Category: Active & Healthy Lifestyle

  • Be SMART! … A healthy lifestyle can improve your brain function

    Are you interested in lifelong learning?  One of the best things that you can do to improve the function of your brain is to choose a healthy lifestyle! I invite everyone to visit Be SMART!, the lifelong-wellness blog that I  maintain in support of my online course for OLLI at UVa.  The Be SMART! blog…

  • McIntire Park East Draft Master Plan

    … another piece of our Charlottesville PLACE puzzle City Parks and Recreation Department staff will present the Draft Master Plan for the east side of McIntire Park to City Council on Monday, July 16, at 7:00 pm at City Hall.  There will also be a public hearing on the Plan at the Council meeting. 02…

  • Remember your sunblock, sunglasses, and hat when visiting the City Market!

    Visiting the City Market is part of a healthy lifestyle, but remember to stay safe in the summer sun. Remember your sunblock, sunglasses, and hat when visiting the City Market! In time the City may see fit to provide a permanent location with a cover for the Charlottesville City Market, but until then stay safe…

  • Vinegar Hill Cafe will center our Charlottesville PLACE – Thanks, JABA!

    Within the Jefferson School-adjacent to our senior community center-JABA is building the Vinegar Hill Café, a public gathering place for all ages, races and social backgrounds. The café will seat approximately 85 customers with indoor and outdoor seating. We will serve our senior clients as well as many others, such as tenants of the Jefferson…

  • We feel loved and appreciated – Jackson-Via Volunteer Reception was so moving!

    The Jackson-Via Volunteer Reception 2012 We truly value our PLACE in the Jackson-Via School community! Volunteers at Jackson-Via Elementary School were honored on Wednesday, May 23, with a beautiful reception.  After introductory remarks by Principal Tracie Daniels, Pat Cuomo, Assistant Principal, presented a video of Jackson-Via students saying, “Thank you, volunteers!” in the always touching…

  • Baggby’s – still my favorite “cool” view of the Charlottesville Downtown Mall (2012)

    Baggby’s is still my favorite “place” to cool off before heading for home after a day at the City Market and on the Downtown Mall!  Check out my post in summer 2009 … My favorite place for enjoying the Charlottesville Downtown Mall is the corner seat in the angled window in Baggby’s Gourmet Sandwiches.  From…