Living

Gather a bunch of your friends, and sip your way through six different types of wine, at least one of which will be Virginia made.

Popular perception these days is that small music venues are under attack. At the end of a year that saw the imposition of a very, very quiet 55dB noise ordinance […]

Score me, baby Wouldn’t it be cool if your house came with a number that told you how energy-efficient it is? Charlottesville will soon be one of the first communities […]

 Pitch-perfect platters Clockwise from top left: $355 from Caspari (100 W. Main St., 817-7880); $133 from Creme de la Creme (North Wing, Barrack Road Shopping Center, 296-7018); $150 from The […]

 Reach out for sprouts  Brussels sprouts are often overcooked and underseasoned, but with the right treatment, they can be certifiably delicious. Take the case of cranberry relish, traditionally consumed just […]

 Problem: Welcoming a baby into a small apartment From the northeastern window of the Sparling family’s fifth-floor Charlottesville apartment in the 90-year-old Altamont Circle building, you can see rooftops, steeples […]

 The word “compound” has some strange connotations, but it can mean nothing more than a collection of structures united by a common language. Such is the case at Chris and […]

 It seems like only yesterday that losing your job and missing a bunch of mortgage payments meant you were one step closer to homelessness. Not anymore.   Likely beginning this […]

 With Jack Frost nipping at your nose and the hustle and bustle of the holiday season upon us, the need for home as a comfortable, cozy escape is at the […]

 When Roulhac Toledano took over the vacant warehouse by the Downtown Mall nearly 30 years ago, she found abandoned tools, remnants of chicken coops (the site was once the Albemarle […]