October 2007 Archives

I'll admit I have a sweet tooth. A big one. One of my earliest memories is helping my grandmother make white-fudge for Christmas. Now that I'm a "grown-up", I can't indulge my craving for sugar. Except on Halloween.

>> Continue reading: Call it Black Thursday....because the sugar crash is coming tomorrow.

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I've always had a competitive streak. It started when I was a small child, blossomed through my teenage years, and sticks with me now that I'm an adult.

>> Continue reading: Spelling, Soccer, and Sweeps...

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Usually it looks like you've stumbled upon a Hollywood set. Victims covered in blood and guts, lying on stretchers with emergency workers swarming around them. Of course these are always emergency drills, never the real thing. Police, fire and the military hold these practice sessions frequently -- for when the big emergency hits.

For a little while last week, our stomachs dropped as we thought we might be facing the real thing....

>> Continue reading: This is not a drill

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For some reason I love visiting elementary schools. Maybe it's because my mom's a first grade teacher and I grew up helping her decorate her classroom, watching her school plays, and occassionally speaking to her students.

>> Continue reading: Pay to Pass

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The video coming into the WVEC newsroom from the fires in Southern California has been nothing short of spectacular. You've seen it too; the towering columns of smoke, homes turning to ash, and hillsides ablaze in a sea of red and orange. It's not easy to shoot video like that. It's a testament to how hard working (and often foolhardy) the photographers and reporters on the ground are.

>> Continue reading: Reporting on the Fire Line

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Your wedding day is supposed to be the happiest day of your life. And thanks to her mother, a friend of mine's wedding day was. She got married a few weeks ago and I was lucky enough to be there to watch her say her vows, cut the cake, and dance around with her crazy friends and family at the reception.

>> Continue reading: A Mother's Love

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Hey now.

I don't know that I ever actively sought to become a Dead-head, but it seems like that's what's happened.

I returned from Charlottesville two weeks ago, where I saw Phil Lesh & Friends. Great show. Great time. When I got home I added that concert ticket to my collection of others from the past, and the total count of "Dead" shows surprised even me: Fifteen!

Of those, a comparative few were a...

>> Continue reading: Ringing That Bluebell

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I love shoes. I own more pairs of candy-colored, strappy, peep-toed and sky-high pumps and sandals than I can wear in a month. But, this blog is not about those shoes. It's about my hunt for work-appropriate footwear.

>> Continue reading: Work A Mile in My Shoes

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Two months ago, I was packing up my belongings and getting ready to change my life. I was moving out of Pennsylvania to take a job at WVEC-TV.

>> Continue reading: From the Mountains of PA to the Beaches of VA...

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For the better part of my nearly half-century-old life, I've been pulling for the mighty Redskins. I'll continue to do so, of course, but I'm just a little bit worried about what I've been seeing lately.

>> Continue reading: Hail to the Redskins?

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I received a few phone calls and e-mails this week asking about the scruffy face I'm sporting this week and the bandaged up hand that snuck into a few shots of my stories the past few days. No, it's not a new look, or an early Halloween costume.

>> Continue reading: Beards and Burns

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Sitting here in Hampton Roads, it's difficult for me to watch the unbelievable video of the wildfires ripping through my home state. I haven't been able to tear myself away from the television coverage (Tuesday night's 20/20 special "California Burning" was an excellent piece of journalism) I was born and raised in Central California, but have lived all across the state....from Southern California and for the past 4 years....fa...

>> Continue reading: California Wildfires - Worrying about home

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Joe's Job is creating one of these blog entries. Between Daybreak live shots and all those great restaurants I am VERY busy! More updates coming....

>> Continue reading: Flanagan Blog Coming Soon To This Space

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Soon I will blog about covering Hampton Roads for 13 News.

>> Continue reading: I'm excited to start blogging

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Will anyplace, anywhere ever agree to be home to the Navy's outlying jet training field? Tonight, some 500 citizens from Northeastern North Carolina are expected to attend an informational meeting about the O.L.F. at Elizabeth City State University.

>> Continue reading: Finding a home for the OLF

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The recent stories of people in Hampton Roads, particularly the elderly, being duped by a man offering to pour concrete driveways, but leaving loose gravel really bother me.

>> Continue reading: On Rocks and Relatives

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So often in this business, I feel as though I explore the negative and unfortunate elements of childhood -- drugs, guns and assaults. Friday however, I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Myreon Pierce and introduce you to a teen who stood up in a time of crisis and pitched in.

>> Continue reading: High School Hot Shot

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