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 […]

November 2009: We Caught You Looking Sweet

  Mandy Gagel Occupation: UVA faculty member, Editor of Frederick Law Olmsted Papers Where we spotted her: Fiske Kimball Library Style sense: Mandy wears a Puella dress from a Boston boutique, a necklace from New York that a friend gave her, Spanx tights, vintage Frye boots and a Tano leather bag. She says her high-waisted […]

November 2009: The Sex Files

“So I had cooked a special dinner, lit candles everywhere, and really was in the mood that night and then guess what happened? Nothing! He could not get it up! I never thought that would happen to me. I felt so miserable; I probably won’t see him again.” “I think my boyfriend is losing interest […]

Beaujolais Nouveau will arrive

At the stroke of midnight on Thursday, November 19, from the little villages in Southeastern France, over 1 million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau will begin their trek to Paris for immediate shipment to all corners of our world. Banners will herald the inevitable news: “Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrive!,” marking the beginning of one of […]

Progressive Valentines

Catherine Irwin, a 27-year-old director of orthopedics at a Chicago hospital, could be described as the classic type-A overachiever. She would not marry her longtime boyfriend Matt Corbin, 29, until after she finished a two-year MBA program at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern in Chicago. “I just had this hang-up about being in school […]