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By the first bite of breakfast, a still-warm poppy-seed scone with homemade pear-and-raspberry jam enhanced by a touch of cardamom, I was hooked.
Then came a delectable mini vegetable frittata and fresh fruit. All served on mix-and-match fine china and silverware in a formal dining room.

It's an al fresco happy hour for the suit-and-tie set. It's a play place for children. It's a farmers market. Somehow, Ynot Wednesdays? at Virginia Beach's Town Center manages to be all three. Last week, on opening day of the season, a musician doled out reggae and blues in the piazza fronting the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts.

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