Living

If you’re an early bird to the Saturday City Market (a 7am-er), you’ve probably been indulging in a little treat that few of your late riser friends probably even know about

The first time Michael McElrath met his fiancée Crystal Stevens, he forgot her name. “He never was good with names,” says Crystal. But in September he’ll make up for the memory lapse by giving her his own. Michael was a year ahead of Crystal at UVA and involved in the IMPACT Movement, a national organization […]

He and his family had concerns about the relationship before he married. His wife ended up in an affair and pregnant by another man. It’s heartbreaking but not surprising. Parents and friends can see things you can’t or don’t want to. They act like your gut when you’re ignoring yours. What do you do if […]

Two stories from Parachute frontman Will Anderson, both involving cars and, in one way or another, journeys. In the first, Anderson and his bandmates in Parachute left their tour van, Steve Perry—named for the singer of Journey—in a New Jersey Wal-Mart parking lot, because “all the bands do that.” Losing Sleep, the debut album from […]

Plans for a new Creole restaurant in Belmont were quashed last week when the City Planning Commission denied Andrew Ewell and Hannah Pittard’s request to rezone their property

How green do you want to be? If you’re a real eco-oenophile, then you need to check out biodynamic wine. Part plain ol’ organic-ness and part hippie-dippy magic, biodynamic farming is mocked by some for following moon phases and for its use of creative fertilization. Mockery aside, the crazy thing is that some of the […]

Many women find it difficult to have an orgasm. Or perhaps, a woman can have an orgasm when she is by herself, but not with her partner. Often these women don’t realize that this is a very common problem and naturally, they feel quite alone in their struggles. On top of that, occasionally a partner […]