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 […]
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 […]
We ordered the satay noodles at South Street Brewery with no hesitation, but getting the rare seared tuna as an add-on felt like an act of some bravery, as we are not terribly hardy about raw fish. Confusion ensued when the waitress asked, “Super rare O.K.?” “Do we have a choice?” we asked. “No,” she […]
In 2005, when Katrina hit and water poured into New Orleans’ Sea-Saint Studio, a collection of Preservation Hall Jazz Band…
Where we spotted them: Tiara Tuesday Event at Il Cane Pazzo on April 8. Megan Huffman Occupation: Sales and marketing for WCAV CBS19Style sense: Megan gets her inspiration from Ann TaylorLoft and B. Moss, so it’s no surprise that’s where she does most of her shopping. In fact, she found her brown slacks at Ann […]
When Colin Meloy, front man of literary-minded rock band, The Decemberists, arrives at Satellite Ballroom on Saturday, April 12, his bandmates won’t be with him…
A 46-year-old Thomas Jefferson seemed different when he returned to America after five years in France, stepping off the boat wearing “silk suits, ruffles, and an unusual topaz ring.” In Paris, living, as Patrick Henry put it, “in splendor and dissipation,” our man TJ really came into his own. Reading John Hailman’s 2006 book, Thomas […]
While details of the Eliot Spitzer scandal were splashed across the news, prostitution was the talk of the nation.
Half an hour after the Charlottesville Ten Miler, the Italian Villa was stuffed with medal-draped runners and their indulgent friends and family (let’s face it: Sitting in a booth next to an unshowered competitor can be a little…odorous). The pigs-in-blankets and egg-and-bacon combos were flying from the kitchen. Though we understand the appeal of a […]
I love YouTube as much as the next person, but when I really think about what I use it for when I’m left to my own devices (meaning if I’m just browsing and haven’t gone there to look at something specific someone recommended to me), I would be lying if I didn’t just say, “Well, […]
A few weeks ago, Restaurantarama reported that Just Curry owner Alex George was planning to relocate his establishment in light of the possible landing of a CVS/pharmacy on the spot where George holds his sublease (the Anderson Brothers Building on the Corner, which also houses Satellite Ballroom, Plan 9 and Higher Grounds). At the time, […]