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 […]
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, […]
A fool for April Everyone’s a sucker for spring in Virginia. What’s not to like? Pale confetti flowers shower from cherries and crabapples onto candy-colored drifts of azaleas, daffodils and tulips all surrounded by that jazzed-up green that nature saves just for April. The lawn care industry uses such idyllic scenes to sell products that […]
When mutual affection for ska bands like The Specials and Madness brought The Pietasters together at Virginia Tech in 1990, the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind was still a year away
Truth be told, Women on Web is not a beautiful site. And by “beautiful” I’m talking well-designed, easy to read or easy to use. It is none of these things. And yet it is to-the-point, it does a job that needs doing, and having it out there in cyberspace is a beautiful thing, indeed. Using […]
Spring is upon us, and that means one thing to Restaurantarama—alfresco dining! Ah—the breeze, the buskers, the poor food servers trying to negotiate pedestrian traffic on the Mall—these are the things we dream about all winter long. One of the many popular Mall patios, of course, is the centrally located outdoor seating of Sal’s Caffe […]