As a member of Charlottesville’s Planning Commission, Cheri Lewis (who’s also an attorney) is used to dealing with thorny questions of how people and architecture interact. It can get pretty hot in that particular kitchen—i.e., lawsuits from developers, a vigilant citizenry—but Lewis’s own cooking and eating space at home feels like a true refuge. What’s […]
As a member of Charlottesville’s Planning Commission, Cheri Lewis (who’s also an attorney) is used to dealing with thorny questions of how people and architecture interact. It can get pretty hot in that particular kitchen—i.e., lawsuits from developers, a vigilant citizenry—but Lewis’s own cooking and eating space at home feels like a true refuge. What’s […]
Weaving history www.historicwoolenmills.org/ Here in Charlottesville, we love history. We have to, in order to justify our insistence-beyond-all-reason on the TJ connection. There are other historic sites here, though, as this site about the Woolen Mills area amply proves. With a detailed chronology stretching back to the 1700s and plenty of stories and old photos, […]
Whatever you do, do not try to drive through the Orangedale neighborhood around 3:50pm on a weekday. That’s when the Charlottesville High School bus lets out on the corner of Bailey Road and Prospect Avenue off Fifth Street SW, and that’s when Orangedale’s younger residents pour into the streets, communing in the road to chat […]
That holidays—especially the fall and winter type—can be fraught with anxiety, loneliness or other nasty concepts has become a staple of modern American consciousness. On the loneliness front, I’ve been lucky to have plenty of family support when it comes to major holidays, though, like a lot of people, I’ve experienced at least one exception. […]
Sex Files: Always too early It’s never too late for men to deal with premature ejaculation Sex Files: Life after birth Questions about sex abound for new moms Sex Files: Love goes on holiday Couples feel closer when they take time off from regular life Sex Files: Slippery when dry A woman’s guide to the […]
Feedback's face lit up when we saw Brendan Canty's name on the list of this year's Virginia Film Festival guests.
Melinda Clayton
Occupation: Radiology tech student who works at Mincer's
Vince Lombardi stared down his Green Bay Packers, decades ago, declaring, "Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success." Chanting defense: […]
For someone with French culinary school chops and experience running and owning restaurants all over the world—from Cape Town to Montreal and California to Hawaii—Hassan Kaisoum pretty much created a recipe for disaster at his Aroma’s Café & Catering in the Fontaine Research Park. Here were his ingredients for cooking up a Moroccan/Mediterranean dining den […]
We were happy to take a recommendation from the good people who serve the restaurant at the Clifton Inn—its menu, after all, is almost overwhelming in its wonderfulness. This is how we came to a single order of foie gras and duck confit agnolotti served in brown butter jus and dusted with cracklins. A lovely […]