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A Parent’s Guide to Meal-Prepping

Five p.m. found me dashing from my home-office to the car, fumbling with the ignition switch as I told Google...

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A Mid-Century Modern Home Reimagined in Virginia Beach

Make a couple of turns off Mill Dam Road in Virginia Beach and you might just think you’ve arrived in...

Storefront of the HPC Hamilton Perkins shop with glass windows, a planter of greenery, and chairs on a mall balcony.

Hamilton Perkins Collection: 5 Unisex Bags to Buy

Plastic water bottles, billboard vinyl and pineapple leaf fiber. Those are the three ingredients to the rapid success of local...

A man in a teal knit beanie and black glasses points while performing on a stage before a red curtain.

How Push Comedy Theater’s Brad McMurran Became a King of Comedy

Saturday night in Norfolk’s downtown NEON Arts District often finds stand-up comic and founder of Norfolk’s Push Comedy Theater Brad McMurran...

Three soft flour tacos topped with guacamole, sour cream, shredded cheese, and diced tomato in a metal holder.

Hangry’s Food Truck Sets Up Shop in Virginia Beach

Some food trucks in Coastal Virginia are shifting into permanent digs. One of the latest is Hangry’s, setting up shop...

A woman in dark coveralls and glasses swings a bat at a plywood wall, shattering debris into the air.

Destroying Things Relieves Stress at Destruction Room in Virginia Beach

Photos courtesy of Destruction Room "The number one thing people like to smash is printers," says Aaron Pope, the co-owner...

Bright plant shop interior with green workbenches, woven pendant lamps, hanging plants, and jars of supplies under string lights.

PlantBar at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront

Bailey Ryan is on the forefront of the creative plant industry. Her trendy Oceanfront workshop fosters education and imagination and...

A winding wooden boardwalk with railings cuts through tall golden marsh grasses under a pale evening sky.

5 Best Camping Spots in Coastal Virginia

As the unbearable summer heat fades into refreshing evenings complemented by crickets chirping and frogs croaking, one of our favorite...

Sunset glows over calm water beside a wooden dock and a shrimp boat at Chincoteague.

Chincoteague is Changing for the Better

On Friday, June 21 Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce Director Evelyn Shotwell was bustling around downtown’s Robert N. Reed Waterfront Park...

Young girl with red hair using computer at elementary school. Happy female child learning to use internet in a computer room.

Private Schools Use Innovative Technology to Enhance Education

Technology today is being designed to help people do things better and faster, and local private schools are certainly taking...

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