November 08: Design, living and trends for home and garden
Let’s go do the hop If you’re itching to fulfill your cultural quota, now’s your chance to bounce through the local studio scene and score some tasty bites to […]
November 08: Bringing up backyard
When you walk up to the front door of Melissa Wiley’s Belmont house, you’re struck by a sense of tidiness: old railroad ties are stacked into low walls, well-tended plants […]
November 08: Well-preserved Palmyra
Lately, “Main Street” has become a tiresomely banal political slogan for Everywhere America. But in some well-preserved parts of the country, like historic Palmyra in Fluvanna County, Main Street isn’t […]
November 08: Hot house
We’ve long admired this house on JPA—it’s an island of tranquillity on its well-traveled corner. It’s not just the stone construction and cottage profile that make it so romantic; […]
November 08: News and ideas for sustainable living
Setback to where you once belonged At a recent Houses That Work seminar, where local builders gathered to learn about building energy-efficient houses, the topic of thermostat setbacks came […]
November 08: On your mark
So you want to sell your house. Ouch. The current housing market may not welcome you with open arms, but Realtors repeat like broken records the idea that pricing your […]
November 08: At the bend in the river
A decade ago, Brynne and John Potter were house-hunting and showed up at a certain Locust Grove property with little enthusiasm. “We didn’t like it on paper,” Brynne remembers. Upon […]
You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would ya?
One of the biggest indicators that you may be dealing with a dangerous wine freak
We Ate Here
Not your ordinary hoagie, Cubano’s Cuban sandwich, from the specials menu, is a winning combination: thin-sliced ham, roast pork, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard are piled between slices of soft […]