Get Real: How You Can Succeed in the Housing Market
Buyer’s market. Buyer’s market. Buyer’s market. Seems to be the real estate mantra these days. So buy already, why don’t you. But maybe if you hold off for another month […]
A Room of One's Own: Sit. Good.
Jon Bright bought his spacious brick house on Altamont Circle in 2000; he already owned the one next door. They’re both close to a century old, and together they’ve supplied […]
Back Porch: Call of the wild
Nobody’s ever accused me of being a nature girl. It’s not that I have anything against the great outdoors, but my idea of a killer hike consists of trekking from […]
A fond farewell
When I was graduating from college and moving back home for a bit, I did a fair amount of research into the various Charlottesville outlets to which I might be […]
Major league excitement
The echoes of Sean Singletary’s rim-rattling three-point effort have faded. The NFL draft is still a month away and how much can you really get juiced up for spring football? […]
Ciao, La Cucina
After nearly four years of running their down-to-earth Italian joint on Water Street, Franky and Meridith Benincasa are moving on. La Cucina will be closed by the time you read […]
Pain by numbers
It’s not that math in and of itself causes Sweet Cakes’ nerves to palpate with anxiety. Math—what is it? A bunch of dress sizes and inseam measurements thrown together in […]
Feelings, nothing more than…
I’ve always been the person in my family accused of being the most in touch with my feelings. This is not a good thing in many cases, given that the […]
Striking memories
Bob Motley is not a name that gets tossed around on Baseball Tonight. If you asked 10 so-called “baseball purists” who he is, the smart money would say not a […]