March 11th, 2004 issue #0310

March 11th, 2004

Nickel and dimed: Barbara Ehrenreich and tap-dancing on the edge

Best-selling author Barbara Ehrenreich nurses a bottled drink at Whole Foods café and talks about her research. She is understated, a trim blondish grandmother, nothing like the firebrand one might expect of the woman who wrote the book that helped propel the plight of the working poor into the national consciousness.

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The week in review

Best Super Tuesday for John Kerry: The Massachusetts senator sews up the Democratic nomination for president. Worst week for Martha Stewart: The domestic diva is convicted ...

New HookLook

Since February 12, alert readers may have noted the Hook's sharp new look. In other changes, we've modified the classified ads by welcoming expanded real estate listings an...

Spilled milk: Creamery goes udder up

Skim, fat-free, lactose-free, soy, rice with all the "in" milk variations and alternatives available nowadays, I wouldn't be surprised if the disappearance of Shenville C...

Belief 101: Why Michael is innocent

This is why Michael Jackson thinks he is innocent, has his fans convinced he is innocent, and could possibly convince a jury he is innocent. In his mind, he is.

What's the lowest paying job you've ever had?

Michael Osario: "Fifty bucks a week, going back to 1950. I was a projectionist in a movie theater. That would be the equivalent of about $700 a week by today's standards."...

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Albemarle 12/1 Eugene A. and Sylvia Hoffman to Jeffrey R. and Sheila L. Hoffman, 23.450 acres on State Route 645, gift. Jean A. and Carl L. Alexander to Linda Lloyd...

UPDATE

APPEARED IN THE HOOK: October 30, 2003 issue #0243 ADDRESS: 661 Farmview Road, Greene County ASKING PRICE: $325,000 SELLING PRICE: $280,000 TIME TO CONTRACT: 18 months SELL...

Auctions

March 11, at 3pm, at the Charlottesville Courthouse Property: 723 Prospect Avenue Debtor: Debra M. Jackson Amount owing: $55,470 Bidder brings: 10 percent of the sales pri...

Back to the '70s: Along came polyester

After the torture shown in The Passion of the Christ, the next worst thing I can think of is having to relive the '70s without the drugs that got us through the first time....

Brass jungle: Trumpets, saxes, tuba = loud!

Oregon Hill Funk All-Stars and Dirty Dozen Brass BandStarr Hill Music HallWednesday, March 3 ...the front of the room turned into a jungle of brass and woodwinds. Four tro...

Branching out: Two bands, two worlds

Banty Roostersat Twisted Branch Tea BazaarThursday, March 4 Civil War Reenactors atTwisted Branch Tea BazaarFriday, March 5 Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar is one of the more i...

Conchita's plea: Link's ex-wife admits guilt

In the decade since she was divorced by the world's most celebrated railroad photographer, Conchita Link Hayes always insisted that she was not hoarding his steam railroad ...
Gaydar alert: Sharif plays it straight

The shows keep getting wackier, but that doesn't seem to deter a slew of locals who've signed up to immortalize their names in reality TV history. The latest to join the re...
History's dustbin: Flyers fly at Monticello High

You know how it is when you're senior in high school, you've never been in trouble, and just once before you graduate, you want to mix it up with a little bit of daring? Mo...
New nukes: Dominion plans cause reaction

Have you heard about the new nuclear power plants Dominion has planned for Louisa County? No? Well, you're not alone, and a new group is aiming to make sure the word gets o...
Racy spot: Readers blast UVA "slut"

Gretchen Zimmerman is pretty upfront about her love of sex. In fact, she began writing a first-person account of her history as a "slut" in the February 23 Cavalier Daily. ...
Ungagged: County ready to tattle

When attorneys for the Albemarle County School Board settled a $150,000 lawsuit over a middle school dress code, neither side would disclose how much the county had to pay....

For St. Pat: Make your own luck

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, acknowledge that you're not a leprechaun and that you have to create your own luck. Sure, luck can make or break a career, but those who mak...

Flirty: Famous smile was a come-on

DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. All the world has wondered what's behind Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile. So, what is? J. Roberts

Finding the groove: Kathy Bollinger sings for kids

Elbow-deep in peanut butter sandwiches and laundry, Cathy Bollinger sometimes looks up and thinks, What line of work am I in again? For the past 15 years, this local music ...

Lynchian: Engineering that vision thing

Throughout his first term on City Council, Kevin Lynch has frequently sided with Mayor Maurice Cox– including a recent on-its-way-down vote in favor of the controvers...

ELFs are terrorists

While it may seem like a nice premise, "preserving" the environment has many sides to it. For instance, sometimes building a dam creates irrigation that saves thousands of ...
Luke told ear story

Most movie reviews have a twofold purpose (aside from providing some people with a job): to alert a reader to avoid the movie if the reviewer praises it and to encourage a ...
Staunton didn't self-destruct

"Is Staunton the next Charlottesville?" [Cover story, February 19] I hope not. I grew up in Charlottesville. I have friends and relatives in Staunton and have visited many ...