Social climbing is generally considered an unsavory affair, but what Karen Laetare is up to is more like mountain-hopping—somehow more palatable. For eight years, she’s been running Brix Marketplace in a funky old building that sits on a curve of Route 53, between Monticello and Jefferson Vineyards. That’s an elevated spot, but a fickle one […]
Social climbing is generally considered an unsavory affair, but what Karen Laetare is up to is more like mountain-hopping—somehow more palatable. For eight years, she’s been running Brix Marketplace in a funky old building that sits on a curve of Route 53, between Monticello and Jefferson Vineyards. That’s an elevated spot, but a fickle one […]
Guess what we saw last Tuesday when we were strolling down the Mall? Why, the newly reopened doors of The Nook. Being devoted correspondentsâas well as hungry for lunchâwe marched right in and asked for a table.
Thirty-two degrees outside. Wind chill making it feel 15. The guys are peeling off the tarp. The gloves are being popped. Hard to believe in the midst of these subfreezing temperatures that it’s time to hear the umpire yell, “Play Ball”. It’s February in Charlottesville and across the street from Sean Singletary, JR Reynolds, and […]
I know I’m not the only person who runs errands on Saturday mornings. I know I’m also not the only person who, while running said errands, enjoys a spirited contest against, well, myself and the various contestants of “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me…”. I’m a competitive person: HATE TO LOSE or be less than I can […]
This must be what they were actually putting in Popeye’s spinach can. Seriously—glugging down liquid spinach is smoke and mirrors, people. Matcha’s got it beat by a mile; the bright green leaves pack about a day’s worth of springy energy, without that underside-of-a-rock taste. Shake it up with Twisted Branch’s energy drink: It has more […]
Columns like this shouldn’t have to be written anymore. Yet they are. Articles about the lack of African-American head coaches in professional and college sports should be a subject of the past. Unfortunately, they aren’t. The Indianapolis Colts (www.colts.com) winning a Super Bowl (www.nfl.com) should be more about Tony Dungy finally capturing the Lombardi Trophy […]
The plain ol’ B.L.T. just doesn’t compare. Café Cubano brings a south Floridian flair to Charlottesville with its multilayered Cuban Sandwich recipe. Café Cubano owner Tony Jorge says the Cuban Sandwich—featuring a garlic-citrus “mojo” marinade—is one of his most popular lunch specials. “I try to duplicate the mojo texture that is very common in the […]
In the interest of stating something not-so-interesting, I love the movies. In a little-girl-all-I-want-to-do-is-eat-popcorn-and-stare-at-that-magic-screen-for-hours kind of way. It’s basically my favorite activity. Besides eating of course. Which means that one of the most wonderful days of my year is fast approaching. That’s right, folks, Oscar night is on the way! Like Santa Claus…only it’s not […]
The last year has been a turbulent one on the W. Main Street corridor, and we blame the stormy weather there for the fact that our metaphors are all mixed up. One longtime fixture bit the dust (Blue Bird Café) while another rose from the ashes (Blue Moon Diner). In the Main Street Market a […]
There are certain moments in life when a girl has to search her heart and define the essence of what she wants to say, Sweet reasoned. She has to straighten out her message like so many Betty Grable stocking seams. La Cake speaks, of course, of Valentine’s Day. When Sweetie says she loves her friends, […]