Trick or Treating on the Lawn

Trick or Treating on the Lawn

It’s an annual tradition every fall in Charlottesville that started in the late 1980s. A day when the masses of costumed children get to interact face-to-face with costumed University of Virginia students and faculty on the famed UVA Lawn. The candy…...
Coffee and Chocolate with Shark Mountain

Coffee and Chocolate with Shark Mountain

Many of my MBA for Executives classmates do not live in Charlottesville. It’s unfortunate because they miss out on a lot of local opportunities through Darden clubs. I joined the Darden Military Association (DMA), Darden Technology Club, and the Darden Wine...

Cucumber Kimchi

The garden is kicking out the vegetables now and since we are not skilled at preserving any of it for later use, I had to come up with a way to use five aging cucumbers! I decided to work on perfecting one of my favorite Korean side dishes (or banchan 반찬), cucumber...