OXO: This restaurant offers a seasonal, daily-changing menu of modern French cuisine. Despite the upscale sound, the fare is actually unfussy and unpretentious -- simultaneously earthy, subtle and intensely flavorful.
After queuing overnight to be the first in line for tickets and braving the crowds of the London Underground, we finally found ourselves amidst more than 130,000 people for the biggest musical event of our lifetime: Live8 2005 in Hyde Park. The lineup would have impressed even your grandmother: Coldplay, U2, The Who, Sting, Pink Floyd, The Killers, Paul McCartney, Elton John and Mariah Carey, just to name a few.
What would your last meal on earth be? Okay, graduation isn't nearly so dire a situation, but after four years of wining and dining in Charlottesville, we feel like an era is coming to an end.
Graduation is right around the bend, and with it comes tears and goodbyes but also celebrations, parties and most importantly ... food.
We've all been there: The kitchen cupboard is bare and you've got a craving for dining out, but you're strapped for cash.
With Foxfields, beautiful weather and the beginning of summer vacation in sight, students, and especially us fourth years, are becoming less and less focused on schoolwork and more and more intent on getting out and having a good time.
When dreaming of Virginia cuisine, images of fried chicken, grits, pies and cobblers pop into most of our heads.
Spring was in the air this past Saturday, with snow and clouds finally giving way to sunshine and warm breezes, and we wanted to get out there and enjoy the weather.
In a town where there are so many chain restaurants, from McDonald's to Chili's to Outback, we have always tried to find the hidden treasures of Charlottesville.
We have a confession to make. We are restaurant groupies. We make it our business to be the first to know when a new place opens, we check the health violations Web site for sheer pleasure and we revere chefs like celebrities. So when we heard that one of our favorite local chefs, Sean Lawford, was opening his own restaurant, we immediately started to salivate.
