When Rebecca Lamb and her husband came down to Charlottesville to visit the University of Virginia, they got lost in the streets off Barracks Road and found themselves in a charming neighborhood with beautiful houses on small streets sheltered by a mature tree canopy. A year later, the self-employed Lambs decided to escape the relatively […]
When Rebecca Lamb and her husband came down to Charlottesville to visit the University of Virginia, they got lost in the streets off Barracks Road and found themselves in a charming neighborhood with beautiful houses on small streets sheltered by a mature tree canopy. A year later, the self-employed Lambs decided to escape the relatively […]
Craftsman is big these days among the builders and buyers of brand-new houses, and it’s not hard to see why: The first generation of these liveable, finely made houses stand out in older neighborhoods for their solid forms and friendly details. Consider this specimen, which we spotted in the JPA neighborhood, exhibit A. And get […]
Click here to see video highlights of last weekend’s 6 Day Bender and Sarah White show at Satellite Ballroom. A few minutes before 7:30pm on a Wednesday evening, and Feedback is staring at a sea of tangled bows and brass on the stage of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center. A cacophony of […]
First Oprah’s Sophie, now Martha’s Paw Paw—what’s a rich and powerful woman to do? Blog, apparently. At least that’s what Martha Stewart has done a lot of since Paw Paw, her “beloved dog Kublai Khan Paw Paw Chow Chow Chow” (Damn, that’s a mouthful. Does it even make sense?) died on Saturday, April 12. Martha […]
Eco-friendly winemaking is all the rage. In October 2007, wine-geek-with-a-Ph.D…
Now that I’ve focused on the health benefits of sex in two of my recent columns, it’s time to tackle one of the more difficult subjects: how to overcome past sexual abuse. Let me emphasize that I am talking about past abuse and how it can affect your current sex life. If you are experiencing […]
Back in February, when Italian eatery Ristorante Al Dente got the boot (ha!) from its second floor Mall location after five years in business, it was to make room for The Upstairs, the new steak and seafood restaurant coming from Mark Brown, who owns the entire building, including Escafé on the first floor. Al Dente […]
With only a few weeks left until the newest Guadalajara opens its puertas on Pantops, Restaurantarama met with…
Sometimes it’s fun to just peek into the minds of cool people and see what the hell is going on in there. If there were a King of Cool election, I might just cast my vote for former Talking Heads frontman, musician, artist, designer, filmmaker, writer, general creative-type and genius, David Byrne. And if that […]
Making wine is incredibly scientific and complicated, yet its marketing still emphasizes the pastoral. The country estate, the family dog, the dirty hands and worn Barbour jacket; it’s farming as reimagined by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The truth is that today’s winemakers might just as easily wear lab coats as Carhartts. The head-on collision between nature […]