Review of Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead

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,…

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Watching The Addams Family At the Mahalia Jackson

This year we decided to buy tickets to the Broadway Across America series at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. The first play on slate was the Addams Family. I have to admit that I didn’t expect much. I have never really been a fan of either the television show nor the…

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Tired Travelers in Brussels

Weary Travelers Our last city in Europe is just a short three hour train ride from Amsterdam. It took a little time to figure out their public transportation system. We were tired travelers in Brussels, since it we had been traveling for a month. We also had to figure in…

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Running: Sidelined by the Dreaded f-word

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…

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Surrounded by Water and Orange in Amsterdam

The First Evening in Amsterdam: The Anne Frank Huis Our second to last city in our Europe Chronicles was Amsterdam, Easily it was one of the most beautiful cities we visited. We loved being surrounded by water and orange in Amsterdam.  And we didn’t even visit a coffee shop. Our…

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Forks Over Knives Review

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…

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