Reviews

Wonder Woman // Rise Of The Warrior The Adam West & Burt Ward “Batman” (1966) movie qualified as the first costume-clad crime fighter epic of the modern era.  Although women have figured...

BOEN // Pinot Noir Boen Pinot Noir comes from the Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA.   The winemaker is Joseph Wagner who is a fifth-generation winemaker.  At age 19 he...

SeaQuench Ale // Dogfish Head Brewery   Since the weather is warming up quite a bit, I find myself leaning toward beer choices that I know I can drink multiples of while outside. I know I’ve...

Chicken Salad Chick // Fresh Southern Delicious There are a variety of things that come to mind when one thinks of Southern food staples. For any basic Southern get together whether it’s a picnic or baby...

Truman Capote's Southern Years Stories from a Monroeville Cousin Marianne M. Moates, Foreword by Ralph F. Voss Readers are well acquainted with Truman Capote’s meteoric rise to fame and his...

BOEN // Pinot Noir Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the Louis M. Martini winery in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California, USA. For this review I tasted the 2012 vintage. According to the bottle,...

Jai Alai IPA // Cigar City Brewing   Most breweries have a line of core offerings that are available to their fans all yearround, but more valuable to the craft beer drinker are the beers that are...

Frutta Bowls //A Bowl of Gorgeous Goodness It is a very rare occasion that a new business opening becomes the turning point of redefining the type of city we live in. There’s always that certain place...

The Mark of CriminalityRhetoric, Race, and Gangsta Rap in the War on Crime Era   The Mark of Criminality illustrates the ways that the “war on crime” became conjoined—aesthetically,...

Snatched // Help me put the fun in Non-Refundable “Snatched” will make a great Mother’s Day gift movie.  Comedienne Amy Schumer’s sophomore saga boasts only half as many laughs as her big screen...