May 2010: Fashion
Warming trend Lille Smallwood wears a Bantu one-piece bathing suit ($120) and Sonja R. rings ($48 each) from Derriere de Soie (105 E. Main St., 977-7455). Suit yourself Meredith […]
May 2010: Accessories
Carry on!* Lands’ End canvas tote from Sears ($25, Fashion Square Mall, 974-8240) First row: Merona Printed Canvas Tote from Target ($12.99, 3290 Seminole Trail, 964-0231); Reduce […]
Malbec and the best of both worlds
For once, France can’t take any credit for the success of one of its own grapes. Once upon a time, Malbec was from France and not given much at- tention, […]
Still hip to be on the Square
Folks over in Crozet have been working on the railroad. Er, rather, the railroad issue. In early May, Buckingham Branch Rail- road, the company that leases Crozet’s Square area from […]
Ready for service
What’s the hold up? That’s what we ask ourselves each day that goes by and Fry’s Spring Station isn’t open. In January, co-owner Robert Sawrey told us we could expect […]
Virginia's first lady, Maureen McDonnell, gets behind the local wine biz
You have to hand it to Virginia First Lady Maureen McDonnell: She can tell a joke. Leading a contingent of 30 restaurant and retail people from Richmond and Virginia Beach […]
Can used records save our last Plan 9?
The Plan 9 in Albemarle Square isn’t the greatest record store in the world; it might not even be the best record store in Charlottesville. But it boldly persists in […]
The jam man
There’s not much Restaurantarama likes more than a slice of whole wheat bread with a thick slathering of homemade jam. And we’re not alone.
Arts fundraisers vie for attention
Well-dressed couples mingled beneath the tent, beer and wine in hand, picking tuna appetizers from the silver trays that were carried by a team of black-clad caterers, half of whom […]
Kill Bill: Vol. 5034
As I write, wine lovers in our country are united on a single front that has nothing to do with what’s in their glasses, but rather, what might not be, […]