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I will admit from the outset that I don’t understand the modern way of appreciating wine.
Sex Files: Reading the signs
“What turns you on?” is a question I often ask clients who struggle with arousal. Some women just don’t know how to respond, and admit that they have given it little or no thought, which is not surprising, considering that few of us have learned to tune into our sexual feelings and thoughts while growing […]
Shelves of volumes
You drive up a nearly vertical narrow ribbon of black asphalt (“I hate this road in all weather”) to get to Bill Allard’s place in Afton. It snakes past stone retaining walls holding up tipsy perennial beds to the final vertiginous bend where the log house, built by previous owners in 1989, perches above woodland […]
Your kitchen
[image p.11] [image p.11] Secret Ingredient Liquid lunch Starr Hill beer has been brewed right here in Charlottesville since 1999, first on Main Street and now in Crozet in a former food processing building. The massive scale of the building, along with plenty of refrigeration, makes this a dream spot for Starr Hill Brewery (starrhillbeer.com; […]
Your garden
Ground Rules Year of the greens New Year’s resolution: Grow your own. Tired of worrying about E. coli in bagged spinach and turning over bedraggled heads of romaine that look like they’ve been through hell to get here from who knows where? With a bit of planning, it should be possible to walk outside and […]
Your living space
Help Line Disc dos Question for Anne Williams, host of WNRN’s Acoustic Sunrise: How should I store my CDs to keep them organized and damage free? Answer: First of all, says Williams, if you can avoid big temperature swings in the spot where you keep your collection, that’s a good thing. “Most radio stations try […]
Flying solo [with video]
On his recent solo tours, Kurt Wagner, the front man for Nashville-based alt-country band Lambchop, has been stringing a clothesline across the stage.
Kitchen kids
They aren’t top chefs just yet, but the high school kids in the Culinary Arts program at CATEC (Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center) are No. 1 in our hearts right now. Here’s why: Thanks to a class project that began in November 2007 called “One year of Blessing, Caring, and Thanksgiving to people in need, […]
We caught you looking sweet!
Lauren Disabato (right) Where we spotted her: Volunteering at the SPCA with her friend Jess Occupation: StudentStyle sense: Lauren says she gets her style from reading magazines. Her hoodie is from J. Crew, her jeans are from Abercrombie & Fitch, and she is wearing UGG boots.Jess Bossems (left)Where we spotted her: Volunteering at the SPCAOccupation: […]
We Ate Here
Little-known fact: Splendora’s is open for breakfast, and if you hustle you’ll get there even before the vats of gelato are set out in the big glass cases. (Why you’d want to? Just ‘cause.) We let our eyes roam over the pastries until they settled on a humble-looking currant scone. It was the round type, […]