Review No. 130: The Purple Cow 1055 Ellis Avenue (501) 205-4211 59.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Ruud2 was in town on a Saturday morning for her rehearsal for the upcoming Red Curtain Theater production of The Rocky Horror Show, and she’d brought her 4-year-old twins and her 40-something-year-old-husband Gerry… Continue reading The Purple Cow
Author: Jay Ruud
George Herbert’s “The Pulley”
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper (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=”] Why, I ask myself, has this well-worn story of an up-and-coming star married to a crashing-and-burning one been so popular (for more than eighty years) that Hollywood has turned… Continue reading A Star Is Born
Whole Hog Cafe
Review No. 129: Whole Hog Cafe 150 East Oak 501-513-0600 58.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: After a pretty active morning (walking the dogs, a run on the treadmill and my adult ballet class), I was hungry and decided it was time for us to dine at Whole Hog Café… Continue reading Whole Hog Cafe
W.S. Merwin’s “For the Anniversary of My Death”
The Wife
The Wife Björn Runge (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=”] Swedish director Björn Runge’s current film The Wife was adapted from a novel of the same name by Meg Wolitzer, but as you watch the movie you’ll be surprised it wasn’t adapted… Continue reading The Wife
Poke Hula
Review No. 128: Poke Hula 1115 West Oak Street (501) 505-8300 58.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said:This Hawaiian eatery is one of the newer restaurants in Conway, though it’s not especially new to central Arkansas: There are three locations in Little Rock, and Conwegians familiar with those Little Rock restaurants… Continue reading Poke Hula
Robert Frost’s “Design”
White Boy Rick
White Boy Rick Yann Demange (2018) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Susanns.jpg’ attachment=’78’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=10” appearance=’on-hover’] 2 JACQUELINE SUSANNS [/av_image] Rick Wershe, Jr., the protagonist of the new film White Boy Rick, was a Detroit drug dealer and FBI informant who as a minor (aged 17) was sent to prison on a life… Continue reading White Boy Rick
Cracker Barrel
Review No. 127: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 525 Skyline Drive 501-327-6107 57.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: Before The Pancreas, we used to frequent Conway’s Cracker Barrel, or the “Barrel of Crack” as our family refers to it, because the food is so starchy, comforting and satisfying. I’m also… Continue reading Cracker Barrel