The Virginia Beach Aquarium Go to the Picture Slideshow Virginia Beach Aquarium Over 800,000 gallons of fun await you! To make the most of your self-guided Aquarium tour, be sure to visit both buildings as well as the Owls Creek Path that connects them. Admission sales and parking are available at both buildings. Your ticket and hand stamp are good all day at both buildings. Parking is available to the north of the Aquarium on the west side of General Booth as well as on east side of General Booth Blvd. across from the Bay & Ocean Pavilion. There is also...Read More
Beach Selfie
Beach Selfie The Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) is responsible for promoting year-round leisure, business, meetings and conventions, international and sports travel to Virginia’s most populous city. Virginia Beach also is the number one vacation destination in Virginia. Tourism is a $1.3 billion industry in Virginia Beach, where we welcome almost 6 million overnight visitors each year. As the official destination marketing organization for the resort city, the Virginia Beach CVB is responsible for ongoing advocacy for the tourism and hospitality industry – which is one of Virginia Beach’s largest industries. To drive tourism revenue that powers our...Read More
Husqvarna HU800AWD
[caption id="attachment_1486" align="alignnone" width="802"] Husqvarna HU800AWD[/caption] We bought this at Lowes for $456.05 out the door. List $499.00 - 10% coupon ($49.90) + $26.95 PA state tax - $20 rebate. The reviews were very good. My personal review. This is a great lawnmower. (9.5 out of 10) It has lots of power, doesn't leave clumps of grass when not using the bag, and is very comfortable to walk behind. Also, while we were putting together the catcher bag, one of the clips broke. We contacted Husqvarna support and instead of just sending us a new clip, they send us an...Read More
Cutting the Cord (cable or satellite)
"Cutting the cord" refers to choosing not to pay for cable or satellite television. In my situation, by subscribing monthly to DISH, I would be paying $73.99 per month for the "America's Top 120" package. With the additional taxes and charges that are added, my total monthly cost would be $80.00. That is $960.00 for a year. I use the HomeWorx Digital TV Flat Antenna for FREE Digital reception on your television. The cost is $9.99 and is commonly on sale for $7.99 shipped free. I get a total of 22 channels, including ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. There are...Read More
The End of Support for Windows XP
[caption id="attachment_1484" align="aligncenter" width="680"] The End of Support for Windows XP[/caption] The end of support for Windows XP is here. According to Microsoft, you have two options. There is really only one viable option (assuming you want a Windows PC). Buy a new or refurbished PC with Windows 7 or Windows 8. Dell often will have specials for new desktops for $300.00 or under. (which will include the operating system) Sample DELL PC to buy Most new PC's have Windows 8.1 installed. Probably the best choice is to buy a refurbished PC. On this page, you can get a nice HP computer for...Read More