Phish @ The Mothership

I had hoped to be free all weekend but a rescheduled event has me tied up.

Here is an article about a major food/liquor fest and several other food/beer/wine/whiskey events on the south side this weekend: pilotonline.com/life/flavor/article_75287024-b2b8-11e8-9f3d-a33143180cff.html

There is a new brewery/distillery/restaurant (pub grub) and music venue in the old armory building in downtown Hampton called Vanguard www.thevanguard757.com/

Other good stuff going on in downtown Hampton and some character in Phoebus ("Eat dirt cheap at Fuller's"); the area around the Coliseum is all chain crap.

Also a bourbon distillery in Newport News near the coal piers called iron Clad; I don't think their whiskey is very good but they make a good bourbon barrel maple syrup.

We have more underwater tunnels than anywhere else in the world. Bikers like to make the loop to go through four of them (actually 5 b/c one twice)

I recommend a drive around Fort Monroe, a recently decommissioned army fort that's been there a few centuries, with a moat, killer views of the bay and harbor, an old classic hotel (first floor open for dining) and a good seafood pub in the marina, Deadrise, with good views. (or bike and walk around).

Sadly, Strawberry Banks motel where the Dead always stayed when playing Hampton has been torn down. It was right at the foot of the HRBT.

Also several good breweries clustered in the west side of Norfolk; I recommend O'Connor's as the best. About 20 minute drive from Hampton