Home shopping network: These companies come to you

Jul 21

What if you were really wealthy– catered to, coddled, spared many of life's little miseries simply because you could afford to have someone else do what you'd rather not. Alas, you're not wealthy at all. The good news is you don't have to be rich to get companies to come to you. While most doctors have given up house calls, many businesses are just getting started offering in-home services. Recently, at least seven Charlottesville businesses have sprung up– and they're heading in your direction.

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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Biggest rip: A renegade July 13 storm shreds the fabric of the Charlottesville Pavilion before it's installed. Most missing citizens: Charlottesville City Council votes J...

The Dish

Northern lure: Diners head to Gordonsville
The much-acclaimed French-Provencal restaurant, Pomme, has been luring diners from Charlottesville, Richmond, and beyond to the historic center of Gordonsville since Januar...

Essays

25 to Life: Do violent video games incite riots?
"It's the worst in a series of violent and gruesome games that lower the common denominator of decency," thundered Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) the other day. Schumer is a...

Question of the Week

What chore would you like someone else to do for you?
Tiffany Keaton: "Ironing. I'm happy to scrub toilets or cook, but I hate ironing." Shannon McAlpine: "Someone could take my job, and I'd still get the paycheck. That woul...

Real Estate

Commercial construction permits
ALBEMARLE 6/20-7/8 Eure Family LLC, changing out 12 existing antennas with six new antennas, $5,000. Foundations LLC, freestanding sign, 5 x 3, $500. Hollymead Town Center...

Real Estate - $old

$old
ALBEMARLE 5/6 Larry C. and Kathryn S. Donnelly to Mark A. and Elaine H. Baker, 0.933 acres in Foxchase subdivision, $290,000. A. G. Williams Construction Company to Hanno...

Real Estate - On the Block

Getaway: Escape the world in Nelson
ADDRESS: 73 Drumheller Lane, Shipman NEIGHBORHOOD: Rockfish Depot ASKING: $424,000 YEAR BUILT: 1800 SIZE: 1,854 fin. sq. ft. LAND: 27 acres CURB APPEAL: 7 of 10 LISTED BY:...

Real Estate - Update

SOLD!
APPEARED IN THE HOOK: January 13, 2005 in issue 0402 ADDRESS: 514 Park Plaza ASKING PRICE: $469,000 SELLING PRICE: $440,000 DAYS TO CONTRACT: 100 SELLER'S AGENT: M. Gabriel...

Real Estate Property auctions

Property auctions
July 27 at 5:15pm at the Nelson County Courthouse Property: 81 Helena Lane, Mountain View, Shipman Debtor: Barbara Ann and William Addison Jr. Amount owing: $ 62,400 Bidde...

DR. HooK

Ticked off: Bloodsuckers are bad news
There are many different types of ticks. "Tick-tock of the lonely clock." "The old ticker is still working though my spouse is going to give me a heart attack!" "Don't tick...

Movie Reviews

Going with <I>Flow: </I>Howard's ticket to stardom
Are the people who say Hustle & Flow will make Terrence Howard a star the same ones who "discovered" Halle Berry in Monster's Ball, Charlize Theron in Monster, and Jami...

Music Reviews

Mélange: Afro-pop's lovely loose vibe
It was almost a year ago when UVA asked me to cover their Afro-pop Festival for the Arts and Sciences Online magazine. I jumped at the privilege to have access to all the e...

News

Apple dart: Computer company disses SNL
When SNL Financial reached went live in January with the hosting of Apple Computers' investor relations website, it was a much-ballyhooed occasion for the Charlottesville-b...
Autism down: Some credit mercury removal
In what may be a bellwether for autism rates nationwide, the number of new cases of autism in California has fallen for the first time in more than 10 years, according to n...
Dismissed: Judge tosses Grisham suit
One of Charlottesville's longer-running legal dramas ground to a halt– temporarily– July 8 when a judge dismissed Katharine Almy's lawsuit against second-only-t...
Scott free: Bundoran could take LLC loophole
Amid huge fanfare last spring, gentleman farmer Fred Scott and New Hampshire developer Bob Baldwin announced the impending sale of Bundoran Farm, 2,200 acres of pristine Al...

On Architecture

Prone to please: Habitat picks green affordability
The past two years have been uncertain for 18 families in the Sunrise Trailer Court. The 2.3-acre site located in lower Belmont, aka "Hogwaller," was for sale in a neighbor...

The Brazen Careerist

Cruise, Tom: Depressed folks need help
I am not featured in my high school yearbook as the person most likely to be giving career advice. People were probably thinking, as they signed my yearbook, that I was the...

Strange But True

Itchy kissy: Bad breath can kill
href="mailto:STRANGETRUE@COMPUSERVE.COM">STRANGETRUE@COMPUSERVE.COM DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. Of all the many things you might be allergic to, what just cou...

Facetime

Rush Ours: The eclectic 'saint' of Barboursville
If one word could describe Mendy St. Ours, it would be "eclectic." An actress, mother, and bus driver for University Transit Service, St. Ours has decided to add to her lis...

Hotseat

Age defying: JABA's hippie CEO
Gordon Walker is usually photographed in a suit, appropriate attire for the CEO of the Jefferson Area Board for Aging, the chairman of the Albemarle School Board, and a gra...

Letters

Dan's a decent man
It's a little strange to read an article [July 14 cover story: "Gas by the glass: North Garden's contaminated water"] when you know the person. I was able to judge the accu...

Cultural preview

Cultural Calendar, July 21-28, 2005
THURSDAY, July 21 DANCE CARD Slippery: Belly dancing and pole dancing lessons at the Berkmar Ballroom. Rio Road. 975-4611. STAGE Off th...

Full Stories List for July 21st, 2005 issue #0429

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