A few of my favorite things
If I were a food critic, 2010 would’ve left me with a royal case of gout. But as it is, I write about local art, so 2010 left my brain […]
To eat is a treat, to rhyme is divine
Restaurantarama delivers the new restaurants, bides adieu to the old, all in verse.
The year in local wine
Reality TV stars-turned chronic debtors, Tareq and Michaele Salahi provided one of only a few low moments in Virginia wine this year.
Chang, revisited
While Chang will be opening another restaurant in Charlottesville, he won’t be living here full-time.
Huizenga resigns from Live Arts
Several weeks after we first speculated whether Satch Huizenga was still working as Live Arts’ Producing Artistic Director, the theater announced last Tuesday that Huizenga—whose 10 years at the leading […]
The gift that always fits
You’re down to the holiday shopping wire. Panic sets in and with a handful of Bed, Bath & Beyond coupons you choke your way through the cinnamon-scented store to buy […]
Baldi's a wanted man
Still missing after nearly five months, we ask: Where in the world is James Kirk Baldi?
Bank retains Kluge for $19M
Glass half empty: Looking on as the failed auction commences for Kluge Estate Winery & Vineyard are, from left, Chad Zakaib, former general manager at Jefferson Vineyards; Matthieu Finot, […]
Crushing on Châteauneuf-du-Pape
A wine so entwined with papal history seems an unlikely candidate to be as lusty and hedonistic as Châteauneuf-du-Pape.