by Jeff Maisey | Jan 9, 2022 | Food, Restaurant News
(Restaurant Week is a great way to explore creative culinary creations at Mermaid Winery on Shore Drive. Photo courtesy of Mermaid Winery.) By Jeff Maisey Restaurant Weeks serve as a promotion for dining establishments during what would otherwise be a slow period and...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 9, 2022 | News, Travel
(Monument Valley is otherworldly) By Jeff Maisey Count me as one of the many Americans flabbergasted by the restrictions put in place for international travel. Fully vaccinated and with one booster injected, I find the latest developments requiring being tested a day...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 5, 2022 | Music, Music News
Ongoing pandemic aside, last year saw music venues finally come back to life and local musicians once again played stages big and small throughout the 757 region. Below are this year’s nominees for the 2022 Veer Music Awards. We considered the following when...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 5, 2022 | Horton, News, News & Views
By John L. Horton The most dangerous person in the world is a person who is sincerely ignorant and conscientiously stupid. You have a moral obligation to be intelligent. — Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. If Dr. King were alive, he would have been 93 years old on...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 21, 2021 | News, News & Views
Hampton Roads Ventures, created by the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, is headquartered in this office building in Norfolk. (Jim Morrison/ For the Virginia Mercury) BY JIM MORRISON, Correspondent, Virginia Mercury NORFOLK — When they posed for a picture...
