by Jeff Maisey | Dec 16, 2017 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey At the end of last year, I sat down with Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander to discuss a wide array of topics. Mayor Alexander had succeeded longtime mayor Paul Fraim. For Alexander, his new role was quickly made more challenging than anyone realized as the...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 13, 2017 | Beer News, Drink, News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Williamsburg-based Alewerks won Veer Magazine’s 2017 Golden Tap Award, unseating 3-time champ O’Connor Brewing Company. The competition this year was extremely close among the top four points-earning local breweries. While Alewerks took top honor with a...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 22, 2017 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey A decade ago Sandler Center for the Performing Arts debuted with a memorable concert by world renown cellist Itzhak Perlman. The gorgeous interior design, comfortable seating, sightlines, and sound quality of the new venue in Virginia Beach Town Center...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 22, 2017 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey At a time when national retailers are closing their brick-and-mortar operations due to increased competition online, several local businesses have found ways to succeed in the digital age. Norfolk-based NYFO Boutique is an upscale contemporary women’s...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 20, 2017 | News, Robotham
By Tom Robotham When I was working for Hearst Magazines in the early ‘90s I got to know Helen Gurley Brown, the iconic editor of Cosmopolitan. She was a formidable woman, but a bit of an enigma. On the one hand she spent her career advancing ideas that could be...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 18, 2017 | News, News & Views
Holiday Lights, Ice Skating & Parades Million Bulb Walk November 10-30 Norfolk Botanical Garden www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org Merry Lights Merry Mile November 23 through December 31 2nd Street at the Oceanfront Cruise in your car through holidays...
