Bicycle blues
Sing along with the Simon & Garfunkel melody: Where have you gone La-ance A-armstrong? Your spo-ort turns its lonely eyes to you. Woo woo woo. What’s that you say, Mrs. […]
We ate here
Why has the Blue Moon Diner been beloved for so long? The Huevos Bluemooños must be part of the reason. Order these, any time of day or night, and behold […]
When celebrities blog
O.K. So. Everyone knows that Rosie O’Donnell blogs, right? Everyone has heard tell about her weird blogging style that often involves what some might refer to as “poems” (e.g., “a […]
Getting in with the un-crowd
The name of the game is change. Starr Hill just closed its doors. After more than 10 years of selling you your favorite discs, Danny Shea has stepped down from […]
Raves for rants
I think I’ve spoken before in this forum about my childhood wish to go into advertising. How, thanks to ads like Play Station’s 1998 classic pedaling Metal Gear Solid and […]
Sultry-night salad
Says Gay Beery, owner of A Pimento Catering, this is a salad for steamy soirées: “Serve this on a hot summer evening alongside a piece of grilled fish or chicken, […]
Sea change
The waters are getting rocky here in the Charlottesville dining scene, and it’s not just the little fish that are getting swept out with the tide these days.
The best wines of my generation
Confidence. That’s the mood filling the room as Al Schornberg, joined by the shining blonde triumvirate of his wife, Cindy, and their two youngest daughters, addresses four or five dozen […]
Hometown hero
There are few more cultured baseball people in the world than Charlottesville’s own Mike Cubbage. From a second round pick out of UVA in 1971, to an eight-year Major Leaguer […]