Red and green go green: LED Christmas lights will make the Yuletide less power-hungry. Green lights If you’re headed out to pick up a zillion-pack of Christmas lights with which to festoon every corner of your house and a tree in every room, skip the standard incandescents and opt for LED lights instead. At a […]
Red and green go green: LED Christmas lights will make the Yuletide less power-hungry. Green lights If you’re headed out to pick up a zillion-pack of Christmas lights with which to festoon every corner of your house and a tree in every room, skip the standard incandescents and opt for LED lights instead. At a […]
Having a back porch is all well and good, but when one’s kitchen is tiny, one may start to eye up the verandah as an area ripe for colonization. Such was the case at landscape architect Gregg Bleam’s 1938 house in Lewis Mountain. Designed by Milton Grigg, the original structure had a cramped 8’x8′ kitchen. […]
If there is one underrated pastime in the book of life, it is that of talking about the weather. I could talk about it all day long to anyone who wanted to talk about it. The subject often gets mocked as boring, but to those weather-haters, I say, “Nay! But what could be more fascinating […]
Six years after Randall Grahm, the owner of Bonny Doon winery, held an elaborate mock
In a hurry at breakfast, and not wanting to spend a fortune, we finally clued in to the fact that every Downtown worker and her mother lines up to buy $1 pastries from Blue Ridge Country Store. Hello! At that price, our apple scone suddenly seemed to need an accompaniment, and we found a worthy […]
As of the end of October, Escafe has new owners and a new direction. Actually it’s an old direction:
More than half of all Americans will get a sexually transmitted infection (STI) at some point in their lifetime. If you’re one of them, how will your sex life be affected, during and after treatment? First, let’s take a quick look at some general facts. The majority of STIs are asymptomatic, which means that there […]
Bree Spriggs Occupation: Student Where we spotted her: UVA Grounds Style sense: Bree’s glasses and bag are from Urban Outfitters, her coat is Express, and her vintage boots are from Antics. She got her J Brand jeans and her stud earrings at Nordstrom, and her sweater at Finch. Her vintage scarf came from her mom. […]
How shall we put this gently? If bra-shopping has always been a lonely experience for you—tugging at straps in a dressing room, feeling mystified—then you should probably seek professional help. “Straps are less important than people make them out to be,” confides Abby Clarke Cook, manager at Derriere de Soie and experienced bra-fitter to women […]
So you already know that bamboo is one of the most sustainable resources on the planet. But you might be surprised to learn that panda food is making inroads in your closet. Bamboo fabric, a soft, rayon-like material made from the pulp of bamboo grass, is cropping up in clothing stores around Charlottesville. Stephanie Finn, […]