Comments for Cultural Insider http://culturalinsider.com Enjoy the world locally. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:21:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Tastes of Africa by Enya Daniele Webben http://culturalinsider.com/2011/06/05/tastes-of-africa/#comment-68 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:21:49 +0000 http://culturalinsider.com/?p=1263#comment-68 Sorry for any inconvenience. Come to the 2012 Tastes of Africa at the Veterans place , june 10th : we will make it up to you.
Daniele Webben

]]> Comment on Afghani Lunch by Luci Gabel http://culturalinsider.com/2011/07/17/afghani-lunch/#comment-62 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:46:33 +0000 http://culturalinsider.com/?p=1304#comment-62 Hey, Rachel! Your blog is looking great and really coming along! Love it! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

]]> Comment on Smithsonian 2011 Folklife Festival by Phyllis K. Ranger http://culturalinsider.com/2011/07/02/smithsonian-2011-folklife-festival/#comment-60 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:10:43 +0000 http://culturalinsider.com/?p=1286#comment-60 oops… Hate it when I type too fast and hit submit. It is great that “women” are being empowered. Plural not singular, because the more women the better… :)

]]> Comment on Smithsonian 2011 Folklife Festival by Phyllis K. Ranger http://culturalinsider.com/2011/07/02/smithsonian-2011-folklife-festival/#comment-59 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:08:29 +0000 http://culturalinsider.com/?p=1286#comment-59 Rachel – This sounds like a very cool festival. As you know, I have become quite enamored with Shea Butter, so I especially loved hearing about the demonstration. Quite the process to get this made. It is also great to know that woman are being empowered economically. Keep being adventurous. :)

]]> Comment on Smithsonian 2011 Folklife Festival by Ayanna Damali http://culturalinsider.com/2011/07/02/smithsonian-2011-folklife-festival/#comment-58 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:50:00 +0000 http://culturalinsider.com/?p=1286#comment-58 Aww man, I wish I had known that you were at the Folklife Festival this weekend! The photos and the presentation are beautiful.

]]> Comment on Tastes of Africa by flagler23 http://culturalinsider.com/2011/06/05/tastes-of-africa/#comment-55 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:31:49 +0000 http://culturalinsider.com/?p=1263#comment-55 Actually not only did you not miss much, but it’s the people who went earlier who missed out on more. The one african food tent (at an event advertising food from 40 african countries), hadn’t even opened by 4pm b/c of a problem they were having cooking the chicken. And the people on stage throughout the day were horrible. Mostly though they just played recorded music, but when the hosts took over the microphone it got pretty annoying. They spent at least ten minutes on a single trivia question (how many countries in africa?), asking more and more kids to take a guess before finally revealing the answer. The “ethiopian fashion show” was really just a local fashion designer’s ethiopian inspired line of 3 outfits, modeled by 3 non-africans, and lasted all of 7 or 8 minutes. I came from northern VA to check it out, having lived in Africa and wanting to reconnect and experience the food and culture and couldn’t have been more disappointed.

]]> Comment on Japanese Street Festival by Joan Bowen http://culturalinsider.com/2010/04/10/japanese-street-festival/#comment-52 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:37:44 +0000 http://culturalinsider.com/?p=755#comment-52 Wow! I enjoyed this video.
It is a joy to know that you embrace culture for what it is.
This seems to be your spiritual calling!!
Love, Mom

]]> Comment on A Greek Brunch by Ayanna http://culturalinsider.com/2011/03/07/a-greek-brunch/#comment-51 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:29:08 +0000 http://culturalinsider.com/?p=1215#comment-51 Brunch was fun! I forgot that our last outing was to an Indian restaurant…I’m starting to act like the husband (who always recommends ethnic food).

]]> Comment on A Fusion Wedding with Indian Rituals by Joan Bowen http://culturalinsider.com/2010/08/08/a-fusion-wedding-with-indian-rituals/#comment-44 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:18:20 +0000 http://culturalinsider.com/?p=1077#comment-44 Rachel, this is a beautiful summation of wedding for a very special bride. Thanks
Mom (Bowen)

]]> Comment on Taiwanese Bubble Tea by Rachel Bowen Pittman http://culturalinsider.com/2010/06/22/taiwanese-bubble-tea/#comment-43 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:22:11 +0000 http://culturalinsider.com/?p=1019#comment-43 Hi Linda,

It’s great to hear from you. My coworker told me that I should order the bubble tea without the tapioca balls. I guess I’ll have to try it again. And while I am there, I’ll have to stop by Suresh’s store. Based on your comments, he must have great new items to checkout.

Rachel

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