The Hook's Summer Guy'd: A gentleman's treasure trove of summer fun

The Hook's Summer Guy'd: A gentleman's treasure trove of summer fun

Okay, ladies, we admit it: it might seem counter-intuitive to ask a guy to make all the summer plans if you are at all hoping for a good time. At the risk of stereotyping the gentlemen in Charlottesville, men are from Mars, women are from Venus, right? And buying into that famous cliché means boys just don't seem to have the multi-tasking ability to plan a well-rounded, fully-executable day of fun in the sun. Don't men just like to play World of Warcraft, drink beer, or– horrors!– play golf?

4Better Or Worse

• 4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review

Essays

• ESSAY- Granny Rx: A little-known way to help the elderly

Question of the Week

• QUESTION OF THE WEEK- What's your favorite thing to do in summer?

Real Estate

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Real Estate - On the Block

• REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Paradox: Appealing new house in old neighborhood

Movie Reviews

• MOVIE REVIEW- Pre-hero: This <i>Robin Hood</i>'s a poor version of the rich classic

On Architecture

• Cradles will fall: W&L deck collapse highlights dangers

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4Better Or Worse

• 4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review

News

• More Morton woes

• 11,000+ turkeys die in fire

• Supes give farm wineries more free range

• Choo-ching! New Amtrak service smashes ridership goals

• Abstract outlooks: Kawecki shape shifts at Mudhouse

• Major prices: For Minor art, as Nurse sells for $6.5 million

• RR fence comes down

• Snap o' the day: Fenced out

• Christie's toppled: Jury hands Minor $8 million victory

• City Market takes plastic for tokens

• Getting Results: Local CEO tosses the time clock

• Massive foreclosure: Western subdivisions rocked by default

• Fighting back? UVA mulls options for Cuccinelli climate demand

• Connect the 'Dots' at the City Market

• 100mph chase in Fluvanna collars suspects w/o death

• Casteen's final: Good, evil, Love, and 134 buildings

• Push back: Mitchell hearing delayed indefinitely

• Snap: Death penalty protest on High Street

• Suspect in trailer park slaying arrested

• Yeardley and 'Fuguely': Post covers their final days

• Snap o' the day: Final exercise

• Virginiad author publishes threesome

• Back of the house: Monticello's kitchen works

• Snap o' the day: Happy birthday, Jim Lehrer

• Interview: Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes

On Architecture

• Cradles will fall: W&L deck collapse highlights dangers

Cartoons

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Cover Stories

• COVER- <i>The Hook's</i> Summer Guy'd: A gentleman's treasure trove of summer fun

Essays

• ESSAY- Granny Rx: A little-known way to help the elderly

Movie Reviews

• MOVIE REVIEW- Pre-hero: This <i>Robin Hood</i>'s a poor version of the rich classic

Question of the Week

• QUESTION OF THE WEEK- What's your favorite thing to do in summer?

Real Estate

• REAL ESTATE- Property Auctions

Real Estate - On the Block

• REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Paradox: Appealing new house in old neighborhood