Snap o' the Day
Snap: Ice race on Loch Leigh
Published on Jan 15th, 2011
5 comments 4:23pm, Saturday, January 15. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Two youths and their canine friend prepare to race on the ice at Loch Leigh, a shallow lake in the West Leigh neighborhood.
Snap: You just made my day!
Published on Jan 11th, 2011
4 comments PHOTO BY STEPHANIE MARIE GARCIA We don't know who he is or where he was going–- but we gotta admit, when we saw this gentleman wandering the Downtown Mall with this sign, we swooned. Thanks...
Bourbon brew at Blue Mountain
Published on Jan 7th, 2011
1 comments You lookin' for beer, Mister? The boys at Blue Mountain Brewery, from left to right, Chad Dean, Matt Nucci, and Taylor Smack got some. PHOTO BY MANDI SMACK The bad boys at Blue Mountain Brewery are...
Snap: Balloon landing in Best Buy lot
Published on Jan 6th, 2011
9 comments Around 10:30am, Thursday, January 6. PHOTO BY WICK HUNT Hook contributor Wick Hunt snapped this image of a hot-air balloon making a  pinpoint landing in the Best Buy parking lot as the balloon owner...
Snap: Sunny slopes at Wintergreen
Published on Dec 28th, 2010
5 comments Wintergreen at 1:43pm Tuesday. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Wintergreen may not have gotten the foot-plus of fresh powder enjoyed last night at some West Virginia ski areas, but the Nelson County resort...
Snap: Horse-drawn carriage
Published on Dec 26th, 2010
7 comments 4:36pm on December 26. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Sorry, this a non-local snap o' the day. Twas shot from the Hookmobile the day after Christmas on Thompson Corner Road in St. Mary's County, Maryland....
Snap: Casket delivery at Hill & Wood
Published on Dec 26th, 2010
15 comments A December 13 delivery of an unused casket. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER It's not all fun and games during the holidays. Sometimes, Batesville Casket Company (headquartered in Batesville, Indiana) has to...
Snap: How much snow will we get xmas day?
Published on Dec 25th, 2010
3 comments Belmont and its bridge at 8:51am on the 21st, five days after the season's first snowstorm. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Sunday, December 26, 9:25am update: The snow gods don't seem to love us as much as...
Snap: Rudolph's ready
Published on Dec 24th, 2010
0 comments Tuesday, December 21 at 2:02pm. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER The 9th reindeer made a stop on the Downtown Mall a few days before Christmas in the form of Jeffrey Norford. The man who delivers the Hook and...
Snap: It's snowing naked men, hallelujah
Published on Dec 16th, 2010
8 comments Three men and one pair of shoes. PHOTO BY NATALIE KROVETZ So this is what happens when it snows at UVA. Natalie Krovetz captured a scene of streaking today on the Lawn.
Snap: Afternoon light on barn
Published on Dec 12th, 2010
2 comments 3:31pm, December 11 in Greenwood. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER The Saturday afternoon sun illuminates a barn and sailboat in Greenwood yesterday. While yesterday was perfect for shooting skeet and other...
Snap: Apartment changeover at the Jefferson
Published on Dec 8th, 2010
1 comments Tools of living, as seen in the vestibule of the Jefferson on the afternoon of November 11. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER One of the many cool things about the Jefferson Theater is that there are several...
Snap: Cinderella at Play On!
Published on Dec 3rd, 2010
0 comments Spoiler alert: the characters played by Hott and co-star Mark Ambrose find happiness in the end. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER The Rogers & Hammerstein musical version of Cinderella, which was written...
Snap: Utility pole-raising
Published on Dec 2nd, 2010
1 comments Workers raise the pole at 9:29am Thursday. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Ever wonder how a utility pole gets raised? Well, it appears to involve a boom on a truck, as this December 2 install along Second...
Snap: Diana Krall at the Paramount
Published on Nov 29th, 2010
0 comments Krall talks to the Paramount audience. PHOTO BY ROB GARLAND The Paramount Theater may still be basking in the glow from having hosted the world's top-selling female jazz musician. On November 18, in...
Snap: How the City sucks its leaves
Published on Nov 26th, 2010
1 comments The traffic-snarling operation takes place on Market Street at 8:12am on Tuesday, November 23. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER The City sucks up leaves from its street trees by having one worker blow the...
Snap o' the day: Butchered tree in autumn
Published on Nov 23rd, 2010
15 comments Bury my heart at wounded tree: Railroad Avenue in Crozet, photographed November 21. PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE Despite an unfortunate proximity to power lines and a brutal haircut, this Crozet oak hangs...
Snap: Short-term wayfinding duplication
Published on Nov 22nd, 2010
2 comments This pair stand in front of the Tarleton Oak gas station, photographed November 9. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Old and new stand back-to-front during the final days of the old downtown signs with cut-out...
Snap: Grand Illumination
Published on Nov 20th, 2010
0 comments Twas an 18-foot fir. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER The city's holiday tree (as it's ecumenically called) was lit Friday night on the Downtown Mall in a ceremony that featured kids events and the...
Snap: Sunset over Ragged Mountains
Published on Nov 16th, 2010
0 comments The sun sets behind the Ragged Mountains at 5:56pm on Sunday, November 14. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER As seen from the 9th floor of the former Monticello Hotel.
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