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Book Review: In My Father’s Country by Saima Wahab

Saima Wahab was born in Afghanistan but only lived there until she was six years old. By then, her father had been taken away by the KGB, so she and her family had to leave. They ended up in Pakistan, living with family, until she, her brother Khalid and her sister Najiba, in their teens, [...]

May 14, 2012No CommentRead More

Family Movietime – Pirates Band of Misfits

May 7, 2012 No Comment

Timothy J. Lavallee | Destination Wake Forest Hugh Grant lends his voice in the latest animated film from the people who brought you Wallace & Gromit. The Pirates! Band of Misfits is a story about a relatively tame and wildly unsuccessful pirate named Pirate Captain, and his crew who are equally inept. Every year the Pirate King who is dressed [...]

Now Playing – The Five-Year Engagement

April 30, 2012 No Comment

On the 1 year anniversary of the day they met Tom and Violet get engaged. They don’t originally intend to have a super long engagement but life sometimes has other plans. That’s the premise of The Five-Year Engagement. The movie stars Jason Segel of How I Met Your Mother fame, and Emily Blunt who was in The Adjustment Bureau. This movie [...]

Book Review: Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall

April 28, 2012 1 Comment

During the Civil War, Iris Dunleavy is declared a lunatic and sent to the Sanibel Asylum to be cured by the renowned Dr. Cowell. The doctor has a reputation for restoring women like Iris back to good, obedient wives. Iris insists she is not insane. She just went against her husband and has been sent [...]

CSA Week 4 – Homemade Chinese Takeout

April 25, 2012 1 Comment

It’s that time of the week again. Yay! Yay! For CSA Day!! Today’s share contained strawberries, collard greens, Napa cabbage, carrots, asparagus and tomatoes. What to do…what to do?!!? Well, the strawberries will be divided up into tomorrow’s breakfast of greek yogurt with granola and the kid’s lunch boxes…the asparagus will lightly grilled next to [...]

Six Sundays in Spring Kicks off Sunday

April 25, 2012 No Comment

From folk rock to jazz and bluegrass to soul, there’s something for all music lovers at this year’s Six Sundays in Spring Concert Series. Sponsored by Wake Forest ARTS, the weekly performances get underway Sunday, April 29. The gospel group Millennium Revival Center Praise Team will open the concert at 3 p.m. followed by Marcus [...]

Movie Night In – The Descendants

April 23, 2012 1 Comment

If you are thinking of something to rent for a movie night in Golden Globe award winner The Descendants fits the bill. George Clooney stars as Matt King, a Lawyer who’s in charge of the family trust that owns this amazingly beautiful section of Kauai. The movie shows some gorgeous views of Hawaii. In the beginning of [...]

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Enchiladas

April 21, 2012 No Comment

This past Tuesday was week three of my Vollmer Farm CSA share. This share contained strawberries, asparagus, sweet potatoes, carrots and red candy onions. Today’s recipe will utilize the sweet potatoes and onions. I’ve mentioned before that we could possibly become a vegetarian family, especially for the 20 weeks of our CSA share if it weren’t [...]

Book Review: Moonwalking with Einstein Joshua Foer

April 20, 2012 1 Comment

Journalist Josh Foer went to the U.S. Memory Championships to cover the event and write an article about it. But after meeting the competitors and learning more about what they do, Foer decided to train for the next year’s championship. He won. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything is Foer’s memoir [...]

Strawberries – You Pick ‘em!

April 17, 2012 2 Comments

‘Tis the season for picking strawberries. Sweet, delicious, ruby red morsels of goodness. We are so lucky to live in an area that has tons of tireless farmers who open their farms to us mere mortals in search of our next sweet fix…some places will even pick them for you and send you home with [...]