December 12th, 2002 issue #0145

December 12th, 2002

Fancy Footwork: Meandering to Monticello

As you pull into the small parking lot near the bottom of the Thomas Jefferson Parkway (a.k.a. Route 53), the bright sun's glint on the windshield beckons you from your car's snug warmth to a wintry walk. Fine gravel crunches beneath your feet as you set off on the broad Saunders-Monticello Trail, an expanse of green to your right and a hill of tall pines on your left. After walking a few hundred yards, you notice a small sign by your right foot bearing a cigarette with a slash through it so discreet, so tasteful.

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TJ Parkway: More than just a walk in the woods

Discussing the Thomas Jefferson Parkway can get confusing. After all, which is the Parkway? Which is the park? Which is the trail? Here's the bottom line: the $7 million Parkway encompasses the entire recreational area, which consists of Kemper Park More than just a grassy expanse and a place to fling a frisbee, the 89-acre park includes

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The week in review

Worst flashback to the Nixon era: President George Bush appoints Nixonian Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to head a commission to investigate the events of September 11....

Red and green? Georgetown Farm promises healthful meat

Sharpen up that steak knife, and fire up the grill. Albemarle's newest meat shop wants you to "eat lean." Friday, December 13, at 10am marks the grand opening of the George...

Reparations considered: What's it take to set it right?

Most people never change their minds. Blame ego for this, probably. Reversing your opinion is an act of humility. It suggests that, previously, you were wrong. Wrong? Nobod...

Foreclosures

December 12, 2002, at4pm at the Albemarle County CourthouseProperty: 460 Rocky Hollow RoadDebtor: Eric M. Garcia and Cathy L. BarefootOriginally owing: $209,000Bidder bring...

SOLD!

ALBEMARLE 8/9 Fluvanna Land & Development LLC to James B. Spence III, Trustee, parcel in Foxcroft, $53,100. Michael W. and A. Lynne Hudson to Barry H. Blumentha...

Born late? Dunlora Victorian can take you back

ASKING: $444,000 SIZE: 3421 fin. sq. ft., 600 unfin. YEAR BUILT: 1997 ADDRESS: 1016 Blackburn Bluff NEIGHBORHOOD: Dunlora CURB APPEAL: 6 out of a possible 10 LISTED BY: Mik...
On the block update

Address: 1016 Long Street Seen in The Hook : 7/18 Asking: $245,000 Contract price: $225,000 Days on market: 167 Seller's Agent: Jim Dickerson of Remax Assured Properti...

J.Lo at your service: Tip Maid with some chuckles

Pretty Woman almost meets The American President in Maid in Manhattan; but these are the Bush years, so the latest cinematic Cinderella story is about a maid winning the af...

Have yourself a jazzy little...

UVA Jazz Ensembleat Old Cabell HallFriday, December 6 The drifts were still deep Friday evening, but a sizeable number braved bitter cold to get to Old Cabell Hall to see...
Prodigy: Trucks knew it all by 10

Derek Trucks Bandat Starr HillThursday, December 5 As my crew and I stood around waiting for Derek Trucks to take the stage, anticipation was rising for what was a guarant...

Blackface II: UVA still struggles with incident

It's the story that won't go away. The two UVA fraternities implicated in the now infamous Halloween party attended by three unidentified revelers dressed in blackface have...
Corner merchants want Cavalier pie

When UVA students getting ready for next semester haul an armload of used textbooks to the counter of the Student Book Store and slap down a piece of plastic, they will be ...
Gag denied: Trial looms in $11 million Grisham suit

It sounds like the plot of a Hardy Boys mystery: prominent people get threatening letters and go snooping through confidential records at a tony private school to get handw...
Joy fizzles: The strange, sad case of Jefferson Ward

The Hook's November 27 profile of Jefferson Ward, a young man battling a rare and deadly throat and tongue cancer, inspired several phone calls. Those calls came from relat...

On the other hand...

Q. The power of suggestion can be pretty amazing. Is it possible for someone simply to will warts away? M.H. Erickson A. In The Medusa and the Snail, noted biologi...

Look out, Leopold: New concertmaster keeps busy

There's something charming and archaic in certain job titles. Like fishmonger, milliner, or apothecary, the orchestral concertmaster may seem to non-musicians like a charac...

Naughty and nice: Santa shares his trade secrets

Forget Barbie, forget Tickle Me Elmo. Laptops are the new hot ticket, according to the man who knows firsthand what kids want. It's his busiest time of year, but the jolly ...

Reid's is a grocery store

Lynn Jameson, in her review of that great example of city sponsored gentrification, 208 Sixth Street NW ["On the Block," December 5] (http://readthehook.com/92828/real-...
Tunnel trailhead will ruin Afton

Our worst fears reared their ugly head when it was reported in the [cover story of the] (http://readthehook.com/92754/cover-story-aint-no-mountain-wide-enoug...) Novemb...

All about Nash: Talking bargaining and Bach

John Nash was the pawn of a momentous conspiracy, a calculated sabotage hinging on complex theories of negotiation. But this game did not star Cold Warriors in black hats a...
Back in the day

Candles lighting the winter darkness… a warm fire on the hearth… a mug of hot mulled cider and fresh-baked snickerdoodles… The holiday season pulls us back in time pe...
Don't be fooled: God the Band have tongues in cheek

You’ve got to have balls the size of watermelons to call your group God the Band– either that or be a little cracked. I’m betting the members of NYC’s own God t...
Mixed bag: Group show has one standout

The new space for Les Yeux du Monde, now at dot 2 dot, an easy trek from the Downtown Mall, not only admits a large quantity of sunlight, but also includes a fair bit of ex...
Scrooge's back: Troupe tackles Bah-humbug

Perhaps Charles Dickens did not know that he was penning the definitive seasonal story when he wrote A Christmas Carol more than a century ago, but adaptations of his tale ...
Tubing and tubbing

If you associate inner tubes with drifting leisurely down a river on a hot August afternoon, then Wintergreen’s got some news for you. Nicknamed “the scream machine,”...