bridge/PAI or the after-school program she oversees at […]

 For some women, the urge to have a baby comes on strong and seemingly out of nowhere. One day, they’re climbing the corporate ladder and enjoy-ing a life of spontaneous weekend getaways and the next, they’re dreaming of knitted booties and Stroller Fit classes. It can be that dra-matic and sudden. For a spouse or […]

 A social worker, a doctor, and an actor walk into a bar.  This is not a joke. You know these people. They’re single. What do you do? Play it safe, inviting them to parties, vicariously watching as your friends navigate the first impression jitters and awkward small talk? Or, do you plug completely into your […]