Review No. 59: PattiCakes Bakery (The Stoby’s Bakery) 2106 Robinson Avenue (501) 205-1969 32.4 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: I’ve lived in Conway for 14 years and had not only never been to PattiCakes Bakery, but I had also never even heard of it until today. But She Said had… Continue reading PattiCakes Bakery
Author: Jay Ruud
Chaucer’s Prioress, from “The General Prologue”
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman Patty Jenkins (2017) [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=”] Last week on Fox News, commentator Neil Cavuto and guest Dion Baia spent some time on the significant question of Wonder Woman’s costume in the new film by Patty Jenkins, claiming… Continue reading Wonder Woman
Rong Chinese Restaurant
Review No. 58: Rong Chinese Restaurant 126 Harkrider Street (501) 358-6388 32.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We became aware there was ANOTHER new restaurant in Conway tooling down Harkrider recently, when we saw the sign that Rong Chinese Restaurant was coming soon. Of course, we made some of the… Continue reading Rong Chinese Restaurant
David Berman’s “Imagining Defeat”
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer Joseph Cedar (2017) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Tennyson-180×180.jpg’ attachment=’77’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] It’s nice to know that, amid the dreck of movie selection this Memorial Day weekend, led by the poorly reviewed and disappointingly attended new Pirates of the Caribbean… Continue reading Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Brick Oven Pizza Company
Review No. 57: Brick Oven Pizza Company 1475 Hogan Ln. #117 (501) 336-9100 31.8 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: The Brick Oven Pizza company opened its first restaurant in Paragould in 2004. They have now expanded to 11 locations, the one in Conway having opened several years ago. She Said… Continue reading Brick Oven Pizza Company
Philip Larkin’s “This Be the Verse”
Alien: Covenant
Alien: Covenant Ridley Scott (2017) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SusannTennyson.jpg’ attachment=313′ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] I remember watching James Cameron’s Aliens and being absolutely terrified back in the 1980s. I’m pretty sure it was the scariest movie I’ve ever seen, and that remains true to this day. Alien III… Continue reading Alien: Covenant
The Dive
Review No. 56: The Dive 305 Oak Street (501) 328-3483 31.3 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We generally try to give restaurants more time after opening before reviewing them. That’s just fair; the only way it seems to learn how to restaurant is to actually restaurant: to get a handle… Continue reading The Dive