A Family Exploring the Worlds of Fandom Together
Here is where we collect our food and other lifestyle writings.
Yesterday, in the Sunday Review of the New York Times, Mark Bittman wrote an Op-Ed piece on how junk food is not actually cheaper than regular food (if you want to read it, go ahead, we’ll be here when you get back). He talks about how families can really cook…
The Argument Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead is a movie made by an Australian business man on how going on a juice fast changed his life for the better. My review of Fat Sick and Nearly Dead really isn’t about that. The plot is simple. An overweight man, Joe Cross,…
After our first 5K in Lockport, we were excited about keeping to our running schedule. We live on the east bank to the Mississippi River and are lucky to have paved biking/running paths on the levees. We were all set to go run on the west bank levee every other…
The Argument A raw food vegan friend of mine recently encouraged me to watch the documentary Forks Over Knives. The movie does a plant-based diet version of Super Size Me. By eating a whole food plant diet, the director loses and keeps off a lot of weight. His blood work shows…
On September 11, we traveled down to Lockport to run a 5K Fun Run to help with Cancer Awareness. The only problem was that Mrs. Nola Nerd Couple woke up sick that morning. However, we were going to complete the 5K no matter what. Walking to raise cancer awareness is…
Heritage in Abruzzo If you have been reading this blog, you know that Cristina’s father was born and raised in Sulmona which is in the Abruzzo region of Italy. So, when A Mano posted their dates for their Tour of Italy menu I quickly went to Open Table and booked…
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I have never been a fan of olives. They either ranged from too salty to not having any taste at all due to being canned. However, my lovely wife would eat them every day. She especially likes Kalamata olives which she picks up every time she goes to Whole Foods. …
Running Cristina and I have decided to take on a new adventure: running. Why? Mainly because we are out of shape and need to get fit. Also, it is something that can sometimes be fun that we can do together. When it’s not fun, like when we are huffing and…
