Waterworld
What planet do you live on? One where the rainfall deficit is 11"-plus and the Chesapeake Bay a sewer of nitrogen and phosphorus, or Bizzaro World where a chemical green […]
Country preserves
But in the case of Whitley’s Garden Gate Farm subdivision in North Garden, the statement’s not just a throwaway. That’s because along with the three-car garage, vinyl siding and first-floor […]
Bang a gong
Charlottesville Gamelan, Love Tentacle Drip Society, Brian Jones Quartet, Sarah White, Mountain Stage NewSong, Ryan Adams
Homing in
Last night, I was sitting around drinking a pinot grigio that tasted like a chardonnay (does that sound obnoxious?) with a few of my favorite people, when our idle chitchat […]
A little bit country
We at Restaurantarama have been telling you about some major shake-ups and shake-downs in the local dining scene. We’ve been dropping big names and getting all philosophical about hot spots […]
Shaken, not stirred
Oh, how tasty a nice, chilly martini sounds, right about whenever. Especially when it’s made with fresh fruit…skip the smoothie and down an “eXpress” at the X Lounge! It’s not […]
The great unknown
Does this team have a starting quarterback? “So we would have hoped, particularly with him being at the top of the chart, that he could have thrown 300 or 400 […]
We ate here
Ensconced in a wood-backed booth in The Virginian, we considered lighter fare—a crisp, creamy crabcake sandwich, maybe—but decided that big appetites are the sustaining force behind this social hub. We […]
The gospel of headbanging
“I’m a Reverend, I gotta have my own church so I’m not a chump,” explains Tim Clark, guitarist for local metal quintet This Means You.
Uptown tastes
Just when we were getting used to all the hip new dining joints on W. Main Street (so-called Midtown), along comes someone with an idea to up the sleek, modern, […]