Living

With no apparent connection to the blowout at Scott Stadium on November 28, the UVA-versus-Virginia-Tech-themed Rivals Sports Bar & Grill closed abruptly last week.

At some point, between making the bed on Monday morning and putting the trash out on Sunday night, we think to ourselves, is this what life is all about?

When Jay Moore decided to propose to his girlfriend of five years, Joanna Brockel, last winter, he knew he wanted to do something both special and physical since they’re both physical therapists. She does acute therapy. He does outpatient therapy. And they share a love of sports (they play on the same co-ed football league […]

In the beginning, God created the station wagon, and suburban rooftops were without form, black as the hot chocolate in little James Yates’ mug as his parents drove him through their neighborhood. One neighbor plugged in a cord, another flipped a switch, and rows of incandescent bulbs divided themselves from darkness. And, years later, Yates […]

It’s been a week since Virginia joined 27 other states and the District of Columbia in banning smoking at bars and restaurants

If you missed out on the enticing $8,000 tax credit available to first time homebuyers because you already owned a home, fear not—you can still take advantage of government incentives to drive home sales.   In an effort to keep the housing market stable during the winter months, a traditionally slow time for real estate, […]

If there were harsh words to be spoken about the renovated Jefferson Theater, Coran Capshaw’s would-be crown jewel among Downtown Mall music venues, then last Friday’s capacity crowd largely managed to mute them. Among the opening night crowd—three bands, employees of Capshaw’s Starr Hill Presents, an overstocked bar staff and enough Western Albemarle High School […]

We can’t tell you exactly when Semolina Gourmet Pizza Bakers—the new Corner restaurant on W. Main Street from Basil Mediterranean Bistro owner Raif Antar—will open,