My entrée into the wine world began like a fairy tale. I was 14 and on a trip with my French class to Paris and the Loire Valley. We toured a wine cellar in Vouvray, had dinner at a château, and went to a sound and light show at Azay-Le-Rideau, a 16th century castle with […]
My entrée into the wine world began like a fairy tale. I was 14 and on a trip with my French class to Paris and the Loire Valley. We toured a wine cellar in Vouvray, had dinner at a château, and went to a sound and light show at Azay-Le-Rideau, a 16th century castle with […]
The annual “Best Of” issue gets me thinking about “Best Of” albums. My first Talking Heads purchase was the excellent two-disc set, Sand in the Vaseline, and The Who’s My Generation: The Very Best Of… is playing in the C-VILLE office as I write this. My favorite recent “Best Of” purchase? The Stax Records 50th […]
Oh, wow. I really didn’t expect this. I really don’t know what to say. I would like to thank my owner, Halsey Minor, for his vision and imprudent fiscal responsibility. He has backed me up when the times called for aggressive negotiations; he has supported me throughout the dramatic national financial collapse to ensure that […]
A lot of things can be said about UVA’s desire to grow: It’s aggressive, excessive, disruptive. And the South Lawn Project could be held up as a perfect example. It’s massive, costly, and from its conception, dissed by local experts like the faculty of the School of Architecture. But for our purposes, we’re not saying […]
Charlottesville? May as well call it Fertility-ville with all the discussion of pregnancy, birth, diapering, child rearing and Montessori tuition that fills the air. If it’s not the best adult entertainment it’s certainly the favorite. Do you people know there are two wars on? Have you heard of health care reform? Like the lone old […]
Between the ages of 8 and 10, I owned four parakeets—Sparky, Tweety, Sparky II and Zippy. The fact that one of these birds was named “Sparky II” should tell you that this story doesn’t end happily for everyone involved. Squack ‘n’ roll! The duo behind Birdlips (Lindsay Pitts and Cliff Usher) are still perched […]
When Dave Matthews Band returned to town to perform at the John Paul Jones Arena in April, the producers of CBS’ “Sunday Morning” sent a film crew to Miller’s to collect footage of the group’s early home. Built like a rock: Local architect Gate Pratt’s house sits at the center of local music history, […]
So, what do you watch when you’re not watching the fists of the fiercest females in our city? Depends on who’s wrasslin’. Turn the other cheek? The Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers may be that revealing, but they aren’t as forgiving. Even when the Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers first started gripping up and getting down for […]
If hell truly is other people, then they all pass through the same intersection on the way there. Just take a glimpse at the spot where Hydraulic Road meets Route 29 on Google Maps: It looks like Satan’s pitchfork, with Commonwealth and Brandywine drives as a pair of prongs that run parallel to our city’s […]
Daniel Strickland hears you talking about him—“You could put a saddle on him,” “He’s as big as a horse,” “You could ride him!”—and, quite frankly, he’s tired of the dog jokes. “My friends say it’s like being a celebrity bodyguard,” says Strickland of owning Tyrone, his 2-year-old Great Dane. Tyrone gets the attention and Strickland, […]