As odd as it is for people in the Philippines to wear polka dots and eat round fruits to ensure a prosperous future, it is just as unusual for Americans to dine on black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day with the sole intention of bringing good luck for the upcoming year.
Some say the latter [...]
Soon, we will all be staying up until midnight and watching the ball drop in New York. But, why do we celebrate the New Year?
According to some sources, the celebration of the New Year is the oldest of all holidays. The date of January 1, however, has no basis in the stars or [...]
Montgomery, AL – Serving the Montgomery area for over twenty-nine years is Sam’s Bar-B-Q, located at 3510 Atlanta Highway in the capital city. And the one thing that definitely has not changed in all of that time is their delicious real-pit barbecue.
The distinctive hickory aroma fills the restaurant as you enter and to your right [...]
Prattville – Mayor Jim Byard Jr. has announced that former Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Department employee Sheila Smith Morrissette will become his executive assistant effective January 4, 2010.
Morrissette’s duties will consist of serving as confidential assistant and advisor to the mayor, as well as responsible for the management of the Mayor’s Office [...]
Prattville – Traffic issues on Old Farm Lane are about to get some relief, as the Alabama Department of Transportation began phase one of their widening project on November 23.
The bid price for this phase was $1,269,982.11 and the contract time is 120 days. Prattville City Engineer Robby Anderson said that price information for [...]
It’s Complicated (new): Romantic Comedy, show times are 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, and 9:50, rated R for some drug content and sexuality. Film stars Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, and Rita Wilson – During his son’s college graduation, Jane hooks up with her ex-husband, Jake, who’s married to a younger woman.
The Blind Side: [...]
Prattville – When City of Prattville Webmaster Teresa Lee attended the National Association of Government Webmasters conference in Galveston, Texas last September she was introduced to several cutting-edge technologies, one of which (ReadSpeaker) piqued her interest.
“I spent more time with the ReadSpeaker folks (Voice Corp) than anyone else because I could just see that it [...]
Turkey, stuffing or dressing, cranberry sauce, sweet potato pie, eggnog, apple cider, fruitcake, and gingerbread are all dishes associated with the United States; Americans look forward to waking up to that savory aroma on Christmas morning. But, that’s not the case everywhere, as contrasting cultures enjoy different Christmas cuisine.
Christmas dinner traditions differ greatly around the [...]
Mistletoes are flowering plants that obtain all or most of their nutrition by living on and parasitizing other flowering plants. They grow on the branches of trees and form dangling bushes two to five feet in diameter and the berries are poisonous.
Most of us have dawdled a bit under a hanging sprig of mistletoe during [...]
Choctaw, MS – Wynonna Judd performed for two hours to a sold-out house at the Silver Star Convention Center in Choctaw, Mississippi on Friday night during her 3rd annual Christmas tour.
The renowned songstress, who is celebrating her 25th year in country music, opened the show with “Mary Did You Know?” and followed that with [...]
