It was bye forever for Alexandrea Lushington, Alaina Whitaker, Jason Yeager, and Robbie Carrico tonight. Jason Yeager’s departure wasn’t anything surprising, and I was close with my prediction of Alexandrea and Alaina, but I thought there would have been more support for Robbie. Of course, Nelson called it, so props to him. If there was [...]
The girls took the stage tonight, and I must admit, they have a lot of work to do to catch up with the boys. No one singer stood out for me and poor song choices across the board hurt many girls tonight. Maybe the 70′s (which was the theme for this week) was a better [...]
The ten boys left really upped the ante tonight, with almost all of them giving stellar performances that shook up my own rankings compared to last week. It was seventies week, so the music selection was a lot more energetic and fun, allowing many contestants to demonstrate their singing abilities, provided they pick the correct [...]
Well, a Macbook Pro saved the day for Jenny and I on Saturday night, when we embarked on making pad thai. Sure, holding up the laptop above a sizzling hot wok is not really advised, but how else are you going to get a picture like this? So how did we make this wonderful dish, [...]
If I had one last meal before I died, I would choose a heaping portion of dumplings. I’m not sure what the allure of dumplings is for me, but there’s something very satisfying about popping a bite-sized dough-wrapped moon-shaped shrimp/pork/etc dumpling in your mouth. Maybe it’s because I was deprived of them as a child. [...]