She asked me if I wanted to go with her.
I paused for a moment then quickly said, “Yes”.
That Friday afternoon we arrived at the Grounds of Sculptures,
a 42-acre park of contemporary sculptures in Hamilton Township, New Jersey.
I was a little nervous. We were on a date, and it felt good.
Her hand in mine, we walked and explored the gardens of thought-provoking sculptures.
All around us laughter fills the air as children playfully chasing each other around the sculptures.
A peacock calls out. Everyone looks ups to see it perched gracefully on the roof top.
Her smile was like a crescent moon...

​What are your favorite foods? I could eat this entire plate of codfish fitters, lol. Here are a few of my delicious favorites. What’s yours?

My list:

1. Codfish fritters with honey sriracha sauce
2. Barbeque jerk chicken wings
3. Empanadas (beef, chicken or veggie)
4. Fried jerk sea bass with coconut rice and peas
5. Asenath’s Mac and Cheese
6. Butter curry shrimp with coconut white rice
7. Stewed Oxtail and dumplings with sautéed cabbage.
8. Curry goat stew with buss up shot
9. Cow heel soup
10. Curry sea food roti (shrimp, salmon and lobster, chick peas and potatoes)

​Netflix’s ARCANE season 2, Act III is a masterpiece. A visually stunning and innovative animation. I knew I was watching something special 5 minutes into the first episode. Arcane tells the origin story of two sisters, Jinx – also known as Powder (played by Ella Purnell) and Vi (played by Hailee Steinfeld). They find themselves on rival sides of a brewing war between the utopian city Piltover and its oppressed underbelly, Zaun. Season 2 picks up in the aftermath of the explosive events of Season 1 after Jinx launches a stolen Hextech gemstone at the Piltover council. I was intrigued by the storytelling which explored the humane journey of these characters’ emotions - love, friendship, family, trauma and death.

“ARCANE is based on the popular multiplayer online battle arena game League of Legends, developed and released by Riot Games in 2009. The animated series was constructed by co-creators Linke and Alex Yee and was produced by the French animation studio Fortiche Production in partnership with Riot Games.”
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Arcane Season 2 is a must watch. Check out some of the visuals below…

I have mixed feelings about James Gunn’s rendition of Superman in this teaser trailer. Gunn is brilliant at introducing new comic characters and new worlds to the big screen. I just don’t think this Superman is from our Earth. Gunn’s Superman is from a totally unfamiliar world with new heroes like Guy Gardner-Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Mr. Terrific, Metamorpho and Superman’s dog Krypto. I also get the sense from the opening scene of this trailer that Superman can’t do this hero thing by himself. He needs help. He needs a team. He needs a Justice League.
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Let’s look at the trailer below and let me know if James Gunn is attempting to put together a team to help Superman with EARTH’S INFINITE CRISIS.

Latino food truck festival,
A quest for empanadas – amazing wines
Tasty foods and long lines.
Nothing but smiles playing corn hole.

Humid and hot,
We sat on a ledge next to the road
Eating ice cream;
And got lost talking.
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She leaned against me,
Listening to Pennington Station Band,
“And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know
Whoa, whoa, whoa…”

Delighted she was there,
In more ways than one.

Prepare yourself for a stunning, sweet and refreshing drink. This fruity delicious homemade cocktail is the go to drink for the summer. Let me share with you my recipe.

Serves: 1

Ingredients:
1/2 shot of prickly pear syrup
1/2 cup of mango twist juice
1 shot of spice or white rum
Ice cubes
Slice of lemon, squeezed (optional)


Directions:
Blend all 5 ingredients either into a cocktail shaker or stir.

Happy New Year!


This weekend, my wife was away on a family trip...
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…and while it was extremely difficult to function without her, I managed to put together Sunday dinner for my son and me. I made our favorite meal, oven broiled barbecue jerk chicken wings. The combination of flavors thrilled our taste buds. Along with my dry seasoning and blended fresh herbs, I used three main ingredients that were store-bought. (1) Spicy Jamaican jerk marinade, (2) mild Jamaican jerk seasoning and (3) Hickory Smoke barbecue sauce. Here are a few photos from the kitchen…

No leftovers, lol.