Posted by Thor on September 2nd, 2008
On slow news days I go out and read pretty much every single blog on the internet, making note of local goodies and trying to discover Charlottesville blogs new to the scene. Besides our obvious sister sites, cvilleMUSE and cvilleStyle, there are some other sites you need to check out.
Double Single Double: A whimsical journey of ADD, ritalin and Xanax (and two married people?)
It’s a lovely little gem that takes you all over the place, whether you like it or not. From the random local articles to the funny videos, it’s a good read. Also, check out my favorite recent post about Swannanoa, an once indulgent mansion just over the mountain that houses a New Age religion. I’m serious, read it.
CVA Sports: Local high school sports, represent.
Not just a blog, more a local high school sports fan information mecca, this site lives, breaths and eats local high school sports. Not exactly my cup of tea, but I thought a lot of you should know about this if you are involved in the local sports thing.
P.S. Don’t forget you can win free tickets to the What Made Milwaukee Famous & Wild Sweet Orange show from cvilleMUSE!
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Posted by Thor on August 11th, 2008
Tomorrow C-VILLE will publish its 2008 Best Of Awards for Charlottesville, so I’ve decided to publish our food winners list as well as analyze some of the winners from Daily Progress’s Reader’s Choice (which was published about 3 weeks ago) in one fell swoop. Last year we did our own superlatives which we think are much more accurate (although biased and not democratically chosen). As seems to be the case with any reader driven contest, the larger the place, the larger the voting power of their customer base/employees. Oh well.. that’s why you have snarkers like us. Feel free to critique!
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Posted by Thor on August 6th, 2008
This is the third “Week O’ Charlottesville Lunches” article. I will feature my favorite lunch places around the downtown mall. Monday, we covered Eppie’s, Tuesday, Rev Soup, Today, Feast!
Since we covered a local food paradise yesterday, I thought it would make sense to talk about another supporter of the local food movement. Feast, while not directly on the downtown mall, sits about 5 minutes away from the Federal Courthouse. Don’t complain about walking there.
Feast excites me each time I visit. Feast prides itself on offering high-end everything. It’s part retail, part restaurant and you can find everything from artisan meats and cheeses to local produce to bulk olive oil. I digress. This is a lunch review…
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