When things get Harry [with audio]
The Downtown Mall conjures up an eerie atmosphere on Monday nights. With most restaurants and bars closed, you’ll find few souls traversing the diagonal bricks.
We Ate Here
Mas’ spicy baba ghanoush seared our tongues enough to prepare us for a greasy chorizo that slid down our throats. Relief came in the form of a golden Hoegaarden draft, […]
Drink wine like a real man!
Think of the connection between wine and money like that between manhood and penis size: Whether you buy into the myth, or stridently reject it, you still want to know how big it is.
Sex Files: In control panel
How reading erotica can help you get in the mood for sex was the subject of my last column. Now it’s time to start taking on the idea of watching adult entertainment and porn.
The reviews are in
The review as a form of literature is, I think, a natural way of thinking. I truly believe that it is part of our human nature to have opinions about […]
Brewing up food
Some people view beer as a food group. You know the type—the ones who prefer to drink their lunches and consume a good portion of their weekly caloric intake in pale ales and porters.
A crushing development?
Until very recently, buying wine in Charlottesville was relatively peaceful and, with the exception of the recent statewide flap over winery self-distribution, undisturbed. It worked the way it does everywhere […]
Fired up [with audio]
Pop music boasts a rich tradition of family bands, from classic groups like The Jackson 5 and Sly and the Family Stone to the ex-husband/wife duo the White Stripes and our own Sons of Bill.
Green-eyed lady
I really want to see my carbon footprint get smaller, but when faced with a pile of paper to recycle, my thoughts tend to run a little something like, “How […]
Gift of grub
Mark Cosgrove received the “best birthday present ever” when he turned 29 a few months ago.