Traditional Virginia Dining since 1954, just across the river is The Surrey House Restaurant.  Well known for down-home-style cooking and a menu dotted with Virginia specialties, the Surrey House Restaurant is a gem just waiting to be visited.  With reasonable prices and delicious foods and original fare that ranges from family-pleasing sandwiches to surf-to-turf Southern classics, this restaurant is sure to please everyone in your party.

Contributed by Taylor Stone

It's no that I have a sweet tooth.  I love to eat sweets!  In fact, the first thing I look at when I go to restaurants is their dessert menu.  So, I thought I'd give a recommendation for a restaurant with some fantastic desserts - The Surrey House Restaurant in Surry, VA. 

Just a short  ferry ride from Williamsburg and you can enjoy a wonderful meal in a great setting.  The Surrey House has very reasonable prices and a nice, welcoming atmosphere.  And most importantly delicious desserts! 

Check out the dessert menu and remember to save some room! If you recall from last week I recommended the Apple Fritter and Hot Fudge Brownie.  But really I think anything on this menu is going to be amazing.

Goya, Dali, Warhol Curator Tour

Tuesday, January, 18, 5:30-7 pm

Free and open to the public

Join Pfac Program Director & Curator Michael Preble for an enlightening tour of masterpieces from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

African-American Heritage Day at Andalo's Clubhouse in Portsmouth

Saturday, January 11 2011

Celebrate the rich legacy of a people as Andalo's Clubhouse hosts the annual African-American Heritage Day. The museum will offer a whirl-wind tour through the history of African American culture that will feature an interactive drum workshop, immersive storytelling, make-and-take crafts, games and more!

McDonald's Holidays Lights in Virginia Beach

With the holidays fast approaching, everyone is scurrying to decorate their houses for the best lighting or reindeer-on-the-roof displays. Interestingly, this annual lighting competition has traveled from the house to the beach, with one of the largest lighting displays in the U.S. happening right here in Virginia Beach! McDonald's Holiday Lights on the Beach brings over 100,000 visitors to the ride along the boardwalk, taking in all the neat, fascinating light displays that the oceanfront has to offer.

From towering Christmas trees to bright, colorful exhibits of nautical animals and other holiday lighting, this event will surely entertain and awe your friends and family! Making a trip to Virginia Beach? Hotels offer a free ticket to the lighting show for the holiday travelers, a great way to spend the holidays. Also, during the event, a free CD of holiday music will be provided to each vehicle entering McDonald's Holiday Lights at the Beach, presented by nTelos Wireless. So start or end the holiday season right will this amazing event!

Richmond Christmas Parade 2010

Saturday, December 4 at 10 AM

The 2010 Dominion Christmas parade will take place on Saturday, December 4, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. The 27th annual event will depart from the Science Museum on West Broad Street and continue east until ending on Seventh Street. Last year's parade event attracted more than 100,000 spectators from all over Virginia, with thousands more watching a live television broadcast.

The parade will feature a very special Grand Marshal, holiday floats, marching bands, huge helium balloons and Santa. The parade kicks off the traditional Christmas season in and around metropolitan Richmond.