It seemed like a good idea at the time. Sign on for an adjustable rate mortgage and get more house for less of a monthly payment. Heck, you weren’t planning on staying in the place for long anyway. By the time the initial 4.25 percent loan hit 6.25 percent, you’d be history. Seems you forgot […]
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Sign on for an adjustable rate mortgage and get more house for less of a monthly payment. Heck, you weren’t planning on staying in the place for long anyway. By the time the initial 4.25 percent loan hit 6.25 percent, you’d be history. Seems you forgot […]
“…The flowers come forth like the belles of the day, have their short reign of beauty and splendour, and retire, like them, to the more interesting office of reproducing their like….The Hyacinths and Tulips are off the stage, the Irises are giving place to the Belladonnas, as these will to the Tuberoses, etc….” Say what […]
I like to get stuff done. Most mornings, before my feet even hit the floor, I’ve composed a mental to-do list for that day. Mail the taxes, buy some milk, write a book review, bathe our dog, read to my daughter’s first-grade class, pick up a fifth of vodka. You get the picture. Some days […]
“Bellair is a very desirable location,” says Realtor Jim Duncan with no hesitation. No hesitation whatsoever. Bellair’s lake is a picture-perfect finishing touch in a well-groomed landscape. No wonder. The entrance—just past the 250 Bypass as you drive away from UVA along Ivy Road—looks a bit like the entrance to a national park. Once inside, […]
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Hala Matar Occupation: Filmmaker and art director Where we spotted her: UVA Grounds Style sense: Matar loves mixing eras in a “unique and vintagey” look. We love her bold pairing of a mod (vintage) mini with old Hollywoodinspired halter and big shades.
O.K., ladies, who out there wants to marry Jon Stewart? And ladies, who out there has had a wine-induced bitchfest with your girlfriends about the fact that the Jon in question done gone and got married to some lady vet without having ever even met you? I would pretty much bet cash money that about […]
Sometimes you have to start in the middle. And so dearest reader, that is just what Sweet Cakes is doing. She simply draws a blank on how to introduce this topic, to wit, Crying at Work. There are two varieties of CAW; La Cake will address them both. First up: tears you shed when the […]
Butter, cream, powdered sugar, granulated sugar, corn syrup, chocolate, more butter. It’s like the seven deadly sins, with some walnuts thrown in. (I love when people scarf down three pieces of pecan pie and then say, “What? Nuts are good for you! Protein!”) But this kind of indulgence is most definitely worth it from time […]