Welcome To The SE Virginia Spiderweb News Portal Site

Why are we calling this the spiderweb portal site?  To make it very easy to understand, this site will be highly linked with other sites and equally cross linked back to this site.  The main focus of this site is to give you the best seats in the house for area attractions, events, restaurant reviews, shopping, places to stay, area arts, entertainment, and defining the art of living.  This site will best be viewed using a high speed internet connection as we will be posting videos and high end pictures.  Areas of coverage are from Norfolk to Richmond and Surry to Lancaster County Virginia.  There is a lot to see and do here and we are letting the world discover all the greatness this section of Virginia has to offer.

 

So sit back, relax and start your tour here today.

From Lamborghini’s to Serious Yacht’s And More

From Lamborghini’s to serious yacht’s and more.  We are going everywhere and taking pictures of everything to bring you the best of SE Virginia.  From Norfolk to Hampton, Williamsburg to Gloucester and more.  Antique Cars, tourist destinations and so much more.  So sit back, enjoy the show and then come for a serious visit to our great playground.

One Affordable Goldsmith Now Open At The Stagecoach Market In Gloucester

One affordable Goldsmith has opened shop at the Stagecoach Market in Gloucester.   Specializing in custom crafted gold and silver jewelry.  Have any old jewelry that either needs to be fixed or maybe turned into something new for yourself?  See David Savage at One Affordable Goldsmith.  His shop also specializes in premium leather goods and something for every budget.  Visit his web site at www.oneafforablegoldsmith.com or see him at the Stagecoach Market.  Visit the Stagecoach Market Web Site at www.thestagecoachmarket.com or www.stagecoachmarket.info

Blackbeard’s Crew To Raid Yorktown

Blackbeard’s Crew is set to once again raid Yorktown.  They are in transit now and will be hitting the beach by Saturday, May 1st, 2010.  An all day event set for the entire family.  Music, plays, skits, displays and lots of fun is waiting to be had.  Don’t miss this event.  Party like a pirate and we will see you there.  Argh!

Virginia Symphony Orchestra Kicks Another Outstanding Performance

Saturday, September 5th, 2009, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra Performed an evening concert in Yorktown at the monument in the historic area.  The evening was loaded with a lot of fun and entertainment.  The show was kicked off at about 6:45 PM with the Yorktown Fife and Drum Corp who created a wonderful show for everyone.  Then the evening progressed with a contest for the best picnic settings.  There were both 2nd and first place positions.  At 7:30 the Yorktown Cryer  brought in Matthew Kraemer, the conductor of the Symphony.

Matthew Kraemer does an excellent job at conducting the orchestra but seemed a bit more fast paced than usual.  Always the showman who leads not only the orchestra, but also the audience.   This was our third concert by the VSO and we are very pleased with the outstanding job always put on by them.  The VSO performs throughout Hampton Roads and we highly recommend taking in one of their concerts.  You will not at all be disappointed.

Gloucester County Renaissance Festival, One Day Left.

You still have one more day to get over to Gloucester County to have a great time at the festival.  This is a very well done event with games, music, dancing, shows, stories and more.  Fun for all ages.  July 19th, 2009 is the last chance for this year.  It’s the only Renaissance Festival in this section of Virginia, so be sure to get there.  We have attended events all summer so far and we are very pleased with this one.  Great people and great times.  Hope we see you there.  By the way, it’s at the Historic Court House area.  Just about 10 miles from the Coleman Bridge.

Gloucester County 3rd Annual Renaissance Festival This Weekend, July 18th and 19th, 2009

Gloucester County, just across from York County is hosting it’s 3rd annual Renaissance Festival this coming weekend, July 18th and 19th at the Gloucester County Historic Courthouse Area.  A break from the usual colonial history often found throughout south east Virginia, take a break from yesterday and step back even further in time and come join in on all the fun.  Food, games, shows and old world shopping will be there for your pleasure.  Oh and you have to come and see the belly dancer show too.  Don’t miss this event if you can help it.  Here is some more information to help you make up your mind to attend.  Click Here.  We will see you there.

Gloucester County Coleman Bridge Night View

Here is our latest pictue of the Coleman Bridge that connects Gloucester County with York County.  Pictures of the Coleman Bridge are a favorite subject in Gloucester.

Fireworks at Colonial Williamsburg, July 4th, 2009

Colonial Williamsburg did a great job this year coordinating their evening show.  The evening started off with a one hour show performed by the Fife and Drum junior corp followed by the senior corp.  At the end of the show, the fireworks began.  The show lasted the typical 15 minutes and then the grand finale.  But wait, Colonial Williamsburg had a surprise for us all.  A second grand finale followed but yet a 3rd grand finale that had a false end and continued.  A very well planned out evening.  At the end of the final grand finale the Fife and Drums once again performed a few more sets while marching down the Duke of Gloucester street.  Traffic was a nightmare getting out of the area.  Though this is normal and expected.  Going a simple mile takes about 20 minutes and there are no short cuts as everyone else is thinking the same thing.

Heard throughout the area the enitre day was a Christian rock Band that was performing at a local school grounds.  They could be heard up until about 7:00 PM.  Though they did not pack in the crowds, they had a good following and a nice sound.

Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Junior Corp Playing Yankee Doodle

The Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum junior corp started out the 4th of July evening show with a tribute to the 13 colonies.  Here we have a clip of the opening of the show.  We are working on bringing you the entire show as fast as we can process it.  The show was about 1 hour long.

Belle Mount Vineyards Rep Says Northern Neck Wineries Not Worth Our Time

While we were attending the very boring wine festival in Kilmarnock Virginia, we spoke with a representative from Belle Mount Vineyards who did a great job of convincing us that the wineries in the Northern Neck are not worth our time. We believe him in regards to Belle Mount then. We are seeking to build an on line driving tour of wineries starting at the Williamsburg winery and finishing up at Oak Crest. This representative also told us that he was pretty confident that he was speaking for the other wineries as well in the Northern Neck. Well, we will contact all of them separately and let them tell us if they would like to be included in the tour.

Looks like Belle Mount Vineyards will not be on the list though. Our plan is to visit each winery, take our own pictures, create our own review web sites of each winery, link each winery then to a master site that will be the driving tour and also each review site will link the official web site of each winery with it. The wine tour we are looking to create is much different than anything else out in the marketplace today. We will have highlights of each winery, hours of operation, special features, some history of each winery, mileage between each winery, overall mileage from starting point to ending point if you visit all the wineries, and the time it will take to complete the tour. Which wineries are musts if you are limited on time, and custom maps that you can print out or link your GPS to.

What makes us different? We are not part of some kind of consortium, a government agency or paid company designed to put a spin on any of the vineyards. We do not have advertisers and we are not being paid to put this together for anyone. Everything we do comes out of our own pockets. So if we lost a potential friend in Belle Mount Vineyards, we really don’t care. We cover history, events, arts, culture and the art of living. So a winery driving tour is within our scope of interest. If in the event some of the other wineries feel the same as Belle Mount Vineyards, then we will scrap the tour and then cover the ones that are interested. There is no cost to any of the wineries so why not take advantage of it?