about 5 months ago - No comments
I moved away from Hampton Roads years ago and only visit occasionally to see family. Parts of Hampton are still quite charming, and even an improvement over what I left behind when I moved away- The new Peninsula Town Center, for instance, is a wonderful replacement for the decrepit Coliseum Mall, and revitalized downtown Hampton…
about 2 years ago - No comments
I grew up in Hampton VA and used to marvel at the really cool vans parked outside of the Van House in Buckroe back in the 1970′s. The mural artwork was outstanding, esoteric and fantastic. I seem to remember some vans painted with a Pinball Wizard theme or Zodiac signs with lots of smoky swirls…
about 3 years ago - 3 comments
When I was young, I had the sad misfortune to deliver pizzas to the so-called “students” that inhabit the campus of the all-black Hampton University in my hometown of Hampton, Virginia. In the two years of delivering pizzas to those thugs and animals, I had been robbed several times and accumulated 37 cents in tips,…
about 4 years ago - No comments
A study done by a research team for Johns Hopkins University said there were 22 schools in Virginia that were “dropout factories” which meant that less than 60 percent of students graduated after four years at the school. One of those schools is Hampton High School in my hometown. It really didn’t come as much…