Letters
At least frogs benefit
Published on Sep 12th, 2002
0 comments  I was disappointed to read of the animosity between Marlene Condon and county fair officials over the issue of captured wild animals being used for events at the fair. Both Ms. Condon and the...
Gotcha covered
Published on Sep 5th, 2002
0 comments  Mark Grabowski's review of the George Turner Trio's August 20 performance at Michael's Bistro [On the Prowl, "Better on CD," August 29, 2002] underscored several misgivings I have with music...
Magical history tour
Published on Sep 5th, 2002
0 comments I enjoyed your cover story, "Sin City: Charlottesville's Naughty Side" [August 8, 2002] (http://www.readthehook.com/92367/cover-toy-story-new-shop-has-town-buzzing), because it reminded me of local...
Slumming's offensive
Published on Sep 5th, 2002
0 comments I have never been a fan of John Whitehead, but the coverage in The Hook [Hot Seat, August 22, 2002] (http://www.readthehook.com/92395/hot-seat-john-whitehead-civil-libertari...) has sealed it in...
Open those minds
Published on Sep 5th, 2002
0 comments Lisa Provence authored a great article [News, "Detour, Bikers to skip Scottsville," August 22, 2002] (http://www.readthehook.com/92406/news-update-detoured-bikers-skip-scotts...) that has indeed been...
It's a keeper
Published on Aug 29th, 2002
0 comments  Many thanks for your Annual Manual [August 15, 2002]. This issue is not headed for the recycling bin. It definitely is a keeper. Thanks again. Elaine MuntnerLake Monticello weareopal@cs.com...
They're everywhere
Published on Aug 29th, 2002
0 comments  I am one of those "old gals" who comes out of "nowhere every Summer" to play in the city's "oom-pah" band [Annual Manual, August 9, 2002]. Man, was I surprised to find I "appear" at a certain...
Make the connections
Published on Aug 29th, 2002
0 comments    Just a thought... I like your forays into the "disclosure" zone by listing property sales and purchases ["$old" August 8, 2002]. (This is the land where "real estate" began, after all.)...
Scottsville needs the hogs
Published on Aug 29th, 2002
0 comments [Re: "Detoured: Bikers to skip Scottsville after narrow vote," August 22] (http://www.readthehook.com/92406/news-update-detoured-bikers-skip-scotts...): All the uproar about 300 motorcycles coming to...
Please segregate the stories
Published on Aug 29th, 2002
0 comments  Thank you for the inclusion of the [August 22] article by Lisa Provence on Swami Satchidananda, "Yoga master dies teaching peace in India." The article was informative and well done considering...
No dearth of defenders
Published on Aug 22nd, 2002
0 comments To his many musical friends and fans, trumpeter John Dearth's music needs no defense. However, for those who may not know him (few though they may be, in these parts), I feel compelled to respond to...
Ask another one
Published on Aug 22nd, 2002
0 comments To clarify my response in last week's question of the week: The question I was asked was "What do you think of nudie bars coming to Charlottesville?" [August 8, 2002] (http://www.readthehook.com/...
Getting away with murder
Published on Aug 22nd, 2002
0 comments "Let's hope the power grubbers across the street are paying attention," writes Michael Lynch [Essay: "Protected 'porn'" August 8, 2002] (http://www.readthehook.com/92368/essay-protected-quotpornquot-...
A few Observations
Published on Aug 22nd, 2002
0 comments Many thanks to The Hook for telling the real story behind what's going on over at The Observer ["Observer staffers cry foul," July 25] (http://www.readthehook.com/92323/news-valley-volley-observer-...
Timely thanks
Published on Aug 8th, 2002
0 comments It's a pleasure to find a local publication which gives information regarding movies, where they 're playing, and the times the films are shown. As a person who works in the hospitality industry and...
It's not schwag
Published on Aug 8th, 2002
0 comments   [Regarding the website pitch to buy "Hook schwag"]: Guys, the proper term for gear à la rock & roll is "swag," not schwag. It's an old seafarer's term (with Australian roots?) for "your...
Sins of omission
Published on Aug 8th, 2002
0 comments   I read with much pleasure Mark Grabowski's round-up of local music ["Sonic Boom," cover story, July 25, 2002] (http://www.readthehook.com/92318/cover-story-sonic-boom-local-sound-scen...) in...
More Trail troubles
Published on Jul 25th, 2002
0 comments LETTER- More Trail troubles Published July 25, 2002, in issue #25 of the Hook Regarding your article "Trail Nix" [July 4, 2002] (http://www.readthehook.com/92238/cover-story-trail-nix-rivanna-...
The meany next door
Published on Jul 25th, 2002
0 comments [In reference to the July 18 Cover Story, "Tale of Two Houses"] (http://www.readthehook.com/92295/cover-story-poison-ivy-if-you-build-it-...) I found the comment by a "longtime Ivy homeowner"...
Letters on the Rivanna Trail controversy
Published on Jul 18th, 2002
0 comments Gimme! I enthusiastically nominate Shirley Presley for this year's coveted "Mine! Mine! Mine! Award for Vigilant Possessiveness." [July 4 cover story: "Trail Nix](http://www.readthehook.com/92238/...
It's called stealing
Published on Jul 11th, 2002
0 comments There's a word for using someone else's property without asking permission. It's called stealing. If you were to use your neighbor's lawnmower, or drive away in his car, without his permission, you...
Setting it straight
Published on Jul 11th, 2002
0 comments   I read your story on Anomoanon [Interview, "Sibling supergroup," June 27] (http://www.readthehook.com/99240/sibling-supergroup-conversation-anomoan...). For the record, Ned begged Pavement's...
Did you buy limning options?
Published on Jul 11th, 2002
0 comments I'm 14 pages into The Hook's current issue [June 27, 2002] (http://www.readthehook.com/issues/0121) and have read, at least four times in three different pieces, the word "limn." Yes, it's a nice...
Hook wises him up
Published on Jul 4th, 2002
0 comments I just wanted to write and say how much I enjoy The Hook. I was introduced to your publication in early March of 2002, when I came to Charlottesville from Wise (that small little town at the western...
What's with the limning?
Published on Jul 4th, 2002
0 comments    Thank you for providing me with so succinct an example of what it is that increasingly discourages me from enjoying The Hook. I thought perhaps Matt Farrell's first-issue essay that...
In the swim
Published on Jul 4th, 2002
0 comments   It was nice to read your article this week on spots to cool off in our area (http://www.readthehook.com/99246/swimming-season). But I was disappointed that you did not include the swimming...
Bottom line
Published on Jun 27th, 2002
0 comments I was very pleased to see an article about cloth diapers (http://www.readthehook.com/99145/diaper-dilemma) in a recent issue of The Hook, and I'm happy that Charlottesville now has a diaper service....
Disappearing dirties
Published on Jun 20th, 2002
0 comments Thanks for the article on the diaper dilemma parents face [in the June 6 edition] (http://www.readthehook.com/99145/diaper-dilemma).We knew that we weren't interested in going with disposables but...
Unlimited suspicion
Published on Jun 13th, 2002
0 comments Ron Chandler argues that the arrival of such competition as Whole Foods "definitely made a difference" in the fortunes of his health food store ["Peculiar' health food store is no more," June 6, 2002...
Unlimited thrift marked the spot
Published on Jun 13th, 2002
0 comments Enjoyed the news item on the demise of Unlimited Vitality. [June 6: "Peculiar' health food store is no more."]Guess there was a limit after all! The owners often made me wonder if they were not in...