http://hamptonroads.com/node/463134 Photos en-us Copyright 2009 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:59:09 -0500 The oddest thing may have been that they didn't seem so out-of-place. In a neighborhood whose name itself is intrinsically contradictory, surrealism is to be expected. Tethered by an iPod, the genie and the sumo wrestler made their way along Shore Drive, from their home on 13th Bay to McDonald's. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/greetings-ocean-view-genie-and-sumo-wrestler Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:36:10 -0500 Sun or shine, Melinda Sikora's clients keep her busy from Valentine's Day pretty much through the fall. For those who live in Ocean View, she said, after the tanning starts there's no going back. "Once their legs are out, they're out." http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/greetings-ocean-view-blending Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:05:27 -0400 Steve Hornbeck, 24, and Kelly Leitzke, 23, met almost two years ago, on the day after Christmas. And "ever since then we've been together," Steve said. He can't really explain it, but he knew that being with her was "some kinda way I'd never felt before." http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/greetings-ocean-view-first-home Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:04:16 -0400 If someone were to bring all the self-taught artists together, from around the world, Paul Trice said he'd be named No. 1. "I betcha a dollar I'll win. Let 'em prove me different." http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/greetings-ocean-view-red-rooster Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:08:35 -0400 "Dreamtime" is the word that the Australian aborigines use to refer to the time of creation. Both widowed and trying to build a new life together, it was a fitting name for Jim and Bev Borberg's first boat. "It was our time of creation," Jim said. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/greetings-ocean-view-dreamtime Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:37:28 -0400 History typically dies slowly. It crumbles, sags or fades. Not often does it go up in a ball of fire for a Made-For-TV movie. But so was the fate of the old wooden roller coaster at Ocean View Amusement Park. People say it took three tries to bring her down.   http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/greetings-ocean-view-death-park Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:55:01 -0400 Jacqueline Johnson and the others at the East Ocean View Community Center see the same faces pop in every couple of days, looking for something to take home from the garden's latest harvest.  If the families who live nearby can't afford fresh fruits and vegetables at the grocery store, Johnson said, "people know they can get good food here." http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/greetings-ocean-view-food-community Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:26:04 -0400 A sparkling green shell-shaped brassiere was draped over her chest. Her golden locks almost seamlessly matched her yellow coat. She was a vision not unlike the mermaid statues sprinkled throughout the city. And Zoe, a 5 year-old Labrador, played the role with ease. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/greetings-ocean-view-unusual-couple Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:26:57 -0400   http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/greetings-ocean-view-waning-days-summer Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:24:11 -0400 No sand, no grit – Ray Williams guarantees it. It’s what draws seafood lovers to take the first hard right onto Old Cherrystone Road after turning at the Cheriton light off Route 13, and follow it to its picturesque end on the creek, where R.W. Seafood’s crab shack leans slightly to the north. R.W. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/no-grit Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:47:12 -0400