New Norfolk luxury hotel is set to impress
Two Dale Chihuly glass paintings hang a few feet away from where another kind of artist works. Serge Gouloumes’ “studio” is the open kitchen in the Glass Light Hotel & Gallery, one of Norfolk’s newest luxury lodgings.
Artist Walt Taylor’s world is an unfinished sketchbook
The world, to Walt Taylor is an unfinished sketchbook; of real life captured with the subjects unaware.
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PRIME: Aging in Place | No place like home
If senior citizens weren’t already asking themselves the question before COVID-19 struck, they may be now: Am I prepared to remain in my home for the long haul?
The show must go on at The Norva
It’s almost appropriate that Rick Mersel’s plans to mark The Norva’s 20th anniversary in April went awry. This time it was the coronavirus. Twenty years ago, it was fire officials.
Undercover Brewer
Rhett Rebold’s brewing career started the same way a lot of brewers’ probably did: He followed his love of punk rock into the world of DIY beer, joined the CIA to fight communism, and then was named the best homebrewer in America.
Portsmouth based Mercy Chefs serves food to people in need
For 14 years, Mercy Chefs has served food after disasters around the world. Now they’re doing it at home.
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Push Comedy Theater, The Oddest Couple
Sean Devereux and Brad McMurran have become the kings of Tidewater comedy. Now, if they can just keep from killing each other.
PRIME: Aging in Place | Reverse Mortgages
As much as we would love retirement to be a time of relative economic freedom, fewer costs in one place seem to be offset by escalating expenses elsewhere. You may not be paying as much on commuting or your wardrobe, but healthcare needs mount with age, and aging in place can require costly home modifications.
Art lessons for uncertain times
In late March, when the state went into lockdown mode, Steve Prince got to work.
On the table | Hartwood
The coronavirus pandemic has afforded us extra time to consider things we’d like to do and places we’d liked be – other than the couch. My recent trip to lovely Tulum, Mexico, with friends keeps replaying in my mind.
Being unsocial | Life at a distance
Yes, this space is typically reserved for pictures of beautiful people attending fancy parties. But the current crisis has changed our world, at least momentarily, so we asked our readers to share some photos of their lives in the time of coronavirus.
From the editor
We are a bit thinner this time around, but we’re still here, doing all we can for our readers and our advertisers. So, dive in and let us take your mind off coronavirus for a few hours.
Hitlist | Sidelong looks, Floral fantasies, and Meeting some makers
EAT | SHOP | PLAY By Victoria Bourne Sidelong looks Family heirlooms come in all shapes and sizes, but one company is paying homage to the classic and simple silhouette. Le Papier Studio in Richmond transforms photos of people – especially children – and pets into an image that can hang on your wall –…
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Raising the bar: kombucha cocktails
When it comes to fermented beverages, alcohol production is typically the goal. But kombucha is a different beast.
Eye for design | Choosing family-room furniture like a pro
Often people want to select their paint color before purchasing furniture. But really your first step ahead of any shopping adventure is to measure not only the size of your room and window placement, but your doorways and stairways or elevator size to ensure that anything you bring into the house or apartment will fit.
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Vessel Craft Coffee’s bourbon barrel aged coffee
Vessel Craft Coffee’s uses freshly roasted coffee, which Cowherd says allows the beans to take on the bourbon flavor without absorbing too much liquid. “The time in the barrel is a company secret – we think it’s what differentiates us. And it really is as much of an art as it is a science.”
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