Sex Files: Life after birth
This edition of The Sex Files is devoted to new moms. Unless you adopted your child, you got to this point by having sex.
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Sex Files: Life after birth
Questions about sex abound for new moms
This edition of The Sex Files is devoted to new moms. Unless you adopted your child, you got to this point by having sex.
The Merlot-ness of Merlot
“All things are numbers,” the Greek philosopher Pythagoras said, and in the wine world this often feels horribly true. Having recently returned from being a judge at the 17th annual State Fair of Virginia wine competition, I find myself thinking about the philosophy of wine tasting.
We Ate Here
We’d picked up a raisin pastry at Cannelle Café at an odd time in the afternoon, and now it was 6pm. We were wary about the inappropriateness of this pinwheel creation as an after-work snack—wouldn’t it just be a big shot of sugar?—but our fears were unnecessary. There was depth here, in the dark color […]
Type casting
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who care about fonts and those who have never heard of such a ridiculous thing as caring about fonts. Those who care about fonts care passionately. For example, my father’s font is Helvetica; my friend Abbye’s font is Garamond; my friend Bridget’s font is Book […]
Chowin' with the chillins
Restaurantarama has a few child-blessed friends whose idea of a kids-in-tow evening on the town is bringing a few slices of Christian’s Pizza to Fridays After Five and gulping down wine from a plastic cup. Nothin’ wrong with that, of course. There’s safety in the sheer number of families taking part in said Friday night […]
July 08: Star turn
Quick: Where is the sun? Many people, caught off-guard by that question, couldn’t come up with the right answer. Whereas in earlier eras people would locate the sun to figure out what time it was, we 21st century types tell time by our watches, our computer screen clocks and our cell phones. Sunlight’s got nothing […]
July 08: Back in baby’s arms
Imagine a loyal, reliable partner, the kind who will rub your back, pluck your nose hairs and take you aside to tell you when you have that little bit of white gunk on the corner of your mouth. Sure, he or she might not be the most exciting figure, and Lord knows they can be […]
Green Scene: News and ideas for sustainable living
Eating right Buying and snarfing local foods has become an essential part of the green household’s agenda. And it’s curious how political that simple act can be in the age of agribusiness. For all those interested in the heavier implications of their dinner—social, ethical, environmental—the blog Ethicurean is a smart and relevant read. “Chew the […]
July 08: Hot house
We like this Belmont place for its lush look. Its vine-laden walls and portico are bordered by a spacious yard (evening mojito? Yes, please). The round window-and-pillar combo makes this home stand out among its neighbors, and even as the greenery says, I’m mysterious, the bright red door says, Come on in.
July 08: Quintessential Charlottesville
Meandering on a Friday night through the packed paths on E. Main Street, the official name of the strip most of us think of only as the Downtown Mall, it’s hard to fathom that such unquestionable success is a recent phenomenon. When The Hardware Store restaurant opened in 1976, “You could have shot a cannon […]