Last week, I was stunned to see a steady stream of comments about something called the “Compton Cookout” in my Facebook feed. Students from a fraternity at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) organized an off-campus party mocking Black History Month. Some lowlights from the invite:
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Last week, our family visited Los Angeles for a quick getaway. Through a recommendation of a friend, we visited the Noah’s Ark exhibit at the Skirball Center. We had a fantastic time there!
I had never heard of the Skirball, even though it’s just up the street from the Getty Center (which we’ve visited many times). I’m so glad that we took one afternoon out to visit.
The Noah’s Ark exhibit is an immersive, interactive experience filled with creativity. After entering the museum and finding our way to the Noah’s Ark exhibit, we waited for a couple of minutes for a quick orientation.
There, we found out that the animals on display throughout the Ark are made from recycled materials. For example, they fashioned flamingos from spools of thread, fly swatters and combs and alligators from tires and violin cases.
Kids are free to run around, explore hands-on, and create their own animals from recycled art materials. We used almost our entire two-hour block in the exhibit. If you have kids, or are a kid at heart, the Noah’s Ark exhibit is a great place to spend the afternoon.
The other day, my daughter said that she would get breakfast ready for all of us.
She decided to prepare peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. My wife told me that as they were prepping together in the kitchen, she heard our daughter start saying:
First, you wait patiently while Mommy gets the bread out. Today, we’re using wheat bread, but you can use any kind of bread you’d like to make your own sandwich…
Spoken like a true celebrity chef! Maybe we’ll see her taking on Morimoto on Iron Chef or throwing down with Bobby Flay. My daughter already has her favorites from Top Chef and Top Chef Masters.
This is the second Hermie DVD I have received via the Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger program, now known as Booksneeze (sounds a little gross, but the idea is “Great books are contagious”).
We showed Antonio Meets His Match to our six-year old daughter, along with a three and one year old at our church. My daughter is a fan of Hermie; here is her review below:
My experience, within mostly evangelical Protestant circles, with practices such as Sabbath, fasting and the liturgical year has been limited mostly to academic study and/or suspicious caution. That’s why I was glad to see the Ancient Practices series released, which covers many of these practices. As followers of Jesus, we miss out immensely when we ignore the wisdom of those who have pursued Christ wholeheartedly before us.
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