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Sylvan Heights II: Birds of Winter
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill On New Year’s Eve Sherif and I decided to head down to Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park and Eco Center for our favorite day trip. Even though it was late December the park was...
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My Trip to Thomas Ave
Hong Kong Vintage Meatloaf at Dish Crab Cake at Dish Last weekend Sherif and I headed to Charlotte to see his folks, and while we were there we were fortunate enough to meet up with two of his old...
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Painted Coaster DIY
This post’s idea comes from my brother Jonathan, who recently moved, and has been on a mission to decorate at little to no cost ever since. The best way to do this, he has found, is to use his...
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R&F Turns One!
R&F has turned one!!! It was about this time last year that the blog made its debut with the now legendary chocolate heart post! Don’t remember the original symbol of love and affection? Check out...
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Jane Austen’s Contested Portrait
Okay, so first of all, I am sorry I haven’t posted in a million months, it was a hard winter and a busy spring. But I am finally getting around to feeling like writing and reading again. With that...
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Picasso Still Making Headlines
Before, During and After When my brother was an art student at UNC Greensboro he once staged an impromptu art display at the Senior Art Shows at the Weatherspoon Art Museum (he was not a senior at the...
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Pig and Goat
I love the name of this blog post because it sounds, to me, like it should be the name of some Inn in 19th century London. It’s kind of misleading that way, buuuuttttt now that I have your attention...
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Reading Faces: From Jane Eyre to North Korea
Just so you know, if you see these men they are just in utter despair and rage mixed with fear My family and close friends have recently been made aware of this, and now I share it with you: Reader, I...
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Gold Hill, NC
Gold Hill is, now, a little known village about 40 miles east of Asheboro, but in the mid-19th century it was a boom town. Gold was discovered in 1824 on a farm and by the 1840’s the Carolina Gold Rush...
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Taxidermy Fashion Earrings
Just a quick post today about something I saw and thought my audience would, likewise, be interested to see. You may remember I did a post a while back on how the 19th century feather hat industry...
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