With all that's going on in the world, I thought I'd put together a list of best historical dramas and foreign films to watch in isolation. It'll help take your mind off all the madness! I love stories. Like really, reeaally love them. When I'm not writing, I'm constantly digesting books, movies, documentaries and tv shows of all sorts. One of life's greatest pleasures is plopping on the couch with my husband and dog, a big salty bowl of ... Read the Post...
The Limping Lady: The Greatest Female Spy You’ve Never Heard of
In the Spring of 1906, Virginia Hall was born in the heart of Baltimore to a wealthy family. As a child, she attended an all-girls preparatory academy, Roland Park Country School. Her mother, Barbara, had grown up destitute and married into money. Facing hardships and poverty as a child, Barbara was determined for her daughter to marry into fortune, too. But Virginia was far from the dainty young woman her mother had so wished for and had her ... Read the Post...
Cultural Cuisine: New Orleans Beignets
Beignets first graced New Orleans tables a few hundred years ago when they were brought over by French colonists. While the French had popularized them and spread them across modern-day Louisiana, Canada and everything in between, their roots actually go much farther back. The very first beignets, or, at the time, 'scriblita' were actually made in ancient Rome during 5th century BC. These 'scriblita' were a gooey, moist dough dipped into ... Read the Post...
The Black Sparrow of Death – Eugene Jacques Bullard
On October 9, 1895, Eugene Bullard was born to a former Haitian slave, William, and a Muskogee Creek woman, Josephine, in Columbus, Georgia. While Eugene's father escaped Haitian shackles and sought refuge in the US with the Creek tribes, they weren't out of the woods just yet. Slavery had been abolished in the South only 30 years prior and still cast a long, dark shadow over the country. Eugene was no stranger to discrimination, hardship, and ... Read the Post...
