Thai trip
That would be the trip we just took over to Carlton Avenue, where we scouted out the leading edge of the outer-Belmont dining scene. There, we were part of the very first lunch
Living
Do you believe in Magic Kingdom?
As a young cupcake, Sweet rarely looked to storybooks to fill her imagination. She was more likely to find inspiration in The Bangles than Sleeping Beauty. Somehow the bridge between Sweetling’s reality and Susanna Hoff’s seemed easier to travel than the space between Sweetie and Aurora. Maybe it was the fact that guitar lessons were […]
Charlottesville Pavilion releases summer concert schedule
With construction drawing to a close on the $11 million City Transportation Center, the Downtown Mall will be a quiet place for a few weeks. However, the sounds of silence will come to a close on April 19 with the first concert of the Charlottesville Pavilion’s 2007 season. The first acts of the 2007 Budweiser […]
Disappearance of things past
Last Friday, the day after the death of Boston Celtics great Dennis Johnson, there was much remembering of a man that the legend Larry Bird called the greatest teammate he ever had. Along with his passing, the questions arose why Johnson had never been placed into the Hall of Fame and why had he continued […]
Death’s doorstep
Ask any one of my close friends or family members to name my biggest neurosis, and they will undoubtedly come up with one of two answers: airplanes or diseases. I can’t get on an airplane without major sedation, and about once a month I am convinced I’m dying of a tragic illness. For example, once […]
Upstairs, downstairs
The guy’s nothing if not ambitious. As we reported several weeks ago, Alejandro Montiel, already piloting a successful ship in Crozet (La Cocina del Sol, that is), took over the former Rococo’s space on Commonwealth Avenue last year. And is he turning it into a restaurant? No, he’s turning it into two restaurants. Restaurantarama recently […]
Green Scene: News and ideas for sustainable living
Little house: the remakeecoMOD3 saves, greens, and adds onto historic Fifeville home John Quale says that for the historic house he and his students are renovating, "The worst possible scenario would be to beautify." In 2004, the small, ramshackle house at 223 Fourth St. SW faced a bleak future. The City was considering demolishing it, […]
Back Porch: Color me nervous
My friend Erin has a real knack for color. Whenever I’m at her place, I marvel over the fact that not only did she paint the walls in a high-traffic downstairs room deep pink, but that they don’t look completely ridiculous. And then there’s a green room, which flows seamlessly into a yellow space. Once […]
Get Real: Rising tide
If you’re looking to put a positive spin on the recent hike in property values, try this one out: What’s arguably your largest asset—your home—is a lot more valuable today than it was last year. According to County and City assessors, properties are worth almost 16 percent more in Albemarle than they were in 2005, […]
Homepage: Shelter sites you don't want to miss
Laying the footprints for designwww.DesignYourselfInteriors.com Let’s face it: Sometimes moving into a new apartment is about as painful as a broken arm or a “Road Rules” marathon, and arranging the furniture is one of the hardest parts. If you’re buying new furniture, those 1/4" scale replica drawings offer little help in visualizing your new space. […]