We admit it: The word "best" right next to the word "scandal" is an admission of sorts that the media often runs on spice over substance. Who can blame those C-VILLE readers who were titillated by our reporting on the Albemarle County parents, George Robinson and Elisa Kelly, who got 27 months in the slammer for serving alcohol to teenagers?
We admit it: The word "best" right next to the word "scandal" is an admission of sorts that the media often runs on spice over substance. Who can blame those C-VILLE readers who were titillated by our reporting on the Albemarle County parents, George Robinson and Elisa Kelly, who got 27 months in the slammer for serving alcohol to teenagers?
This year's winners of the Best Musical Group category are the Sons of Bill, whose blog about their summer tour—entertaining U.S. troops stationed in the Pacific—has graced our website since late June. We e-mailed the Sons to give 'em the good news. They, busy lads though they are, wasted no time in replying:
Gentlemen. This, above all else: To thine own size be true.
A story from Ashley Pillar, 28, who has worked at Beecroft & Bull for three and a half years, and in men's clothing since he was 18: "I have a guy, who's like a 38 waist. O.K., he comes in every fall and says, 'Ashley, show me where your 32s are!'
"It's very important that you eat breakfast, or else the workout could turn into a very bad experience. Do you usually eat breakfast?"
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For those of us who thought romance was dead, landscaper Claudia Sacellary’s story offers a glimmer of hope—in the form of reconstruction. In 1981, only a few years after she moved in, her Batesville home burned down due to faulty wiring, leaving only the foundations. In that space today is a vibrant garden terrace brimming […]
A few years ago Feedback spotted some arty types lugging cello cases around the Downtown Mall.
You know how it goes. The first one to adopt a new trend is always viewed suspiciously, if not scorned and ridiculed. Take, for example, the first few daring folks to don flared jeans just a few years ago. Admit it. Many of you in your high-waisted, tapered Levi’s looked down on the mavericks in […]
The patio view at Crozet hotspot La Cocina del Sol is breathtaking. We kicked back and took in the grandeur of the Blue Ridge…and the post office…and the bank. But still, it’s a snazzy Southwestern experience with a cozy small- town feel. Entrée-wise, we played it simple with the spicy chicken tacos, which hit the […]
At Pinehurst golf course, you can imagine being, if not actually be, Payne Stewart as he drilled a nearly impossible putt on the 18th in the 1999 U.S. Open Gazing out upon perfectly cut green grass and trees that look like they were painted by the late Bill "Happy Trees" Ross, it dawns on me […]