Soppho

Their mugs sit at a perfect diagonal on opposite sides of the tiny coffee shop table. He stares deep into the screen of his laptop as he scrolls up and down the page of a news site. She gazes at a gallery of celebrity photos at the same news site, tapping “Next” almost as soon [...]

Apartment hunting in Charlottesville is tough. I know, I know. Cue Carrie Bradshaw tapping out on her funny looking Mac something ridiculously cliched like, In New York, the only thing more difficult to find than a good man with reservations to the hottest new spot in town on a Friday night is a good, rent-controlled [...]

This weekend is the harvest festival at Y Chromosome’s family farm. For me, this primarily means that I will be spending my day tomorrow moving tables, putting up signs, cutting up fruit, and drinking three times my weight in hot apple cider. All in all, a good way to spend your Saturday.
W.: My goal for [...]

On The Corner, a middle-aged couple is browsing the racks outside of a clothing store that specialized in University apparel.
The man pauses, pulls out a shirt with a large graphic on the front and asks “How about this one?”
The woman rolls her eyes, “No, no, no-o-o. He said he didn’t want anything garish!”
Sorry, ma’am, but [...]

I have a Halloween-appropriate confession: I’ve always wanted to be Glinda from the Wizard of Oz. And come on, who wouldn’t? She’s like the Pope of Oz. She has an awesome hat and a snazzy, shiny outfit that could easily smuggle the entire Health & Beauty section out of the grocery store. She gets [...]