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Category Archives: Review
Something I learned from flipping through Martha Stewart’s Magazine
Hot apple juice is an excellent substitute for hot water when making tea on a cold morning. And, even though Martha Stewart recommended the Earl, I’m quite happy with the Lady (and even happier with Republic of Tea’s Vanilla … Continue reading
Review: The Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
At the beginning of 2010, my sister and I saw the movie Invictus. It is an excellent sports film about the 1995 Rugby World Cup and Nelson Mandela’s enlisting of the South African team to win the cup and help … Continue reading
Review: Yves’s Grain Strips with Buffalo Sauce
You know that you’re not supposed to shop when you’re hungry. I know it, too. But, that didn’t stop me from picking up a few essentials around dinner time the other night. As I walking down the dirty hippie cooler … Continue reading
Pop Culture Homework Assignment: Sugar Hill
I added this film to my queue because it is a film about revenge and Voodoo and killers brought back from the dead. In particular, it includes an invoking of my favorite Voodoo loa, Baron Samedi. Sugar Hill’s boyfriend Langston … Continue reading
Pop Culture Homework Assignment: Dear Zachary
I just spent the last ninety minutes in tears. I knew this film was going to be a bit of a tear jerker, it started as a memorial to a murdered friend in the form of a letter to his … Continue reading
Chili, from cans (and taco pizza).
So, when I make chili, it tends to be an affair of looking at what I have in the cabinets that seems like a chili ingredient, opening those cans and mixing them together to see what flies. This time around, … Continue reading
Review: Eurospa by Veronika
I had a groupon that was about to expire, so last week I went to EuroSpa by Veronika. The place looks like a little house on the outside and it is located near the Buffalo international airport. The groupon was … Continue reading
Saag Aloo…well, Rapini Aloo
I have a group of friends with which I craft and we get together about once a week during the school year to work on our projects, share in the trials and tribulations of crafting and show off the cool … Continue reading
Zucchini Casserole
Me: I made that casserole I was telling you about. Its cooling. Ali: (In a lovely English accent) You mean courgette (read: zucchini) surprise? Me: (laughing) yes, courgette surprise. Ali: You know, at the end of the meal, someone is … Continue reading
Pop Culture Homework Assignment: The episodes of Charmed I’ve never seen before
When I lived in the Wales, Charmed was on twice a day, two episodes back to back. I often had them on while I was cooking and then eating dinner. I liked the show because Alyssa Milano’s character Phoebe cracked … Continue reading
