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This week on Tidewater Talk, Brodie and Co get you ready for one of the biggest weekends Hampton Roads has seen in years.
In the news: Sail250 Virginia kicks off Friday at Town Point Park, bringing 60-plus tall ships from more than 20 countries to the downtown Norfolk waterfront. Virginia Beach Police are also watching the Oceanfront ahead of a rumored teen takeover this weekend.
For Strange and Odd, Brodie takes us to Doumar's on Monticello Avenue in Norfolk, where a carhop still brings your food to the window and the same waffle iron from 1905 is still making cones every single day. Turns out the Doumar family invented the waffle cone at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Tidewater Tips covers the full Juneteenth weekend lineup: Fort Monroe in Hampton, the Jazzteenth Festival on 24th Street in Virginia Beach, and Beach Blanket Cinema at 29th Street.
Question of the Week
- What's the best place to get ice cream in Hampton Roads?
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This week on Tidewater Talk, Co returns with exciting family news while Brodie discovers he's in Hurricane Evacuation Zone C. The neighbors discuss Virginia Beach's surf park offering free lessons to local kids, a Chesapeake student found with a firearm at school, and the surprising fact that New Kent's speed cameras have generated millions in fines while only about half the tickets have been paid.
For this week's Strange and Odd of Tidewater, we head back to Smithfield and the Isle of Wight County Museum, home to the world's oldest ham, the world's largest ham, the most well-traveled ham, the last official Smithfield ham, and even the world's oldest peanut. Because apparently one famous ham wasn't enough.
Plus, dangerous heat arrives with temperatures pushing into the upper 90s, tropical season is underway, and we share Tidewater tips including Duck Dive Tavern's comedy night, a Jimmy Buffett-inspired party aboard the Battleship Wisconsin, and more.
Question of the Week: What's the strangest museum, attraction, or roadside stop you've ever visited?
Tidewater Tips
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Co is out this week celebrating a new grandbaby, so Brodie takes the wheel solo on episode 70. He opens with a follow-up from Thursday -- a fishing run out toward the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel with his daughter that ended with bluefish for dinner and one of those moments you end up talking about for years.
No news this week, but Strange and Odd more than covers it. Brodie walks through the U.S. Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis in Newport News, a completely free museum most Hampton Roads residents have never stepped inside. A Cold War flying saucer that never got more than three feet off the ground, a jetpack soldiers kept nearly dying on, and the only surviving Vietnam gun truck in the world are all sitting right there on the Peninsula. Your driver's license gets you through the gate and admission is free. Go soon -- the Army has announced plans to close it by 2027.
Tidewater Tips this week: check bacterial advisories before heading to Buckroe Beach, catch a free concert at 17th Street Park on June 4, watch the North American Sand Soccer Championships on the Oceanfront June 5 through 7, and mark your calendar for Chalk the Walk on June 13.
This week's question: What local landmark in Tidewater do you think deserves a historical marker? If you're in Coastal Virginia, this is your weekly mix of history, happenings, and home.
Question of the Week
- What local landmark in Tidewater do you think deserves a historical marker?
Tidewater Tips
- Check Before You Go -- Bacterial Advisories at Buckroe Beach (Hampton) and Hilton/Huntington Beaches (Newport News)
- Free Concert -- The War & Treaty at 17th Street Park, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, June 4
- North American Sand Soccer Championships -- June 5-7, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, free to watch from the boardwalk
- Chalk the Walk -- June 13, 10am-5pm, Virginia Beach Boardwalk 16th-18th St, free chalk art competition
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This week on Tidewater Talk, Co and Brodie talk about a Virginia Beach cold case finally being solved more than 40 years later through advances in DNA technology and genetic genealogy. They also dive into this week’s Strange and Odd of Tidewater featuring Fort Norfolk, a hidden Army fort along the Elizabeth River that dates back to George Washington’s original coastal defense system and somehow stayed under the radar for nearly 20 years of military life in Hampton Roads.
Plus, storms and flooding give way to a nicer weekend forecast, Brodie learns an important lesson about kayaking at low tide, and the neighbors debate whether
Tidewater is underrated or “culturally irrelevant.”
Also this week:
- The Jackalope Festival returns to Virginia Beach
- A gothic market comes to Chesapeake
- The HOPE Initiative opens spots for a youth innovation event
Question of the Week
- What local place surprised you when you learned the history behind it?