VIRGINIA BEACH Hump day is one of my favorite days, and the fact that it marks the halfway point of the work week is only part of the reason.

If you're mulling what wine to buy for your Valentine, I have a recommendation. No, I'm not going to focus on any one wine or wine category, as I usually do. Besides, you don't need to be reminded yet again this year that pink sparkling wine is the favorite Valentine's Day pour of wine writers.

Dinner and a movie.
It’s not so simple if you’re going gourmet in a fight against time.

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For the past 13 years of home ownership for Natalie Trem, Winnie's been by her side.
The canine - black and white and friendly - has also been wreaking havoc on the blue carpets that came with the Lynnhaven Woods house when Trem had it built more than 20 years ago.

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EASTVILLE The house is talking and talking and can't seem to stop. It started last March when the house introduced itself like this: "I was built 125 years ago. Yes, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE years ago. Trust me, they don't build them like me anymore."

WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES keeping people indoors and shorter days producing less sunlight, it's not surprising that winter is the season most likely to bring on the "blahs."

Cheers! Prost! Salud! Salute!

Over at a neighborhood sushi bar the other day, we smacked the table, toppled a glass and added the Japanese word for “cheers” to our railside repertoire.

Among the hundreds of pretty kitties coming to Newport News this weekend will be eight with some pretty harrowing stories, and maybe only eight of their nine lives left.
Martin, Gypsy, Gadget, Sylvester, Miss Hatteras, Bootsie, Betsy and Riley were all rescued on Hatteras Island after Hurricane Irene, and they are looking for new homes.

With Super Bowl Sunday just days away, we got to wondering: What if the championship was decided by flavor, not brawn? Imagine the New York Giants and the New England Patriots going head to head at the kitchen table with hometown eats from both sides.
Imagine no more.
Foodball, not football, was the scene Sunday when The Pilot hosted a Super Bowl XLVI Championship of Chow.