Are you still making plans with your friends from the apartment in Roanoke for New Year’s Eve? Well, if is live music you are interested in, here are the local listings for some hot spots around Roanoke.
Southern Culture on the Skids
With Henson (America's Oldest Living Boy Band). One can be sure of two things here: house-rocking music will prevail, and fried chicken will be eaten.
Details: 9 p.m. Kirk Avenue Music Hall, Roanoke.
Yellow Dubmarine
A Washington-based band does reggae versions of Beatles tunes. Yellow Dub is an extra fine live act that will have you dancing into 2012.
Details: 10 p.m. Martin's Downtown Bar & Grill, Roanoke.
Chris Beard
Hear some hot blues grooves and guitar licks aplenty from Beard, son of a blues guitarist whose friends included Buddy Guy and Matt "Guitar" Murphy.
Details: 9:30 p.m. Blue 5 Restaurant, Roanoke.
Grass Monkey
Ringing in the new year with Grass Monkey promises to be a rollicking riot.
Details: 10 p.m. Awful Arthur's, downtown Roanoke. Free.
Roanoke's Biggest New Year's Eve Party
With The Kings and Project 4, both featuring Josh Shilling and William Penn Band
Details: 7 p.m. (prime rib buffet) Hotel Roanoke.
New Year's Eve Countdown Party
Featuring Khemistry, The BLTD Band. Two high-quality bands are in the house at Thelma's, closing out 2011. A breakfast buffet is included among the tasty doings.
Details: 9 p.m. Thelma's Chicken & Waffles, Roanoke.
The Worx
The Roanoke Valley's premiere party band fires it up.
Details: 9:30 p.m. Awful Arthur's, Towers Shopping Center, Roanoke.
Keith Bryant & IronHorse
This popular country act can lay it down, honky-tonk style or pop.
Details: 9 p.m. Watusy's Harvest House, Roanoke.
Ballistic
Hear classic and modern rock - including Pink Floyd, Stone Temple Pilots and Alice in Chains - and some originals.
Details: 9 p.m. Screamers Bar & Grill, Radford. Free.
Burning Bridges
A favorite in the pop and country covers world gives you a party.
Details: 9:30 p.m. Bravos, Roanoke.
New Year's at the Landing
With Ben Trout Trio
Trout and his cohorts play classic rock, blues and soul that grooves like mad.
Details: 8:30 p.m. The Landing Restaurant & Bruno's GastroPub, Moneta. Free admission to the pub.
Big Thunder Rumblefish
It's a reunion for this raw and funky outfit.
Details: 9:30 p.m. The Cellar, Blacksburg. Free.
SolRevolt
One of Pomegranate Restaurant's mainstays will be onstage.
Details: 8:30 p.m. Pomegranate Restaurant, Troutville. $50 with five-course meal, champagne toast; $10 with New Year's Eve menu.
Seven Mile Ford
Country and pop band hits one of Roanoke's newest joints.
Details: 9:30 p.m. Breaktime Billiards and Saloon, includes champagne, snacks, party favors.
Charlie Hamill Group
Hamill and his musical pals will surely sling some classic rock and pop, maybe even an original or two.
Details: 10 p.m. Fork in the Alley, Roanoke.
New Year's Band Bash
Featuring Doghouse, Brian Gray, Smooth Groove Movement. Dig into some music and some Astro Dogs as '11 fades away.
Details: 8 p.m. Fork in the City, Roanoke. Free.
90 Weight
An alt-rock/grunge cover band at the Pot.
Details: 9 p.m. The Coffee Pot, Roanoke. $7.
There was a time, not so long ago, when college graduates dreamed of a new home with a mortgage. It was the next step.
With an uncertain economy, and more people moving to take jobs where they can find them, renting is the rage for the Millenial generation. The new dream is renting an apartment in one of the new“destination living” communities, complete with swimming pools, state-of-the-art fitness centers, volleyball courts and all kinds ofapartment amenities.
For the first time since owning has lost its luster for the young. Since 2008, the percentage of young people who think that owning a home is “better than renting” has fallen.
Renting anapartment in Roanoke, VAhas acquired a sort of cool respectability. Empty nesters got the same religion a couple of decades ago, when droves of them began cashing out of their high-maintenance houses.
Some of the forces driving the change are cultural. People are getting married so much later and they travel light longer.
The young also gravitate to renting an apartment because mortgages are hard to come by. No one wants to get stuck with a house or condo they can’t sell when there’s a job offer 2,000 miles away. There’s no stigma to rentinganymore, and there’s just so much to keep you interested and busy in an apartment community she says.
When you are hosting a holiday party for the family and friends in your apartment in Roanoke, VA entertaining can be stressful. Of course you want everything to be perfect.
Here are some simple tips from Honeywood Apartment Homes on how to make entertaining more enjoyable for everyone.
What’s the plan
Plan out the event. How many are coming? What's on the menu? How should the house look? Do you have enough seating? Make a to-do list and set deadlines for yourself. Doing as much as possible in advance will make the day of the party that much easier.
Use your space wisely
The size of the meal may expand during the holidays, but cooking and serving space doesn't. On the buffet table, tiered servers hold appetizers and desserts vertically, saving valuable space and creating an attractive display.
The host should enjoy too
A relaxed host makes guests feel comfortable. Don’t be too busy that you forget to enjoy yourself. Organize your kitchen so that most of the clean-up can be done later. Have take home containers handy for leftovers so you can send leftovers home with guest. Designate an area in the kitchen for dirty dishes, forget the rest of the clean up until after your guests leave.
As the host you set the tone of the party. Don’t worry about making your party perfect; what makes it perfect is keeping the focus on family and friends!
These last few weekends before Hanukah and Christmas are made for last minute shopping. Have you noticed the last minute gifts are always the most challenging too? Many residents of our apartments in Roanoke, VA are looking for the more challenging gifts like those for teachers, babysitters, or bus drivers.
We all have those people in our lives that we would like to acknowledge during the holidays, but we don’t know them well enough to have an idea about what they would really enjoy. The holidays are a time to show them we appreciate them, but it is more difficult than it sounds.
Truly it is about the thought, not about what you spend. Here are some fun, creative and easy gifts:
Day at the spa — wrap scented lotion, foot cream, candle and a rubber duck in a cute face cloth;
Beach day — fill a beach bucket with bubbles, sun block, Frisbee, beach ball and gold fish snacks!
Trip to the movies — in a popcorn bucket, place microwave popcorn, 2 boxes of movie candy, diet soda, and two passes to a movie theatre.
Tea time — a tea pot or coffee mug, herbal teas, flavored coffees and some boxed biscotti’s.
Wondering how to find the best apartment in Roanoke, VA that will fit your lifestyle. The “best” apartment certainly varies for everyone, these tips should help you find the apartment that suits you.
Know yourself
Before you can figure out how to find the best apartment for you, you have to know what you need. A good way to start an apartment search is to think about how your lifestyle affects your apartment needs. Ask yourself: what kind of apartment dweller will you be? Do you need a quiet apartment where you can relax or study all day long? Or do you need a place to rest your head at night in between work and an active social life?
When you consider how your lifestyle affects your apartment needs, think about the following factors:
How much money is in your budget for living expenses? How much can you put towards rent after you pay other life expenses?
Do you work 9 to 5? Are you in school? How far from work do you want to live?
Can you fit everything in a small studio apartment? Or do you need a one bedroom , or two bedroom apartment to accommodate your family?
Where is your child’s school located? Do you need a recreation area for your kids to play outside?
What do you do for recreation? What do you need in a neighborhood or community? Do you like to be near restaurants and shops? Do you like the outdoors?
Do you drive everywhere? Bike? Use public transportation?
Where will you walk your dog? How many times a day do you take your dog outside?
All of these questions will help you pinpoint exactly what you need and want in an apartment. In Roanoke, there are so many options, so know what you want. If you want more information about our online special, contact Honeywood Apartments.
These days, real estate brokers are dealing with declining home sales and would have their clients believe that there is no better time than the present to buy a home. Prices are down and mortgage rates are at all-time lows.
Unfortunately for the brokers, many clients are not persuaded by that logic. Instead, in increasing numbers, people are choosing torent their homes — unconvinced that the housing market has yet hit bottom.
Apartments in Roanoke, VA are in a fabulous location and offer amenities that cannot be found in any old home, renting in Roanoke is a great option for many. With renting you also have a broad mix of people making up your community; the young student residents, new families, empty nesters and retirees. For many, homeownership in no longer on their wish list.
Nationally, vacancy rates for apartments are projected to drop to 4.6 this year, down from 5% currently. If you are interested in the new trend of renting, and are moving to or within Roanoke, contact Honeywood Apartments.
It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is next week. Often it is easy to fall victim to stress during this hectic time of the year. It is important to remember that holidays are for bringing families together and should be filled with traditions, both new and old. Getting ready for, and entertaining in your apartment in Roanoke, VA should be fun. Get your children involved, and enjoy the holidays with them, while making some new family traditions. Here are some quick and easy ideas:
Have your kids design name tags for all the guests who will be coming. It also would be fun to get them laminated so the original artist could look back years from now and see the beautiful work they did when they were younger.
Assign a child to be in charge of family photos and have them make a fun slide show. With children being so technologically savvy these days, sometimes they are better equipped to technology than adults!
Ask some of the children to prepare a “welcome greeting” or a list of items to be thankful for.
Of course, some items are prepared and frozen over this upcoming weekend. When preparing foods in advance, have your young chef help you in the kitchen!
Create a scrap book and have colored pencils, crayons etc, on a table and as each person enters the home they can write down what they are most thankful for (if they can’t write, a cute picture will suffice).
Involving your kids in the festivities and preparations keep the holidays fun. More importantly, the more you delegate and involve your kids, the more your traditions will be remembered and held close. Let everyone share a special role in this holiday!
One of the most popular home ownership myths in Roanoke, VA is that owning a house is a huge tax break as compared to renting. I don’t know how many times people have personally told me that they want to buy a home because they NEED a tax deduction! I just shake my head in disbelief because I have done the math.
If your mortgage interest and other qualifying expenses such as charity contributions aren’t more than the standard deduction, ($11,600 for joint filers in 2011), there is no tax advantage to owning a home as opposed to renting an apartment in Roanoke, VA. Assume that you buy a $200,000 house with a 5% downpayment at a 6% interest rate. Your mortgage interest for the year would be $11,336. The Standard Deduction for joint filers is $11,600.
In this example, there is NO TAX BENEFIT. Even when there is a tax benefit, you most likely paid much more money to maintain the house than you are saving in taxes. If your mortgage interest is more than the standard deduction and you choose to itemize, there is little to no advantage.
For example, assume that your mortgage interest in 2011 is $15,000. You would get to deduct an additional $3400 if you itemize BUT you spent $15,000 in mortgage interest to save $850 on your taxes (assuming 25% tax bracket).
Don’t forget that you would also have all of the other expenses of home ownership that you would not have incurred when renting an apartment in Roanoke, VA in an HHHunt community.
Saturday Downtown Roanoke will host the second annual “Virginia’s Veterans Parade.” The parade is to pay tribute to veterans of all services and all conflicts. The parade begins at 11am with a fly-over from an Air Force C-130 Hercules Aircraft, and features more than 1,600 participants and 75 units.
Virginia’s Veterans Parade was started in 2010 by a group of veterans from the Roanoke region, who wanted to bring back a time-honored tradition of holding a public event to honor the region’s active and retired military service personnel. The parade is only one of two known in Virginia.
Citizens from homes and apartments in Roanoke, VA will once again have the opportunity to show their patriotism and honor our military service men and women at the 2nd Annual Virginia’s Veterans Parade.
The parade participant highlights include: Virginia Tech regimental band; Highty-Tighties; VMI Pipe Band; 29th Infantry Army Band – Virginia Army National Guard; area high school bands; 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Military Vehicles; 116th Infantry Battalion and E Company 429th Brigade Support Battalion (700 soldiers); Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership at Mary Baldwin College; VFW Rolling Tribute; and Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans.
The goal of the parade is to create an ongoing event that honors our military personnel, both past and present,” said Robert (Bob) Eaton, Parade Planning Committee Chair.
ITT NightVision, the parade’s lead sponsor, has donated the funds to cover parade costs each year.
If you have old and expired prescriptions lying around the apartment in Roanoke, VA, now is the time to get rid of those medicines safely.
Drug take backs not only aim to protect the Roanoke Valley's waterways, but it also helps keep our kids safe and helps prevent drug abuse.
Please bring unused or expired medications to the designated locations where they can be safely destroyed.
On Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. drug take backs will be held all over the Roanoke Valley.
A list of the locations are as follows: Roanoke Civic Center; Botetourt County at the Daleville Kroger; Roanoke County at the Tanglewood Kroger; Vinton at the Hardy Road Kroger; and Friendship Manor off of Plantation Road.
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Southern Culture on the Skids
With an uncertain economy, and more people moving to take jobs where they can find them, 
When you are hosting a holiday party for the family and friends in your 
These last few weekends before Hanukah and Christmas are made for last minute shopping. Have you noticed the last minute gifts are always the most challenging too? Many residents of our 
Know yourself
These days, real estate brokers are dealing with declining home sales and would have their clients believe that there is no better time than the present to buy a home. Prices are down and mortgage rates are at all-time lows.
It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is next week. Often it is easy to fall victim to stress during this hectic time of the year. It is important to remember that holidays are for bringing families together and should be filled with traditions, both new and old. Getting ready for, and entertaining in your 
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