Have you ever gotten up and realized it was just too beautiful a day to waste doing your everyday routine? As a cool breeze gently made its way into my windows I woke up to song birds and the smell of magnolias. I thought I might still be dreaming, but I wasn’t. I heard my children get up for school, teenagers now, who don’t need my help. I lingered in bed, the sheets that perfect temperature, not too hot, not too cold. I’ve come to call that feeling PST (perfect sheet temperature). I did not want to leave my bed, but when opened my eyes I knew I had to get up and enjoy this wonderful June day. With my boys off to school and my husband and I off from work. (Truly, we did not call in “sick”!) it was meant to be that we did something special with... Read the Rest →
Miss Angola, the stunning Leila Lopes, was crowned Miss Universe when she won the title on September 12, 2011. It isn’t often that we watch the Miss Universe pageant, but as it happened, we stumbled upon it while channel surfing. It was easy to pick Miss Angola out of the crowd and as the competition went on Miss Angola had won our hearts. It was during this show that the idea for Worldly Wednesdays was born. We asked ourselves, “Where is Angola?” Clearly, a geography lesson was in need and so what better way to explore the world than through its food. But, before we get to the food of Angola, let us talk about the home country of our current Miss Universe. Angola is located on the west coast (Atlantic Ocean) of southern Africa. It is bordered by Congo-Brazzaville at the Northern Province of Cabinda, the Democratic Republic of... Read the Rest →
Miss Angola, the stunning Leila Lopes, was crowned Miss Universe when she won the title on September 12, 2011. It isn’t often that we watch the Miss Universe pageant, but as it happened, we stumbled upon it while channel surfing. It was easy to pick Miss Angola out of the crowd and as the competition went on Miss Angola had won our hearts. It was during this show that the idea for Worldly Wednesdays was born. We asked ourselves, “Where is Angola?” Clearly, a geography lesson was in need and so what better way to explore the world than through its food. But, before we get to the food of Angola, let us talk about the home country of our current Miss Universe. Angola is located on the west coast (Atlantic Ocean) of southern Africa. It is bordered by Congo-Brazzaville at the Northern Province of Cabinda, the Democratic Republic of... Read the Rest →