End of an era
Felicia Warburg Rogan, founder of Oakencroft Vineyard and Winery, is one of a handful of people who can rightfully be said to have helped create the Virginia Wine industry.
Summer in the city
On a rainy and sticky Tuesday evening Feedback joined a stream of people heading into the Paramount Theater for the first performance of the Charlottesville Municipal Band’s (free!) Summer Concert […]
Going postal
The other day the old “Have you read…?” “You should read…” “Let me loan you…” conversation started up at a friend’s barbeque, when our gracious host announced that she never […]
Foodie forum
A new food interest group and local blog debuted last month. It’s called A New Mountain Cookery, and the group’s focus is “modern cuisine.” Since its inception last month, one […]
Telecaster roadmaster [with video]
I’m in a big row of semis in the Allegheny Mountains,” Bill Kirchen tells Feedback when we ring him up. “Let me get over in the right lane. It’s kind of gnarly but I think we’ll be all right.”
Ladies, please
The Gawker Media empire gets a lot of attention from the media. Why, just the other week, former Gawker editor Emily Gould was sprawled out in a “Come hither” pose […]
Lovely Rita’s
“Chocolate ice? Please.” For years, that’s what a skeptical Kate Matikonas would say whenever her husband, Rob, a New Jersey native, raved about Rita’s Ice.
We Ate Here
Decadence, thy name is pâté. Such melt-in-your-mouth paste of animal parts can only be extravagant at best and overindulgent at worst, no? Well, not so when it’s made of sustainably-raised […]
Capitalist fools
Fake wine is all the rage lately. In April of this year, 22 bottles from top Burgundy producer, Domaine Ponsot, appeared for sale at a Manhattan auction with a hoped-for […]
Sex Files: Slippery when dry
A personal lubricant is a godsend for anyone suffering from vaginal dryness—breastfeeding moms, for instance, who often don’t know (and often aren’t told) that as long as they nurse, their […]