Danielle Curtis Occupation: Dance teacher, works part-time at Finch Where we spotted her: On the Corner Style sense: Danielle loves clothing that’s “unique and just a little bit different,” which, she says, is why she works at Finch. Her chocolate top and blue ruffled skirt are from Anthropology and she bought her hot red boots […]
Danielle Curtis Occupation: Dance teacher, works part-time at Finch Where we spotted her: On the Corner Style sense: Danielle loves clothing that’s “unique and just a little bit different,” which, she says, is why she works at Finch. Her chocolate top and blue ruffled skirt are from Anthropology and she bought her hot red boots […]
When economic times are tough, morals often go out the window. Think of the repeal of blue laws, for instance. Well, with the current cash crises, it’s now a little blue house that’s going to the dark side, so to speak. Martha’s Café on Elliewood Avenue is getting ready to join in the debauchery of […]
Local computer geek Waldo Jacquith has many tricks up his sleeve when it comes to showing Charlottesville the ropes of the Internet (ah, the joys of mixed metaphors). Seeing as I was stuck at work in New York as the primaries were unfolding in Virginia, I relied on one of those tricks—Waldo’s Virginia Political Blogroll—to […]
Wednesday is our new favorite day of the week at Eppie’s—a doughy, meaty thrill of a day that falls directly between turkey chili Tuesday and turkey meatloaf Thursday. The special? Not turkey, but chicken tamales, served in a traditional corn husk with a darkly spicy meat filling, along with a side of brown rice bathed […]
“What really impressed the tasters was the vintage,” Luca Paschina tells me, sitting in Palladio, the elegant restaurant at Barboursville Vineyards.
After former Atlanta Falcons (and Virginia Tech) quarterback Michael Vick was convicted last year of felonious dog fighting, 47 pit bulls were seized from his property and spared euthanasia. Rather, the animals were distributed to various rescue groups that were then charged with either rehabilitating the dogs or caring for the animals for the rest […]
AAA isn’t just an automobile club. It also stands for “access, affordability and anonymity,” Sex and the Internet author Al Cooper’s “Triple-A Engine” that’s making the Internet the perfect venue for porn. In the old days, you had to go out to buy adult magazines and rent X-rated movies. Now that brand of entertainment is […]
Since we’ve been talking a lot about animal parts these last weeks, we thought it probably was appropriate to spend some time on the other side of the barbed wire fence—with you non-animal-part-eating people. As luck would have it, Mellow Mushroom owner John Adamson called this week to tell us that the Charlottesville location of […]
When your home is also your business, a room of your own is a difficult proposition. Sure, Cynthia Bruce, who runs the High Meadows Vineyard Inn in Scottsville with her mother, Nancy, does have private quarters for herself and her two children, ages 5 and 8, but she doesn’t fancy those rooms too much. That’s […]