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Shrimp gumbo for Mardi Gras – okra, shrimp, filé

February 23, 2022 by Lisa Grable 21 Comments

Shrimp gumbo, a Louisiana classic soup served with rice. Shrimp, okra, and gumbo file provide flavor, and you can add more seafood and chicken - tasty!

Here is my shrimp gumbo recipe to add to our Mardi Gras festivities!    And here is another Mardi Gras favorite – shrimp gumbo, one of my favorite foods for Mardi Gras season. Gumbo is a famous type of stew or soup, made with any kind of seafood and sometimes chicken. Shrimp gumbo has a…

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Filed Under: Home-making Tagged With: 2017 year in review, Cajun gumbo, chicken sound cup, classic films, cute baby bibs, dance, filé, Hawaiian culture, hula, hurricane cocktail, lash boost, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, okra, passion fruit, recipe, rodan + fields, roux, seafood gumbo, shrimp, sound experiment, squawking chicken

28 Christmas movies for happy holidays

October 25, 2021 by Lisa Grable 4 Comments

28 Christmas movies for happy holidays include Scrooge, Santa, romance, classic films, contemporary films, and TV specials. Happy Holidays!

Do you love Christmas movies and watch them over and over? I was recently challenged to make a list of my top ten favorite classic films, a task I find close to impossible. But it became clear that Christmas movies are at the top of the list. Every year I watch the same films over…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 25 days of Christmas, Christmas movies, classic films, countdown to Christmas, Dickens movies, holiday films, Lisa's Home Bijou, musical films, Santa Claus movies, very merry Christmas

The Big Parade WWI silent film: Lisa’s Home Bijou

August 25, 2021 by Lisa Grable 1 Comment

The Big Parade is a silent classic World War I movie. John Gilbert and Renée Adorée fall in love while the terrible Battle of Belleau Wood surrounds them. Must see for film buffs. Lisa's Home Bijou: The Big Parade (1925)

Film Festival: Silent Greats The Big Parade (1925) is a silent classic, crafted by director King Vidor to be a memorable look at the American boys who fought in France during the Great War. War stories are an important part of our storytelling tradition. We attach romance to the idea of boys going off to…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1925, classic films, John Gilbert, King Vidor, silent films, The Big Parade, World War I

Cimarron pioneer Oklahoma story: Lisa’s Home Bijou

July 7, 2021 by Lisa Grable 5 Comments

Cimarron is Edna Ferber’s story of the Oklahoma land rush and the Osage territory. Irene Dunne stars in this early Western Oscar winner. Lisa's Home Bijou: Cimarron

Film Festival: The West and Southwest Cimarron was the first Western film to receive an Academy Award. It’s an epic saga depicting the changes in pioneer Oklahoma through the eyes of the Cravat family. The film is considered to be an accurate representation of the times, based on Edna Ferber‘s meticulous research. In Cimarron, Ferber…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1931, Algonquin Round Table, Cimarron, classic films, Edna Ferber, Irene Dunne, Lisa's Home Bijou, Oklahoma, Western films

It Came From Outer Space sci-fi : Lisa’s Home Bijou

June 2, 2021 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush have a relationship problem between outer space aliens and small town people. The aliens just want to fix their crashed ship and go home. Lisa's Home Bijou: It Came From Outer Space (1953)

Film Festival: Science Fiction in the 1950s It Came From Outer Space (1953) is a classic sci-fi film based on a Ray Bradbury story. It is important to the genre because the outer space aliens that crash on Earth have no interest in invading or harming humans. John Putnam is an amateur astronomer who makes…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1953, Barbara Rush, classic films, flying saucers, Lisa's Home Bijou, Ray Bradbury, Richard Carlson, science fiction, UFOs

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Lisa Grable, Casa BouquetI’m an educator, grandmother, classic movie fan, sewer and crafter, and I love Hawaii. Read more about me …

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