McDonald’s Restaurant No. 3: 2.1% of Conway Restaurants Reviewed 220 E. Oak Street 501-327-2117 The Situation He Said: We vowed to eat at every restaurant in Conway, and that does include fast-food places. Lots and lots of fast-food places. My most vivid memory of McDonald’s is taking my daughter there in Wisconsin Dells when… Continue reading McDonald’s Oak Street
Author: Jay Ruud
Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz”
“Money Monster” Review
[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’] Ruud Rating Money Monster Two Susanns/Half Tenneyson[/av_image] Jodie Foster last directed a film five years ago, when she tried to save buddy Mel Gibson’s sagging career with the ill-conceived and poorly received The Beaver in 2011. Prior to that, she hadn’t directed any… Continue reading “Money Monster” Review
Mike’s Place
Mike’s Place 808 Front Street Conway, Arkansas 72034 (501) 269-6453 The Situation He Said: Mike’s Place has a special niche historically among the restaurants of Conway, since it is the first place in town to take on the archaic law making Faulkner an infamous “dry county.” While I do not drink alcohol myself anymore… Continue reading Mike’s Place
Randall Jarrell’s “Death of the Ball Turrett Gunner”
Umami Sushi Lounge and Grill Fusion
Umami Sushi Lounge and Grill Fusion 500 Amity Road Conway (501) 358-3880 The Situation She Said: I was supposed to be fasting (it was a Monday, on which I usually eat only about 500 calories), but we had also had a big weekend, with Jay being named a distinguished alumnus of his undergraduate alma mater… Continue reading Umami Sushi Lounge and Grill Fusion
William Wordsworth’s “It Is a Beauteous Evening Calm and Free”
Review of Gavin Hood’s “Eye in the Sky”
[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’] Ruud Rating Eye in the Sky Three Tennysons/Half Shakespeare[/av_image] Would you kill a completely innocent nine-year old girl if you knew that killing her would save the lives of perhaps eighty men, women and children who are the targets of terrorist suicide bombers?… Continue reading Review of Gavin Hood’s “Eye in the Sky”
Poetry with Dogs: Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”
Movie Review: Elvis and Nixon
[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’] Ruud Rating Elvis and Nixon Two Susanns/Half Tenneyson[/av_image] A small and quirky movie likely to get lost among the dazzling superhero and CGI orgy of summer blockbusters, Liza Johnson’s Elvis & Nixon is a bright kernel of fun that you might want to take… Continue reading Movie Review: Elvis and Nixon