Feeding Your Soul

When I created my 30 Before 30 list back at the end of January I left 2 spaces open for anything that would pop up (and because I couldn't think of anything else).  My wife recently came up with an idea for me that would get us both out of our comfort zone – visit 5 restaurants we have never been too.  Now this might not seem very outgoing to some people but to my wife and I who have our Cheers in our hometown this is a big deal. We have a list of our usual haunts that we go to whenever we go out for dinner and we rarely deviate from that list.  In this, my last year of my 20s, I will deviate hence this addition to the list.  The part that makes this addition easy is we watch Phantom Gourmet every weekend when we are home.  Our list of places to eat grows every week.  As for the rest of my 30 Before 30 list, I am starting off very slowly. I have only eaten 2 different dishes at 2 of my favorite restaurants (Happy Jack’s and Cheesecake Factory). ...

Well here is it. The dreaded/happy/exciting list of the 30 things I want to do by the time I am 30 on January 28th, 2015. I have already started one (#16) and had a dish at my favorite restaurant - Happy Jacks - that I never had before. 1 down, 4 to go! There are 2 empty spaces that I will fill in as the year goes on. If you have any suggestions feel free to leave a comment and let me know. If you want to do any of them with me, leave a comment and let me know. On the right hand side of the page I have my list. I will be taking them off as I go. Wish me luck everyone! 1. Reach 160 pounds 2. Visit 10 of the 25 Waterfalls of New England 3. Walk/Run Castle Island Route 4. Bike 2 Trails – Cape Cod and ??? 5. Read The Count of Monte Cristo 6. Pay off 1 Credit Card 7. Begin my Event Planning side business 8. Eat Thai Food 9. Put All Photos on my computer and camera into albums and organize 10. Decide for good whether I want a tattoo or not 11...

Had to share. Puts you in a good mood :)

How do you tell the Sleepy Hollow story to an audience who has seen and heard the story countless times? By creating a little humor in all the drama of course.  Fox’s Sleepy Hollow premiered in September 2013 to a raving 10.1 million viewers – one of the highest rated season premiers this year on Fox.   New to the American silver screen Tom Mison plays Icabod Crane who is killed in 1781 by the Headless Horseman (who he kills as well) and is reawakened in 2013 along with the Headless Horseman.  Nicole Beharie plays Lt. Abbie Mills crosses paths with Crane after her partner is decapitated by the Headless Horseman. She is the only one who slightly believes him and they are paired together – reluctantly – by the chief of police Frank Irving (Orlando Jones) when events start occurring in Sleepy Hollow that cannot be explained.  Trying to find the truth as to why Crane awoke at all let alone in 2013 and dealing with life creates a bond between Abbie and Crane and w...

 After the success of shows such as Lost and 24, television studios have started airing new episodes of hit shows every week from the premiere until late November/early December with a long hiatus from December to end of January/February/March.   2 of my favorite shows – Revenge and Once Upon a Time – followed that pattern and they both ended with quite a bang. Revenge ended their 1 st half of Season 3 in early December with the reveal of who shot Emily.  I can say that the shooter was someone that I didn’t think would do it.  It was a shocker, one story-line that I never remotely thought of.  The moment to bring the shooter to light was a very calculated move but not by Emily.  She actually got herself on the other end of the gun by a lapse in her revenge agenda and slipped. Yes, Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke slipped up and the result was 2 bullets to her stomach.  After watching the episode it was her slip-up that was most shocking and surpr...

Visually spectacular. That is how I would describe Catching Fire, the second installment in the Hunger Games movies.  From the “ruins” of the districts to the Capital parties to the 75 th Hunger Games arena the movie was visually a masterpiece.  Everything was just as I had pictured in the book. Catching Fire picks up a few months after the 74 th Hunger Games where Peeta and Katniss won in the first time 2 people became victors.  Katniss is finding it hard to keep her thoughts together and questions everything, especially her relationship with Gale and Peeta.  After a disturbing visit from President Snow, Katniss tries to make the best of the Victory Tour and convince everyone that she and Peeta are madly and happily in love.  It doesn’t work and for that the 75 th Hunger Games – the Quarter Quell – will reap (choose) from the existing pool of victors. By process of elimination, Katniss will go back into the arena as she is the only female victor from ...

2013 was beyond words. I married my best friend, went on an amazing and romantic honeymoon, met amazing people that I will never forget and reconnected with family that I let slip through the cracks. 2013 was by far the best year on record. But 2014 brings about a new set of exciting – starting the life that I know I deserve. Every year I make a list of resolutions that I rarely keep (which is the first problem) but this year I have a much different and better outlook on the year and what I want to accomplish. I feel confident. I feel radiant. I know that this year will be amazing and better than last year because I want it to be. If you want something bad enough you just have to go out and get it, no matter what it takes. That is what I plan on doing this year. I have made a few resolutions and I plan on keeping every single one of them. I also created a 30 by 30 list as this is the last year in my 20’s. I know I will accomplish everything on that list come hell or high wa...