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Make mine Virginia wine: 9 bottles that highlight our local bounty

Weddings | Robert Harllee | COMMENTS

As you’ve no doubt figured out by now, there are heaps of choices when it comes to planning a wedding (including a rehearsal dinner!), but choosing a venue is the most important one. It can dictate so many other things. If you have your sights set on a Virginia winery, be aware that most require […]

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Some out-of-town vendors are easier to work with than others, says planner Adam Donovan-Groves. Rental company Paisley & Jade, based in Richmond, is a popular choice in our area for its selection of beautiful furniture. Photo: Katie Stoops

Pulling in talent: What to know if you’re using non-local vendors

Weddings | Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

Thinking of hiring vendors from beyond Charlottesville to help put together your big day? Maybe you want to source some Victorian furniture from Richmond-based Paisley & Jade, for example. Or maybe, like one of Adam Donovan-Groves’ former clients, you just happen to know a great photographer from Ireland. This artist, remembers Donovan-Groves, “had worked at […]

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Embroiderer Jeannine Lalonde Smith didn’t know when she started her new hobby that she was carrying on a 100-year-old tradition her grandmother started. “I have some of her pieces today. Her work was impeccable and as perfect as the work I do with my machines,” she says. Photo: Jen Fariello

Heirloom variety: Beloved Thread’s custom pieces are meant to be cherished

Weddings | Caite Hamilton | COMMENTS

Talk about happy accidents: Seven years ago, Jeannine Lalonde Smith got the notion to learn how to make curtains. She didn’t expect it would go beyond that. “I never thought of myself as especially crafty,” she says, “but this untapped creative side of me came roaring out when I looked at a combination sewing and […]

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Photos: Sam Stroud, Old Metropolitan Hall, Meredith Sledge

Treat me right: A few sweet ideas to end the night

By Caite Hamilton | COMMENTS

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but if all you’re doing is copying the last couple, how do you, well, do you? Here are some unique dessert-related details we’re digging this season. Steal at your own risk. Front and center If you’re like us and cake ranks as one of your top three […]

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Trip of a lifetime: Best spots for honeymooners

Trip of a lifetime: Best spots for honeymooners

By Caite Hamilton | COMMENTS

Peace Frogs Travel owner Julie Arbelaez says that, when it comes to honeymoon spots, California’s Napa and Sonoma valleys are popular right now. But where else might you travel once you’ve said your I Dos? Here are some other spots Arbelaez says the newly betrothed are flocking to lately. St. Lucia “It has some wonderful, […]

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Photo: Jack Looney

Behind the magic: Three unique backdrops for your “I dos”

By Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

It’s not hard to see why a ceremony backdrop is a key visual element for your wedding. If you’re on the hunt for a truly unique photo op at the moment of that crucial kiss, perhaps a custom-made backdrop is in order. Local artists and makers will create one just for your day—whether it’s a […]

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Photographer Eric Kelley’s side hustle, 
Referral.Network, helps connect couples 
to photographers. Photo courtesy Eric Kelley.

Photo opportunity: Eric Kelley is cultivating community through weddings

By Lisa Martin | COMMENTS

Eric Kelley graduated from UVA in 2006, founded his own photography business in 2008, and in 2018 was named one of the 40 best wedding photographers in the world by Harper’s Bazaar magazine. Kelley attributes his meteoric rise in part to the generous help of established photographers when he was just starting out. “The biggest […]

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Danielle Peacock and Josh Laester were married May 11, 2019, at the Clifton - but not before they created a custom beer with Three Notch'd Brewing Company's Dave Warwick. Photo by Matt Schmachtenberg Photographer.

Brew-nique engagement: A custom beer takes personalization to the next Notch

By Caite Hamilton | COMMENTS

The rolling hills of Albemarle, the verdant pavilions of UVA, the lush vines of neighboring wineries—there’s no end to the picturesque backdrops for your engagement photos. But we love a couple who thinks outside the box. Take it from Danielle Peacock and Josh Laseter, who shot their engagement session at Three Notch’d Brewing Company—while creating […]

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It's agreed: When it comes to hiring a videographer for your special day, one of the most important considerations is whether you, well, like them. Photo by Mat Slagle

Video Q&A: Essential questions for your videographer

By Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

You know your maid of honor will slay them during her toast. If you hope to be laughing at her jokes decades from now, you’re going to want a wedding video. So what important questions should you ask potential videographers when you’re deciding who to hire? We talked with Ian Atkins of Ian’s Creations and […]

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Knife & Fork
At the shop down on Cherry Street, you’ll find more popsicle flavors than you can shake a stick at. Photo: Morgan Salyer

Pop star: La Flor Michoacana knows icy goodness

By Joe Bargmann | COMMENTS

Some of us, when we were younger, marveled at Baskin-Robbins’ “original 31 flavors.” It seemed impossible (31 flavors!) but also confirmed that summer—ice-cream season—was the best season of all. In Charlottesville, that reassurance comes from the popsicles at La Flor Michoacana. Like Baskin-Robbins, Michoacana boggles the mind with its variety—47 flavors, by informal count. The […]

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Knife & Fork
Ira Wallace of the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange gives the classic Cobb salad a Southern twist with black-eyed peas and toasted pecans. Photo: Staff

5 super summer salads: Easy-peasy recipes from local chefs

By Whitney Ayres Kenerly | COMMENTS

Summer is the time to eat your colors. Yellow corn is at its sweetest, red tomatoes their juiciest, and the greens are just as green as could be. We’ve rounded up salad recipes from five local chefs that showcase the season’s leading stars along with some unexpected guest appearances: a piquant pinch of mint or […]

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Hunter Smith, founder of Champion Brewing Company, is growing and diversifying his role in the local food and drinks industry. Photo: Eze Amos

The ubiquitous Mr. Smith: You can’t swing a growler in this city without hitting Hunter Smith

By Joe Bargmann | COMMENTS

On a rainy night in early April, I joined a handful of other food-and-drink journalists in the glass-walled pavilion at Afton Mountain Vineyards to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tony and Elizabeth Smith’s ownership of the winery. About a minute into my conversation with Elizabeth during pre-dinner winetasting, I had a smacks-forehead-with-palm moment when she […]

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Bright and breezy, the dining room at Belle is perfect for enjoying a light meal and a beverage (caffeine or alcohol, your call). Photo: Stephen Barling

Cup of mud, meet glass of grape: Local cafes offer coffee and wine side-by-side.

By Nathan Alderman | COMMENTS

In a town obsessed with coffee and wine, it was only a matter of time before the two beloved beverages started shacking up. Cafes in Europe have long kept both on the menu, and now a host of local java joints and new establishments are following suit. “I think most people love cafes, even if […]

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The name of the cocktail is Most Beautiful Words. Scroll down for the recipe—and prepare for delicious. Photo: Tom McGovern

In the mix: Cocktail alchemist Rebecca Edwards whips up a sublime summer drink just for you.

By Joe Bargmann | COMMENTS

Being a great bartender is the sort of thing your parents can lose track of. They know you work in a nice restaurant—one like Tavola, for instance. They glean from your calls home that the hours are long and the work is hard. But greatness? At making a gin and tonic? That’s tough for Mom […]

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Knife & Fork
Upgrading the The Mill Room was part of the Boar’s Head Resort’s 15-month, $15.5 million overall renovation. Photo: Jack Looney

New grist: Boar’s Head Resort ups its food game with refreshed Old Mill Room

By Shea Gibbs | COMMENTS

One name has long been absent from discussions of Charlottesville’s great restaurants: The Old Mill Room at the Boar’s Head Resort. Once a local standard bearer for high-end cuisine, the hotel dining room was overtaken during the past decade by a growing collection of top-tier local eateries with a fresher, trendier feel. The Boar’s Head […]

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Born into a winemaking family in France, Damien Blanchon received his formal training in the craft there before moving to Virginia in 2006. Photo: Amy and Jackson Smith

The natural: Winemaker Damien Blanchon cultivates sustainability at Afton Mountain Vineyards

By Nancy Bauer | COMMENTS

One morning last April, Afton Mountain Vineyards winemaker Damien Blanchon stood under a canopy in the rain, his yellow rain slicker a bright spot on the gray day. Smoke streamed out from the firepit he tended. The night’s meal, a freshly butchered pig, dripped fat onto the coals. Blanchon’s on friendly terms with Polyface Farm’s […]

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C-BIZ
PHOTO CREDIT: C’ville Images / cvilleimages.com

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By C-VILLE Writers | COMMENTS

THEN: A&N, closed in 2006 / NOW: Commonwealth Restaurant & Skybar, opened in 2011 If you grew up in Charlottesville, you probably remember stopping by A&N in the summer to shop for back-to-school gear. For several decades, A&N, a popular, Richmond-based sportswear chain founded in 1868, operated on the Downtown Mall (among other locations in […]

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C-BIZ
Kelli Palmer heads global diversity & equity for the CFA Institute, which has published a diversity and inclusion guide for the investment management industry. Photo: Amy and Jackson Smith

Making space: Using diversity and inclusion programs to build a better workplace

By Jennifer Pullinger | COMMENTS

As the U.S. population grows less homogeneous, organizations are increasingly seizing on opportunities to incorporate diversity and inclusion programs and policies—or in abbreviated corporate parlance, “D&I”—into their workplace cultures. Diversity covers the spectrum of human differences, including age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexuality, language, national origin, and socio-economic status. Inclusion refers to a culture […]

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Nathan West co-founded Mad Hatter hot sauce “right on the cusp of the 
local food movement.” Photo: Amy and Jackson Smith

Small batch sustainability: Local makers think macro while staying micro

By Lisa Martin | COMMENTS

Producers of handmade or uniquely sourced goods often start with an idea, a shoestring budget, and word-of-mouth buzz to launch their dream. Whether scaling up or staying small, here are three who have made it work. Stephanie Williams started La Vache Microcreamery, her gourmet caramel enterprise, after the ‘08 downturn temporarily dried up her architecture […]

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Slow Money CVA co-founder Michael Reilly says the organization gives supporters a way to invest in the local food movement. Photo: Eze Amos

Locally grown: Fertilizing small-scale farming

By Carol Diggs | COMMENTS

Most small farmers could use a little green. That’s the idea behind Slow Money Central Virginia, a micro-finance nonprofit that helps local small farmers grow. The venture is affiliated with the Slow Money Institute based in Boulder, Colorado. Named in tribute to the slow food movement, the Institute provides what it calls “nurture capital” to […]

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C-BIZ
Natasha Kalergis, founder of Bantam Social Media, says her team is always looking for ways to innovate and help businesses grow through social media and digital marketing strategies.

Attracting eyeballs: Natasha Kalergis helps clients unlock the potential of social media

By Jennifer Pullinger | COMMENTS

If your business isn’t on social media, some say, it doesn’t exist. It’s only been a scant 13 years since social media hit the mainstream. Yet as “new” as social media still is, it has become so pervasive in our lives that most businesses today need it to compete and thrive. For companies that are […]

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C-BIZ
HackCville director Chip Ransler (center) helps students develop the skills to spark innovation and future startups. Photo: Eze Amos

Start me up: HackCville nurtures tomorrow’s entrepreneurs

By Carol Diggs | COMMENTS

Are entrepreneurs born or made? Doesn’t matter to Chip Ransler, executive director of HackCville—he’ll take someone who has an idea, or wants to make a difference, and fan that spark to flame. Although HackCville may sound like a cyber threat, Ransler says “to us, ‘hacking’ is a positive—finding quick, efficient, low-cost ways to solve problems.” […]

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C-BIZ
James Barton of Studio IX and Vault Virginia says coworking spaces help fulfill the needs of the modern worker. Photo: Stephen Barling

The future of work: Shared spaces abound in C’ville

By Jennifer Pullinger | COMMENTS

Throughout modern history, certain movements have changed how we work—the Industrial Revolution, the birth of the personal computer, and more recently, the arrival of social media. These transformations have also changed where we work (and even when we want to work). Are you an anti-9-to-5-er who likes working for yourself? An entrepreneur who isn’t ready […]

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