You Inspire Me: The Strength Behind the Strong

This weeks inspiration comes from the great blog The Strength Behind the Strong. I absolutely love this blog. It is full of advice, military discount information, and great stories! If you are a military spouse...you need to check out this blog!

The Strength Behind the Strong recommended I watch Big Night. I have never even heard of this movie, but when she recommended it she said I would want to eat a big Italian meal when it was over. Needless to say, I was excited to watch it!

This movie is about two brothers from Italy, who come to America to open a restaurant. However, because Americas are not used to this kind of food, the restaurant fails. A friend says that he can get Louis Prima to play at the restaurant, which will save the restaurant. This movie is about the night Louis Prima comes to dinner...and all the delicious food that is served!

An early scene in the movie shows two Americans eating at the restaurant. They order risotto. The conversation that follow cracked me up. I worked in a restaurant for 7 years, so I know how customers can be about their orders! Also, I loved the "raining outside" conversation. You have no idea how many times I've had conversations about words that aren't necessary in  a sentence!

I liked this movie. The food looked amazing. I would love to have a night like this, awesome food, dressing up...and dancing!

The reading recommendation was Empire Falls by Richard Russo. I'll be the first to admit, I definitely judge a book by it's cover. And this book seemed very inviting and warm. I was excited to read it.

Empire Falls has a great storyline: Empire Falls (a fictional town in Maine) is a booming town that is slowly deteriorating. The story is seen through the eyes of Miles Roby, the manager of Empire Grill. His life mirrors the deteriorating town.

Like I said, I judge a book by it's cover. I was excited but when I opened it up to read...I had such a hard time. I don't want to sound "dumb" but I just couldn't follow the storyline. This is going to sound weird, since it's a book, but I found it to be very wordy. I'm sure this is a great book, but I really could not get into it!

My copy is on swap.com if you are interested!

 

Of course, I loved the food recommendation. Anything with avocado..I love avocado! It was Danny's first time picking out an avocado...and he brought me a Florida avocado, not a California one. Have you ever seen a Florida avocado...they are HUGE!

We went vegetarian for a night and made black bean wraps. Mash up a can of black beans, stir in 1/4 cup of light mayo and garlic powder...microwave for 1 minute. Meanwhile, dice up some tomatoes, avocado and whatever other veggies you want! Spread everything in a whole wheat wrap. So yummy and light!

Thank you for the recommendation! I loved the movie and definitely want to add it to our movie collection!