Leafy hazards For the proud homeowner, there are few sights more appealing than a gorgeous old tree tinged with autumn colors in front of a carefully tended home. But just because a tree may look grand and sweeping doesn’t mean it’s necessarily an asset to the home. In fact, many homeowners don’t give enough consideration […]
Leafy hazards For the proud homeowner, there are few sights more appealing than a gorgeous old tree tinged with autumn colors in front of a carefully tended home. But just because a tree may look grand and sweeping doesn’t mean it’s necessarily an asset to the home. In fact, many homeowners don’t give enough consideration […]
Front porch blues A front porch is a wonderful piece of civilization, but not if it threatens to dump guests onto the ground when the framing underneath it finally gives way. This was the unpleasant prospect that drove us to renovate our little veranda. What drove us to do it on a sub-freezing January weekend, […]
All good things come in threes. The Dixie Chicks, tennis balls, SweetTarts, and this month’s project: decorative mirrors. Of course, you wouldn’t have to make only three of these. We have visions of filling up an entire wall with them, each covered in a different pattern. And, for less than $3 each (what’d we tell […]
Saws, y’all! You know you’re a true DIYer when you’re ready to move on from mere paintbrushes, hammers and screwdrivers to the really fun stuff: power tools. One power player that you’ll need for doing serious business such as cutting into plaster, drywall, wood and metal is the hand-held electric reciprocating saw, commonly referred […]
The Albemarle home of Rob Capon looks perfectly ordinary—until you notice the 30-foot radio antenna in the backyard. Together with the small astronomical observatory on the other side of the house, the antenna is a clear sign that someone of a technical bent lives here. And inside the house is another giveaway: an entire room […]
“Restaurants are great places to meet people,” says Dan Epstein, co-owner with his brother of Eppie’s on the Downtown Mall.
Smell is without a doubt the most powerful of the senses.
Longtime local duo Morwenna Lasko and Jay Pun offered C-VILLE a sneak preview of tracks from their new album, Chioggia Beat. There’s been a whiff of mystery about the second album from guitarist Jay Pun and violinist Morwenna Lasko ever since Feedback first started putting noise into newsprint. For years, Feedback would run into Pun […]
Can’t remember what was playing on Zach Carter’s turntable when I wound up on the porch of his Belmont house a few months ago. But between Budweiser-n-’bascos, I remember that Carter suddenly stood up. He went indoors, lifted the needle, lowered it onto Neko Case’s first solo album, The Virginian, then returned to his seat. […]
When Fardowners opened on the Square in Crozet, chef Mark Cosgrove never imagined he’d eventually be serving sliders and wings.