The Chesapeake Jubilee at the City Park

The Chesapeake Jubilee comes again from May 20th - 23th. Great Weather this weekend for this awesome Festival...Make sure to make it earlier in the day as it might rain in the late afternoon if the weather station is correct....

In it’s 27th year, this local festival is one

that our Hampton Roads, Tidewater family, friends and neighbors look forward to.
The Jubilee celebrates Chesapeake’s birthday. Chesapeake was born in 1963 when, Norfolk Virginia, county and the city of South Norfolk merged to create Chesapeake. The events are held thanks to the help of volunteers, city staff, community groups, and police, fire and sheriff’s departments.  The first Jubilee was held at Greenbrier Mall in May of 1983.  There was a huge birthday cake to celebrate it's first 20 years.  The cake was built by Chesapeake’s firefighters and the candles were lit by gas.  Fire Chief Buddy Bagley made arrangements for fireworks and has been in charge of them ever since.

The Chesapeake Jubilee is held at one of the parks in Chesapeake Virginia:  The Chesapeake City Park, located in Greenbrier Chesapeake.
500 Greenbrier Parkway.

The Chesapeake Jubilee is a favorite for locals as it has Music,  entertainment, rides,  fireworks, country fair, (that was my kids favorite when they were little) Crafts, Shrimp Feast, corn hole, barbecue competition and much more.  Here are a few high lights.

 Music Highlights
Friday at 8PM:  STEEL PULSE.  This is a Jamaican-influenced band from England which has a Grammy nominations for Best Reggae Album of the year.

Saturday at 7:30 pm:  TONIC  will be performing their hits including "If you could only see," "Open your eyes" and "Take me as I am"

Sunday at 4pm: RODNEY ATKINS  country star with hits like "These are My People" and "Watching You"

Once again Amusements of America will provide the traveling carnival rides.  Verizon Kids Korner will have a free zone for families with young children.  Face painting, hands-on crafts, balloons, strolling musicians, jugglers will be part of the entertainment this year.

FIREWORKS Saturday May 22nd at 9:00pm

Other things happening are the Barbecue competition, 4 H Country Fair with animal shows and  livestock action.

FOOD, FOOD, FOOD...
Shrimp Feast Details, funnel cakes, smoothies, pizza, fresh cut fries, blooming onions, turkey legs and more.

Don t forget to visit the tents with CRAFTS.... Unique hand-locally-made.

Check out how to get there..!!!!

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                            The Stockley Gardens Arts Festival in Nofolk VA          

The Stockley Gardens Arts Festival in Norfolk Virginia was this past weekend.   I made it early, so the crowds weren't there, and artists were still setting up.  I have been to this festival many times, and I am happy to report that this year there were artists that I had not seen before.  Maybe, because this time I went planning to write a blog I noticed more things than in other years.  They had a schedule full of Entertainment with all kinds of music ... Acoustic, Jazz, , Alternative Rock, Country, Blues, Swing and Rock.          
They had a stage for kids activities that included Magic show, Bobby the Clown, ( I am afraid of clowns)       Balloon animals, Salsa performance, violin concert, Hands on art and Environmental Puppet Show.
I did not have time to visit their thrift store, but in previous years along with buying art, I have bought some cool nick-knacks there.
                  
The Hope House Foundation hosts The Stockley Gardens Arts Festival in Norfolk Virginia twice a year.  Spring and Fall.
The Hope House Foundation is the only organization in Virginia  that supports adults with developmental disabilities exclusively in their own homes. The Hope House Foundation has worked for independence, community inclusion and the right to participate in community life to the fullest extent possible.  The goal to have people with disabilities live in their own home, have friends, go to work, do their own groceries shopping and just live a normal and ordinary life.      

Other fund raiser events planned are:
~~A day at the Race - the 2010 Belmont Stakes! The event will be held Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 2PM – 7PM on the grounds of Talbot Hall located at 600 Talbot Hall Road in Norfolk.
~~ Hope, Love, Change"  Fashion show and hair collections during the month of August.
~~The Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival in Norfolk Virginia will be held October 16th and 17th from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday and noon to 5 pm on Sunday. The festival is held at the Stockley Gardens Park located off Olney Road in the Ghent section of Norfolk.

Come this Fall one of my friends better come with me to the The Stockley Gardens Arts Festival

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The Greek Festival in Norfolk VA is Hampton Road's oldest and largest ethnic festival.  It starts May 13th until Sunday.

It includes the traditional Greek cuisine, exciting entertainment, arts and crafts, beautiful jewelry, a cooking school and the very popular drive-thru!

I am very glad to see  that there is a cooking class this year at the Greek Festival in Norfolk VA

Festival Menu Click here

Learn more about  Orthodox Christian faith by taking the tour of the Cathedral and by attending the various workshops held during the festival

Festival Hours :

Thursday 11am - 9:30pm

Friday/Saturday 11am - 10pm

Sunday 12pm - 6pm

The Greek Festival in Norfolk VA started yesterday, and it was already packed, but come all as it is really worth your time.  The special Senior Citizen's Day will be held on Thursday and Friday, so TODAY is the last day.  Seniors will receive a 10% discount on all items offered in the a la carted food line until 3PM.

Check out the Norfolk Virginia page in Facebook

Lots and lots of dancing shows.   Click here for full schedule

For full information and directions click here.  Greek Festival Norfolk.

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Homes for sale in BayLake Pines - Neighborhood information is a perfectly located neighborhood in Virginia Beach.  Nestled between lake Joyce, Shore Drive and the Atlantic Ocean  BayLake Pines is a wonderful neighborhood with an active Civic League that has committees on Beautification, Welcoming, Traffic Calming, Summer Picnic, Neighborhood Watch and more.  

BayLake Pines is one of the few neighborhoods with it's private beach and because is far removed from the tourist filled oceanfront it's residents truly enjoy privacy.   Unique eclectic homes, the beach and the style of living make this neighborhood stand out from others.   
Homes for sale in BayLake Pines - Neighborhood information...  Homes started being built in the 1950's, and there are still tear downs to build new homes.  Prices in Baylake Pines range from the 300,000's to 3 million at this time.

BayLake Pines is in the best school district of Virginia Beach and also has a private school very close by called BayLake Pines School.  Charming streets, the beach, Joyce Lake makes this neighborhood a true waterfront community.   Many of the homes have been handed down for generations. Must empty lots and houses in disrepair have been replaced by new homes or have been updated.  Multi-million dollar homes border the beach and because of the way the lake is made there is plenty of lakefront homes.  
Homes for sale in BayLake Pines - Neighborhood information neighborhood has a priced location next to Little Creek Nava Amphibious Base, Eagle Haven and Bayville Golf Courses, 15 minutes to the Norfolk International Airport, Fort Story, 20 minutes to Towncenter and Interestate 64.   To get an up to dat information on homes for sale in BayLake Pines call, text or email me.  757 -502-5324

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Homes for sale in BayLake Pines   Neighborhood Information - Homes for Sale  was first published on Hampton Roads Real Estate VoiceCopyright © 2010 By Tere Rottink, All Rights Reserved.  Homes for sale in BayLake Pines - Neighborhood information

Wesleyan Pines - Virginia Beach Homes for Sale is a centrally located neighborhood in Virginia Beach.  It is located West of Diamond Springs and North of  Wesleyan Drive. The neighborhood has an active homeowners association, Campus East Community Association, fee is $165/year.  This includes the use of community pool and tennis courts. 
The neighborhood is well established and people are meticulous in maintaining their yards.  Residents love to walk  through the neighborhood.  Once a year there is a neighborhood yard sale.  Everyone that lives in Wesleyan Pines have been in their homes for many years, and the neighborhood kids are very respectful and friendly.  House lots are plentiful and specious and there is good separation between houses which is hard to find in newer neighborhoods yet the neighborhood is new enough for underground power.

There is a Virginia Beach park in the neighborhood a few blocks away.  The Locala Shopping Center is very close by (1/2 mile)  with plenty of shops to chose from.  Farm Fresh, Surf Rider Restaurant, Advance Auto Parts, an antique store, sushi restaurant, Comic Chest, several hair salon places, Walgreens, 7-11, many more.  Cypress Point Golf Course and Clubhouse is a minute down the road.  Wesleyan Pines - Virginia Beach Homes for Sale residents love to   jog and ride their bikes on the road that surrounds the golf course.  Also, everything is very close by and the neighborhood is strategically located near major employers, shopping and beaches. 

Interstate Access I64 and I264.  Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and Chicks beach are both 10 minutes away.  Chicks beach is a locals favorite for family fun.  Norfolk Int. Airport is 10 minutes away.  Northampton Blvd (5min) is a major redevelopment area for the City of Virginia Beach with new shops and offices planned and will be a major destination in a few years.  It's good to get in to this neighborhood while prices are low and interest rates are very low.   Lake Taylor Golf Course is also 5 min away.   Town Center and Military Circle shopping centers are 10 min away.   Little Creek Base is 15 min away.  The Oceanfront or Downtown Norfolk 20 minutes. 
It must be noted that whenever there is a major storm and the entire city is without power Wesleyan Pines - Virginia Beach Homes for sale neighborhood always has its power as it is on a very secure power grid located very close to the main transmission lines. 

The neighborhood includes 176 homes that range in in the low 300's a bargain even in this market.

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Riverwalk Chesapeake VA- Neighborhood Information - Homes for Sale  

Riverwalk  Chesapeake VA - neighborhood in Chesapeake Virginia  is an upscale pre-planned community.  It is composed or several villages or sub-subdivisions each with its unique flavor and Style.  There are still a few homes from before the pre-planned community was built, bur otherwise the community started and homes began being built in the 1980's.  The community appears to be a gated community but there is no gate.
There is a club house alongside the pool, tennis courts and  kid's park.  The city of Chesapeake Parks and Recreation Department has a Community Center at one of the entrances to the neighborhood.  This community center has a gym, basketball court, pool table and other amenities.  Also by another of it's entrances there is a Sentara health Center.
Riverwalk Chesapeake VA-  Neighborhood Information - Homes for Sale  is located South of Great Bridge Blvd and North of the Elizabeth river withing minutes to the high way.  You can be in downtown Norfolk within 15 minutes and the North Carolina border within 20 minutes.
On the Elizabeth river there is a private boat launch, sheltered Pavilion, pier and  enough parking spaces for the neighborhood.
There are many styles of homes in the Riverwalk neighborhood from condos to waterfront mansions.  There are Homewoner association fees that pay to keep this neighborhood looking like new.   To find homes for sale in Riverwalk visit my website.   The schools in the  Riverwalk neighborhood include, B.M Williams, Crestwood Middle and Oscar Smith High School which has the International Baccalaureate Program World School.

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Norview - Norfolk VA - Neighborhood Information - Homes for Sale  Search for homes for sale in Norview

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Norview - Norfolk VA - Neighborhood Information - Homes for Sale is a middle class neighborhood centrally located in Norfolk.  The neighborhood includes Norfolk Gardens, Brandon Place and Norview Heights.  It is next to Interstate 64, so the Norfolk Naval base is within minutes and it makes this neighborhood popular with young military families.  Homes started being built in the early 1900's and there are a few original homes left. Because new homes have been built continuously during the past century the architecture in the neighborhood is interesting.  Small cottages with ample backyards and wide streets make this a neighborhood a pleasant drive.  Bordering NNorview - Norfolk VA - Neighborhood Information - Homes for Sale is Five Point where Chesapeake Blv, Norview Ave and Sewells Point Rd meet.  This area has all kind of housing with apartments, condos and single family homes.  Within minutes you can be at the Norfolk Airport, but because of the way the planes arrive and take off  you barely hear any jet noise.

If you are in the area a few places that are a must become a customer in this neighborhood are the "Five Points Community Market" and the new impressive "Norfolk Community Center"

Homes vary in size from around 450 to over 3000 SqFt and there were still a few homes being built in 2009.  The schools in Norview in Norfolk Va include Norview High School, Norview Middle School and Sherwood Forest Elementary.  For specific address please visit the Norfolk Public School Find your School List.

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Norview - Norfolk VA - Neighborhood Information - Homes for Sale  was first published on Hampton Roads Real Estate VoiceCopyright © 2010 By Tere Rottink, All Rights Reserved.    

Very few people touch our lives in a manner that we know we will never be the same again.  Dr. William Carroll Ph.D. was such a man.  Years ago when we moved back to the Hampton Roads area my friend Kelly told me about the church she belonged too.  I remembered how in the past we had talked about how we would never go to a  church due to our different not so nice experiences.  A few months later, I met a bunch of her friends at a party at her house, and I really liked them.  I started going to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Norfolk sometime after that in 2002 and the very first time that I was there, I was a approached by Dr Bill.  I knew his name because he always had his name tag on.  During that first year going to UCN I found that although the people were friendly  the social hour after the service was pretty lonely, except for Dr Bill who always took the time to talk to me and my kids and made us feel welcome.   Eventually, I made my own group of friends joined the church and we became regulars.  Dr Bill was a fixture at all the gatherings, meetings, Sunday services and 4th of July picnics.  He continued to make friends and make every new member of our congregation feel welcome.  You can even see his back in the home page of our website.  During Sunday services sometimes he brought his tambourine and  brought life to our other wise quiet music.  During services you could always hear his unique laugh and looking back  the feeling of belonging was drawn deeper in our hearts.
I don't think that I know much of Dr Bill's life.  I know that he was a published and prize-winning author.  I know that countless UCN homes shared in his bounty of daffodils as he once asked the congregation who had some of them, and a third of the congregation raised their hands.  I was envious that day as I did not have some of his flowers, I figured, I would get some next time he offered, and  I am so sad that there will never be a next time.  I know that he had been married for decades to his beautiful bride Thelma and had children.  
What I know about Dr William Carroll Ph.D is that he touched my heart and my children's hearts, that he made me always feel special and important, his hugs made me feel warm and loved, but most importantly I know that he made every one else that touched his path  feel this way... Special, important and loved.  Dr Bill you will always be in our hearts, Special Important and Very Loved.

The memorial service for Bill Carroll will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 2:30 pm.  Because Bill was so widely loved and respected, the service will be held at Norfolk State University, the L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center, where Bill was a Professor for many years.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the Endowment fund of the Unitarian Church of Norfolk. 

In honor of Dr William (Bill) Carroll  P.h.D.  was first published on Hampton Roads Real Estate VoiceCopyright © 2010 By Tere Rottink, All Rights Reserved.

Croatan Virginia Beach - Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Information.  Search homes for Sale in Croatan Beach.

Croatan Virginia Beach - Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Information is an oceanfront community by the beach  in Virginia Beach.  I tis located south of the Rudee Inlet and surrounded by Lake Wesley, Lake Christine and Camp Pendleton which borders the south end.  With 75 acres of water there are many waterfront homes in the neighborhood, and all other homes are within blocks to the oceanfront in Virginia Beach.

The Croatan Virginia Beach - Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Information is one of those upscale neighborhoods that people aspire to and once there don't want to leave.  The first homes were built in the 1950's and it continued through the following decades, but the building craze did not start until the 1980's.  There are a few buildable lots in the neighborhood with five available for sale at the time of this writing.
There is almost a mile of shoreline, and at the south end of the neighborhood there is public parking with access to the beach.  There is an area dedicated exclusively for surfers.  Within a ten minute walk you can be by the boardwalk and in the middle of restaurants, shops, nightlife,  galleries and much more.  Because the entrance is not obvious to the neighborhood this Oceanfront community is spared the tourist crowd in the summer.
There are well over 500 homes in Croatan Beach Neighborhood and less than 40 are owned by out of towners.
The neighborhood civic league is very active with several groups including a woman's and book clubs.  There are many activities planned by the civic league throughout the year like the 4th of July party, annual yard sale, and the Rock'n Roll 1/2 marathon.  Due to all these activities Croatan Beach in Virginia Beach has a unique flavor of old time neighborhoods where every body knows your name. 

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Croatan Virginia Beach - Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Information.  Search homes for Sale in Croatan Beach.  was first published on Hampton Roads Real Estate VoiceCopyright © 2010 By Tere Rottink, All Rights Reserved

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you probably know that I was born in Colombia, South America.  I have now lived longer in the US longer than I ever lived in Colombia, so I feel I belong to both places.  One of the things that I  miss about back home is the music.  There are all kind of music in Colombia, but the music that I am about to share with you reminds me of my parents and the pride of being Colombian that I was taught from them.  This is true, beautiful Colombian music, I hope you enjoy it like I have.  If you are wondering about the colors, these are the colors of the Colombian flag.

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   Let's have a happy day!  Music that touches my heart...  was first published on Hampton Roads Real Estate VoiceCopyright © 2010 By Tere Rottink, All Rights Reserved.*Let's have a happy day!  Music that touches my heart...