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
Author: Jay Ruud
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
Chaucer’s Miller’s Portrait from “The General Prologue”
A Simple Favor
A Simple Favor Paul Feig (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=”] I suspect that A Simple Favor is a movie you will either love or hate. It’s a movie that portrays some fairly awful crimes and behaviors in what you might call… Continue reading A Simple Favor
Las Delicias on Oak
Review No. 126: Las Delicias 1120 West Oak Street (501) 358-7577 57.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said:Las Delicias has a couple of locations in Conway: One of them, on Old Morrilton Highway, opened a couple of years ago. The second, downtown on Oak Street, has only been open since August… Continue reading Las Delicias on Oak