Author: Jay Ruud
Franke’s Cafeteria
Review No. 166: Franke’s Cafeteria 1101 Fendley Drive (501) 932-6123 75 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: One of the oldest continually operating restaurants in Arkansas, Franke’s Cafeteria (named to the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame in 2018) celebrates its centennial this year. C.A. Franke, founder of the franchise, opened a… Continue reading Franke’s Cafeteria
José Olivarez’s “A Mexican Dreams of Heaven”
Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood
Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood Quentin Tarantino (1969) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/3-12.jpg’ attachment=313′ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] Three Tennysons/Half Shakespeare[/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Most moviegoers these days think of 1969, if they think of it at all, as a vague time in the distant past when men first landed on… Continue reading Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood
The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Nanny Leïla Slimani (2018) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/3-12.jpg’ attachment=313′ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] Three Tennysons/Half Shakespeare[/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Leïla Slimani won France’s most prestigious literary award, the Prix Goncourt, for her 2016 novel Chanson Douce (literally “Sweet Song”). She is the first Moroccan woman to be so honored, and… Continue reading The Perfect Nanny
Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
Maggie’s Original Cookie Company
Review No. 165: Maggie’s Original Cookie Company 2850 Prince Street, Suite 17 (501) 336-9600 74.5 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: After a ladies-who-lunch outing with my mom and a friend, I wanted to take a little sweet treat home to my husband, so I pointed the car toward Maggie’s, a cookie-making… Continue reading Maggie’s Original Cookie Company
From John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
Catch-22
Catch-22 Hulu (2019) Okay, I know this is my week to review a book, but I’m putting a bit of a twist on it and reviewing a currently streaming miniseries made from a book. And not just a book: the novel that in my own humble (well, not all that humble) opinion is the greatest American… Continue reading Catch-22
Hole in the Wall Cafe
Review No. 164: The Hole in the Wall Cafe 1016 Markham Street (501) 205-1325 73.5 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We were looking for some southern cooking for my Missouri-native mother during the waning weeks of her annual Arkansas visit from South Dakota. Of course, we knew this was the opportunity… Continue reading Hole in the Wall Cafe