San Antonio and the Perfect Margarita Recipe🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/The Christmas holidays are never complete without a trip to San Antonio and the historic Riverwalk, Texas’ own version of Venice, Italy.
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Often been surprised by a movie after what a film critic said about it? Ever felt cheated out of big bucks on the recommendations of a punk 24-year-old? Or really loved the ones they panned? Well, you no longer need to feel out of step with the current movie review band. Different Drummer is for you. Read more about our take on the film world. And get ready to relive your favorite movies with the recipes that follow each review. You can find many other great recipes in Different Drummer’s own Appetite for Murder: a Mystery Lover’s Cookbook, too.
Ava Bakes Biscotti with Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁 🥁
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My pretty and perky granddaughter Ava helped me bake these for her 5th birthday way back in June of 2012.. We had a great time. This recipe is well suited for young ones because so much of it is like working with play dough. It’s nice and messy, too.
Read MoreThe French Connection: French Pizza Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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It’s still as lean and mean as those dark and dirty streets of New York City 50 some years ago. This landmark 1971 “cop and caper classic” was a commercial and critical success, earning a slew of Oscars -- Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor to name a few.
Read MoreJennifer Eight: Persimmon Cheesecake Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Feast on a filet mignon mystery that will pique your intellect and send a shiver up your spine. While the underpinnings of the film are ghastly in themselves – a serial killer has just finished off his eighth victim – the horror does not slap you in the face. Instead it nibbles around the edges of the screen like a malevolent shadow with a hunger that will not die.
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Three Days of the Condor: The Condor Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
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This 1975 thriller has aged well. The classic paranoia and suspicion of government agencies seem particularly appropriate today. And while it still keeps you riveted to your seat, this thriller actually takes time for character development and great dialogue, unlike the frenetic features Hollywood currently puts out.
Read MoreMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: Easy Mint Julep Recipe and More 🥁🥁🥁1/2
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Immerse yourself in this lush film, where murderers and scoundrels are as charming as the entire city of Savannah, Georgia. Where even homicide has its comic touches, and “justice” emerges from a mystic cemetery and voodoo rituals as well as the court of law.
Read MoreEastern Promises: Classic Russian Borscht Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/This taut thriller works very hard to earn its R rating, but luckily not at the expense of character or plot. Enter the Russian mafia, London branch, where your life’s history is written in full body tattoos, a dead girl’s diary reveals dangerous secrets, and a newborn baby holds the key to a sordid inner circle.
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While You Were Sleeping: Homemade Eggnog Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Sandra Bullock glows as the lovelorn CTA ticket taker hopelessly in love with a regular commuter, but the whole cast is tremendous as well. She is the shimmering star atop the Christmas tree, but the others are the lights and ornaments that make this film sparkle.
Read MoreMoonstruck: Italian Sausage and Egg Breakfast Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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Flawless, even as it shows all our human flaws right up there on the big screen. It’s enough to make you believe in true love and second chances all over again. And the Italian humor and philosophy are the icing on the cake.
Read MoreDarkest Hour: Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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“Four weeks that changed the course of history.” It doesn’t get much bigger than that. If you missed this tremendous film when it was in the theaters, watch it now!
Read MoreTinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Tex/Czech Kolache Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Forget Jason Bourne’s death defying chases, or James Bond’s wit and savior faire. As in real life, the significant events in this classic espionage film are in muted greys, shadows gliding past us without revealing their true significance.
Read MoreTop Gun: Maverick: Great Balls of Fire Cocktail Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 1/2
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Well worth the wait! The 36 years since the first ground-breaking film as well as the almost 3-year wait for it to hit the screens. Very lean and clean, filled with fabulous flying and just the right touches of nostalgia and humor.
Read More3 Days to Kill: Grilled Niçoise Tuna Steaks Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
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CIA operative Kevin Costner is halfway between Sean Connery’s brutally efficient James Bond and Michael Caine’s wheezy 80-year-old vigilante Harry Brown. Then throw in the concerned dad part from Liam Neeson’s surprise 2009 hit Taken and you've just about got Ethan Renner.
Read MoreSeven Days in Utopia: Lost Maples Eggs, Home Fries and Sausage Patty Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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Luke Chisolm thought his career was over until his life took a detour.
Read MoreNotting Hill: Hugh Grant’s Apricot Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
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Romantic comedies, or films in general, don’t get much better than this! Thoroughly delightful, this 22-year-old British film gets better with each viewing. Part of that is the charm of Hugh Grant at ihis zenith here, the loveliness of a radiant Julia Roberts, and a script that is witty and insightful.
East Side Sushi: Green Diablo Roll Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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A must see for foodies. Except that this modern day Cinderella is not trying to win the prince; she is trying to win the prize.
Read MoreRainey Street Ripper Update: December 2024
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Another Body Found in Lady Bird Lake on Dec. 2, 2024 (Courtesy of reporting by John Krinjak and Jenna King)
o The death was one of at least six near the lake so far this year
o Another death in the lake sparks renewed concerns
AUSTIN, Texas - There are renewed concerns after the body of a woman was found in Lady Bird Lake over the weekend. This is one of at least six deaths in or near the lake so far this year.
"Very scary, especially given that I live in this neighborhood," said Neda, who lives near the lake.
The woman's body was found Sunday, Dec. 1, in the water near Brazos and East Cesar Chavez Streets.
"A 911 call was received from a kayaker who was paddling upstream and observed some type of object in the water," said Officer Leah Ratliff with the Austin Police Department.
Police say it appears the woman was homeless, in her 60s, and may have been trying to keep warm, when she somehow ended up in the water. Detectives do not suspect foul play.
"There's nothing that appears to be suspicious. There's no type of connection that they believe," said Ratliff.
No connection to the at least five other deaths in or near Lady Bird Lake just this year. Two of those were in this same area: on the north side of the lake, within a couple blocks of Congress Avenue.
In September, a man was behaving erratically near East Cesar Chavez and Nueces Streets. He then went into the water and did not resurface. He was pulled out and pronounced dead. – John Krinjak
Back in February, a woman's body was found in the water about 20 feet from the north shore, between Congress Avenue and South First Street.
There's no indication these deaths are suspicious either, but for those who live nearby it's unnerving.
"Now that you mentioned the body was found in this area, maybe I will double think about just walking late at night here," said Neda.
Three other deaths around the lake this year were also ruled not suspicious. In April, a fisherman spotted a person floating in the water at the east end of the lake near Kreig Field.
In July, a man was suffering from blunt force trauma on the trail near Rainey Street. The man was pronounced dead a short time later.
In September, a body was found along a trail near the lake off Pleasant Valley Road.
"It's shocking, obviously. I don't know--do I feel safe to come and walk?" said Sepehr, who's visiting Austin.
Police have taken great pains in recent years to put the rumors of a serial killer to rest, saying there's no evidence that points to that. But as the deaths continue, many just aren't convinced.
"I feel like they are connected," said Neda. "It's giving serial killer vibes in this city."
Cinderella Man: Classic Mashed Potato Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Put aside the popcorn and feast on some fillet mignon in a film where quiet dignity and grim determination define a real hero. Cinderella Man has no invading aliens or comic book shenanigans -- only the quiet desperation of the Great Depression.
Read MoreThe Proposal: Cedar Plank Salmon Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/It begins clever and clichéd, almost as faux as the marriage a controlling boss foists on her subservient assistant to save herself from deportation. But her Manhattan machinations are no match for the light of truth up in his native Alaska, especially when the summer sun is out there 24 hours a day.
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The Peanut Butter Falcon: Very Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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It doesn’t get any better than this! Two “bandits” on the run battling officious bureaucrats, murderous thugs, an armed blind man, and a past that haunts each of them. An excellent ensemble cast keeps it heartfelt without being hackneyed, as they remind us how much we have to fight to keep dreams alive.
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