We Ate Here
Curious to see just what has replaced “jabercrusties” after the lightning-quick renovation of the old Jabberwocky space on the Corner, we trooped down to three for dinner. The open floor […]
Mind games
Every day I seem to realize anew that people are crazy. Every day this elicits from me some comment to some person along the lines of “People are crazy,” “It […]
Design, living and trends for home and garden
Mum’s the wordHow to grow the official flower of fall Seeing mums everywhere you look? Eltzroth & Thompson’s Corann Ley tells us that if you want to add chrysanthemums to […]
News and ideas for sustainable living
Stored, not boughtPut some food by for the marketless months If you’re like us, you’re eyeing the end of the gardening and farmers’ market season with a vague feeling of […]
Feeling left out
If you’re in the market for a house, you may have heard something or other about some sort of “credit crunch” or “mortgage meltdown.” It’s been in the news just […]
Homepage
Odd advicewww.curbly.com Friendly and spunky, the design blog and catch-all curbly.com shows us what’s cool in the design world without the Martha Stewart sweetness or the more-mod-than-thou tone of other […]
On fire
In a city neighborhood minutes from Downtown, photographer Billy Hunt occupies a spacious, woodsy oasis: trees surround the 175-year-old house he shares with his wife Jocelyn and their 16-month-year-old son, […]
Chef smart
Marisa Catalano is sitting pretty. Not only does she help run the upscale Italian wine bar enoteca—an opportunity she calls “priceless” for a 29-year-old culinary school grad like herself—she lives […]
Ground Rules: The big freeze
Albemarle County straddles the foothills and the piedmont, from the soft blue mounds of Afton to the mellow plains east of Charlottesville. This tricky topography makes many different pockets to […]
The frog’s prince
Jim Chang is your typical reluctant neighborhood association president—he took over the job “by default,” he says. You know, somebody’s got to step up and organize the annual neighborhood potluck. […]