Patience and rewards

Dan and Molly Laufer dated for half a decade before getting married. Three of those years were spent in separate cities. Dan, 25, lived in Atlanta, where he worked at a business strategy-consulting firm; Molly, 24, lived in Jacksonville, Florida, where she was stationed with the Navy. (The first two years were spent together in […]

The gravity of Astronomers' new EP, Think Fast!

Kyle Woolard—the fuzz-folk, almost-Mark Kozelek songwriter behind Uncle Jemima—e-mailed me in October to let me know that he’d joined up with local trio Astronomers. Not long after, the band booked an EP release gig at Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, and local musician/producer Lance Brenner sent me a note to let me know that the band’s […]

November 2009: What's New

  C’Ville Entremom, the brainchild of local photographer Angie Brement, features working moms with business sense. Blog fresh, blog local It’s definitely tempting to surf the web way, way out beyond what’s local, but don’t forget there’s a crew of local women blogging Charlottesville’s best. With a keen eye on the doings of Charlottesville Renaissance […]

November 2009: Comfort To Go

  Age: 32 Occupation: Assistant to UVA President John T. Casteen III While Kelli Palmer may make her profession as a wrangler of affairs in and around UVA, during her off-time she is a true jet-setter, an eager traveler who gives one the impression not only that she’d like to visit every country in the […]

November 2009: Is it hot in here?

Night moves Meredith Heiderman, at Clifton Inn (1296 Clifton Inn Dr., 971-1800), wears a Wild Indigo Chemise from Anthropologie ($58; 1207 Emmet St. N, 295-1749); a plum Laurie B sweater from Elsie Garden ($212; S. 109 First St., 979-2888); an 18k yellow gold “Apostrophe” pendant ($595) and 18k yellow gold earrings with Moldavite and diamonds […]