May 2009: Toolbox

The drill of it all If you’re hanging a picture, changing out a switchplate, or attempting any sort of carpentry, it’s likely you’ll be reaching for a power drill. Since the drill itself is basically just a motor that makes things rotate, you can use it for lots of different tasks depending on what bit […]

May 2009: Instant Decorator

We’ve been instantly decorating together for a while now. And while some of you may be right on target in terms of your crafting skills, others of you might still be completely confused. This month’s project is the one for you. You can invent your own process as you go (we did!), and the worse […]

Andy Reagan connects the Marines to fine red wine

On a grey day in February, when the weather is still cold, I think I see the future of Virginia Wine. Cigarette hanging from his mouth, he’s cooking me lunch, flipping steaks on the grill with his bare hands. Andy Reagan, the 32-year-old winemaker at Jefferson Vineyards, will later pour me his 2007 and 2008 […]

Lucky and luckier

Giving fresh hope to all single barhoppers in town, Suzie Lucca met her husband Chris Schenkkan during a Saturday night out on the Downtown Mall in 2006. When Suzie’s group of friends collided with Chris’s between Zocalo and Blue Light, it didn’t take the girls much urging to join the boys at Zocalo. Suzie Lucca […]

Exhibits in town this week

Art Upstairs Gallery 112 W. Main St., Suite 3 (in York Place). Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday, noon-5pm; Friday, 1-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 923-3900. www.artupstairsgallery.com. Through May 31: “Watercolor Retrospective: 1960s to Present,” by Peter Almonte. Bozart Gallery 211 W. Main St., Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through May 31: Recent works by Julia Kindred. […]

Tift Merritt, on the rebound

There’s a lot to love about Tift Merritt. Her songs are Joni Mitchell by way of Appalachian alt-country; she looks like the product of some sort of heavenly Taylor Swift-meets-Liz Phair catfight. In conversation, she’s generous with her time and considerate with her answers, more so since the start of her monthly radio show, “The […]

Gallery Listings

Galleries Art Upstairs Gallery 112 W. Main St., Suite 3 (in York Place). Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday, noon-5pm; Friday, 1-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 923-3900. www.artupstairsgallery. com. Through April 30: “Dancers in Motion,” oil paintings by Sue Sencer. Bozart Gallery 211 W. Main St., Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon- 9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through April 30: Recent works […]

Keeping the books on dating

A client recently went on a blind date. When I asked her how it was, she replied, “He paid for me.”A client recently went on a blind date. When I asked her how it was, she replied, “He paid for me.”