The flag of Spain flew over Texas once again recently at the Sixth Annual Corona Paella Challenge. The tribute to Spain’s national dish attracted more than 2,000 paella lovers and united award-winning, celebrity chefs and high school culinary arts students in a delectable competition.
It is so funny how over time we grow and our minds tend to change. However, there are some passions that never leave our heads, those reoccurring dreams that we want so much to be a reality.
One look at the images our photographer of the month, Joe Mack, takes, and you're transported...moved to different places, times, and views. I love his eye - he catches details that aren't usually seen - a cemetery in France, greenness on the High Line.
Music: it can be a way of learning about and understanding a new place; it can be a way of remembering home when away. It may be a source of identity, of connection, of memory, of inspiration. It can be a way to pass on stories and tradition, and a way to help sort out how what's known from other places may fit in a new home and landscape.
Florida Culture for the Week of March 16 by Josh Garrick
March 19 – A Conversation with Eric Spiegel at Rollins College
PAH -PA-PA-PA-PA; YOUR'E GONNA FIND ME ...
We all know that Ireland's symbol is the shamrock, but did you also know that there's a second symbol? It's the humble, and ever so delicious leek! Legend says that St Patrick was praying with a dying woman, when she had a dream about a certain vegetable.
I cannot blame it on the desire for warm, green grass after such a crazy, cold winter or even upcoming St.
You know what I love? Stories of awesome people. They inspire, teach, and lead by example. Such is the case with Chalkboard Heroes, a marvelous new book by Terry Lee Marzell.
When I walked into view - and saw the square - the centre of Marrakesh - I knew at once how much I was going to love it. I walked further in and listened to the crowd cheering the dancing snakes. They hissed and glared and slithered along, showing off their beautiful scaly tales. They showed off their shining fangs, which reminded me of pure white snow.