As typical for a cVillain week, things got rather spicy. Last week was about banning things (trans fat, bumper nuts and bags) before Armageddon hit. Between our new mascot and the discussion about platonic boy/girl friendships, it was one of our most diverse weeks yet.
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Huge thanks to John, Josh, and Evan. The Belgian beer tasting was great! A rep from Legend Brewing Company in Richmond doled out at least 6 different samples from a Belgian brewery, Bavik. I stayed after for a pint of Bell’s, one of my favorites. (See the draft beer menu for what’s rotating now.)
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The C-Ville just did some changes for a new publishing year. I’m happy.
Changes Summarized:
Stapled the Pages Together (THANK GOD)
News, Arts, Living: The 3 Sections
Bigger Font (if you add a wine section, you gotta appeal to the grey hairs so they can read it)
Do you like the changes?
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Keswick scored an 82.53 on Travel + Leisure’s Top 500 Hotels, one of only two Virginia hotels to make the list and one of a small number without “Ritz-Carlton” or “Four Seasons” in the name. Cheers!
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I’m gonna start doing a wrapup of the week on Saturdays or Sundays. If you guys like this kind of a thing, let me know. If not, then I will stop.
Monday:
New Jersey-Ites call Bodo’s everything bagels “trash bagels.” [Trash Bag Hell]
Freaky Weather Happens [Not a Record]
Lilith, as usual, knows the scenes inside out [Weekend Review]
Gobbler asks about 29N’s for Lease Signs [Why are they there?]
Thor and Lilith answer some questions from a hot date [Thor & Lilith]
First friday’s anyone [It’s cool]
What is the worst music video every [This one?]
Police car hits wheelchairer [with Fergie on the radio]
Tuesday
Should smoking be banned in restaurants? [Great debate here]
Our review of Blue Mountain Brewery [It’s awesome.]
Popo’s screaming past L&C [no one knows why, except for the passing wheelchair gang]
Wednesday
Albemarle police make it to the front page of viral video sites [Break It]
Monticello and the Virginia Encyclopedia: Are they missing the modern train [1 & 2]
All about relationships [Parlie asks, LaGrape answers with some amazing stats]
Wine party at Crush [24th of January, baby]
Thursday
Vote for the Best Pictures from our Readers [HERE]
We take a look around the C-Ville Blog O Sphere [Cooler than us]
We get some pictures of the Bamboo House [Taxidermy anyone?]
On Being A DJ [a real look at the truths of DJing for the public]
Lilith’s infamous awkward conversations for your hot date [this time it’s about Sex]
Cults in Charlottesville [for real, the koolaid is good]
Friday
Will 2007 be an amazing wine vintage [we hope so]
Silmo’s looking for some hotties to arm wrestle [winners get eternal fame]
Distract yourself at work [2G1C, again]
Oy asks “does having sex with your clone constitute incest or masturbation” [there still is no consensus]
We hope you all had great weekends [preview & your assignment]
Saturday
Wahooptie [phatness]
Popos hauling [Big GULP]
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Otherwise known as Wahooptie, this taxi service has moving shots which show the creation of their bright orange taxi.
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Funny lookin? Have you ridden in there?
P.S. The Hook is getting snarky in our footsteps. Their headline reads “Wahooptie offers pussy, hips, ass, titty ride.” (for the lesser informed, that’s what phat stands for) Wow. What can that possibly mean?
P.P.S. One reader chimes in and writes an email (to which I have no answer, and I ask you my furry little friends to help me out in the new poll):
I am sure that you are stirring the pot. Nonetheless, I must offer that surely the Hook does not mean the reading of their headline that you infer, nor do I think your disambiguation of phat is correct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phat, http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/Courses/ling100_4/DLU-Hydref98/DLU-P.html, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phat, http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=phat, http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/childlit/papers/fableorword.html, http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=phat&searchmode=none , see also http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43198 (”Fake etymologies for ‘phat’ state that the word originated as an acronym for ‘Pretty Hot And Tempting’, ‘Plenty of Hips And Thighs’ or ‘Pussy, Hips And Tits’.” and “There is no evidence supporting any acronymic origin.”).
Taking the usual meaning, some variant of great, cool, or fantastic, makes the headline boring but far more understandable.
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Take 64 West to the Wintergreen exit. Turn left on 250 West, then left on 151 South. The Blue Mountain Brewery will be on your left. GO! Tomorrow night! (They’re closed Monday and Tuesday, but they shave a buck off every pint tomorrow.)
My friend and I were headed that way to go wine tasting, so the brewery was a surprise ending to what was already a relaxing, warm Sunday in the Blue Ridge. We each had the tasting sampler, six shot-size pours of beer for $5. [Note: I just got up to get a beer, just because reflecting on the beer made me want one. Unfortunately, Budweiser is not doing it for me like the Kolsch.] We split a cup of their parsnip soup with truffle oil drizzle ($3.50 I think) and the meat and cheese plate (not more than $10) and were treated to home made mustard. The value was great. Beer-lovers will be impressed, and beer-not-so-muchers can drink wine from Nelson County wineries. The food is all local, as far as I remember, and I would have taken home a growler of the soup if I could have. (But, then, I didn’t ask…)
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Migration: A Gallery
Stephen L. Griffin: Strata
119 Fifth Street SE
I liked the paintings. But I wasn’t really going for the art. Laura and Rob Jones opened Migration about two years ago, and it was hilarious to hear them talk about renovating the space themselves. Their bio on their website says it all– they’re a great couple with a lot of expertise, doing what they love. Interesting blown glass and cut metal pieces are being shown, too, if you need an excuse to meet the owners.
Check out Rob’s blog at www.artpark.typepad.com. I especially liked this entry about museum design vis-a-vis the art inside.
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Kris Bowmaster: Variations in Doing Time
211 West Main Street
This gallery, like many spaces on the downtown mall, is long and narrow, and it was difficult to maneuver through the space. However, Bowmaster’s work was worth the quick look around. In his bio, Bowmaster wrote, “My compassion is carefully divided between children, the lonely, and flat tires, leaving very little left for house pets.” Okaaay. Bowmaster was on hand as the curator, and I have to admit I was a bit disappointed to find out he was not the inmate. The hosts were very accommodating, but is it so much to ask to have a proven criminal around, preferably a creative embezzler or a high-speed car chase survivor?
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Paul had initially invited me to Crush back in 2007 at the CAAR tradeshow and I initially promised to show up the day they opened, so it was with some embarrassment that I showed up three weeks late, and only on the additional encouragement of the Cvillain homework assignment. But I have to say that I am delighted that I did. »Read More
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