Top Ten Best Grocery Deals That You Can Buy At Walmart Neighborhood Market

Walmart Neighborhood Market Is My One-Stop Shop
For the past several months, I have been doing most of my grocery shopping at Walmart Neighborhood Market. I have noticed that the prices there are usually excellent in comparison to other grocery stores, so I repeatedly give them my business. As a result, I have become very familiar with what the best sale prices are at the store, Walmart Neighborhood Market.
Recently, my family went through a period of time where life was so extraordinarily busy that I was not cooking home-cooked meals from scratch as often as I did in the past. As a result, we ate quite a bit of restaurant food for dinner. Of course, we had to eat at other times throughout the day for breakfast, lunch, and snacktime.
I realized that Walmart Neighborhood Market is a great place to find the ingredients for preparing sandwiches and snacks at a very reasonable price. Listed below are some of the best grocery shopping deals that I have found. This list contains lots of sweet and salty snacks, a bit of fruit, and some suggestions for items that you can buy to make quick and easy sandwiches for your family.
1. Potato Chips
You can buy bags of Great Value brand potato chips for just 78 cents each! My family loves the salt and vinegar flavor. We have also tried and enjoyed the original, barbeque, and sour cream and onion flavors. I tend to buy the original flavor more frequently than the others because they have the least amount of additives. The rippled original flavor potato chips are also really good.

2. Ice Cream
Cartons of Great Value brand ice cream and sherbet in half gallon containers generally sell for just $1.84 to $2.05 per half gallon carton. In the past several months, we have tried many of the flavors of Walmart’s Great Value brand ice cream including:
• Chocolate chip cookie dough
• Strawberry cheesecake
• Pistachio Thai green tea
• Break-up brownie (chocolate)
• Homestyle vanilla
• French vanilla
• Neapolitan (chocolate, vanilla and strawberry)
• Coffee
• Cookies and cream

3. Cheese
Great Value brand offers a wide variety of block cheeses for just $1.48 per 16-ounce block! That’s a great price for all-natural cheese in my opinion. I frequently buy blocks of cheese that I will sometimes freeze to be thawed for later use. Here are some of the varieties of cheese that I have purchased so far:
• Cheddar (extra sharp, sharp, medium, mild)
• Gouda
• Pepper jack
• Colby jack
• Muenster

For the purpose of making sandwiches, we also like the Hellman’s mayonnaise, the Great Value brand pepperoni and Hormel uncured salami.
You can prepare a large set of sandwiches if you have growing kids that seem to never stop eating. I recommend eating some sandwiches with your family and wrapping leftovers up in foil to refrigerate and eat for later.
4. Bread
The breads at Walmart Neighborhood Market are a great price. You can get a large loaf of sliced French bread for just $1!
With regular loaves of bread available for just $1, I hesitated to look in the direction of the higher-priced breads for awhile. Nevertheless, I was recently intrigued by the offering of loaves of sliced French brioche (specialty) bread for around $3.50. I was very pleased when I recently decided to buy a loaf. This sweet and tasty bread does not go to waste in my household. I have since repeated the purchase of the French brioche bread a couple of times.

There is even a loaf with vanilla custard filling that I thought tasted pretty good.

QUICK RECIPE: Make a great sandwich that the kids will love to dig into!
• Two slices of French brioche bread
• 1 tablespoon of Hellman’s mayonnaise spread on the two slices of bread
• Add 3-4 cut pieces of Muenster cheese
• 2 slices of salami
• 2 slices of pepperoni

5. Donuts
I was very delighted to find a large baker's dozen (13) box of donuts for under $4 in the baked goods section! This is such a cost-effective deal for buying treats for a growing family.
6. Cakes
Walmart Neighborhood Market carries small loaves of varying flavors for under $3 as well as many larger cakes (including a delicious chocolate-flavored bundt cake) for $6.99 and up. There are also larger birthday-themed sheet cakes that are priced at around $14.99. We have purchased at least four to five of Walmart Neighborhood Market's larger cakes in the past year for various occasions including family member birthdays. These include a German chocolate cake, an Italian creme cake, a rainbow marble cake and a vanilla sheet cake. Photos are included below.

7. Cupcakes
Many types of cupcakes are sold at Walmart Neighborhood Market including Kimberley’s gourmet cupcakes. You can purchase a set of four of these pretty and delicious desserts for just under $4. These are delicious cupcakes for a good price.
Vanilla, lemon, strawberry, choclate, and red velvet cupcakes are just some of the delicious flavors of cupcakes that my family has tried.

8. Mangoes
You can get fresh and delicious-tasting mangoes for just 68 cents each.
9. Strawberries
Containers of fresh strawberries can be purchased for just $2.99. Different brands of whipped cream, like Redi, are sold on shelves right next to the displayed strawberries. We love to eat strawberries and cream in our family, so we enjoy buying and preparing this combination of treats.
10. Beverages especially Iced Coffee and Juices
The Great Value brand iced coffee is a more recent discovery for me and I really enjoy buying it. The Great Value brand iced coffee is tasty and a large, satisfying portion for just around $1.50.
Juices such as cranberry cocktail juice are also sold in the Great Value brand for just $1.48 for 64 oz bottles.

Disappearing Acts the movie - brief movie review

Disappearing Acts the movie stars the actress Sanaa Lathan as the character Zora, named after the author Zora Neale Hurston and actor Wesley Snipes as the character Franklin.

Zora considers Franklin to have a very “dignified” name and questions “ruin”ing his name by calling him Frankie, his preferred nickname.

Zora moves into a refurbished brownstone in Brooklyn, New York and Franklin helps her with moving her belongings in. He, himself was employed by a contractor to complete some of the work on the brownstone especially the wood flooring. It is on this day that Zora and Franklin are meeting for the first time. Zora and Franklin make plans to meet up again the very next day. Although he is late with that meeting, Franklin does eventually show up and catches Zora grabbing her dinner at a Chinese food takeout restaurant. She is annoyed because she felt like she was stood up by him for hours but soon he gets her to warm up to him.

It is not long before Zora and Franklin have a budding romance. They have a strong chemistry and are very romantic with each other but they also enjoy being goofy together and playing games such as scrabble.
Zora is a school teacher with aspirations of being a successful singer / songwriter as well. Franklin supports her in her dreams and even buys her a piano as a gift, although he is struggling financially.

It eventually turns out that both Zora and Franklin are keeping secrets from each other. Zora struggles with the medical condition Epilepsy and is embarrassed in the aftermath of Franklin witnessing her have a seizure. She later explains to him that most of the men that she tries to have relationships with have not been able to handle seeing her in that condition. Franklin sweetly and compassionately shows her that he is not like that and that he is there for her.

Franklin also keeps secrets from Zora that are very difficult for her to deal with when they are revealed.
There are lessons to be learned here about truthfulness and full disclosure in relationships. Honesty can prevent so much heartbreak. For Zora, there is a lot of settling for a less than ideal scenario. Zora and Franklin have a romance but it is far from a fairytale romance. There are many ups and downs and dramatic moments within their story...

Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Interview Ansel Elgort with a mention of the movie Men, Women and Children

Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Interview Ansel Elgort

In a recent interview with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee, the actor Ansel Elgort spoke about his gratitude for his movie roles in the movies The Fault in Our Stars and Divergent that catapulted him into greater fame and higher visibility. He spoke about how he got his start acting on the stage in theater and dancing. He has performed in a rendition of The Nutcracker ballet for example.

In the interview, Ansel Elgort also made mention of a lesser known film role that he has had, in the 2014 movie, Men, Women and Children. He touted it as a great movie that not that many people saw. I could not recall ever even hearing about this movie Men, Women and Children until Ansel Elgort mentioned it during this interview.

Now, I’ve looked up the movie trailer for Men, Women and Children on YouTube and I have the movie Men, Women and Children in mind for possible movies to see soon. Jennifer Garner and Adam Sandler also star in this movie. If I end up watching the movie pretty soon, I’ll probably post a review, sharing my thoughts on the blog.
Based on the trailer, the movie Men, Women and Children looks like it will be an interesting and somewhat sad movie and it’s now on my radar to watch sometime soon.

Boo - A Poem

Boo – A Poem

Cooperate.
Negotiate.
Communicate.
No matter what
I do.
I just have to suffer
through
the way you treat me,
boo.
Well, I boo you!
I have been your audience
but this is not entertainment for me
you see.
You have my reassurance.
I boo you.
You suck man.
You have been boo’ed
because you screwed up
this whole situation.
You make simple things in life
complicated
because you feel motivated
to do so
but I do not
In case you forgot.
I am so tired
of being a doormat.
That was never
part of my plan.
You are completely unreasonable
and you are that way
with pleasure.
Well, I’ll dust myself off
and shine myself up.
I know that I’m a treasure.
You slapped my other cheek
just for good measure.
I turned the other cheek for you.
There is not doubt that that is true.
I tried.
I did.
I tried.
I cried.
I did.
I cried.
She tried, she cried, she died.
Is that all
that one would
be able to say
about me?
No.
I am so much more.
It is sad
that this experience
has not been folklore.
It’s been very real.
I really need to heal.
My joy you will not steal.
I can say that
like I own it
but damn,
I can’t control it.
You stole my joy.
You really did.
It’s like it went and hid.
But now I need to find it
even if I can’t find you.
Bye boo.




Copyright - Journey *

Oprah Winfrey’s Morning Routine

Oprah Winfrey’s Morning Routine
So, how do some of the most successful moguls spend their mornings? Wouldn’t we all like to know?
Are they super- efficient with time? Do they have some secrets to share about how we can be too?
I’ve mentioned in numerous hubs on HubPages and blog posts on Blogger that sometimes, YouTube is my form of entertainment instead of regular television. Recently, on YouTube, I stumbled upon the vlog of a YouTube video content creator that is a fan of Oprah Winfrey’s and upon reading a book written by Oprah Winfrey, she decided to try out the daily morning routine that Oprah discusses in the book.
It turns out that much of Oprah Winfrey’s morning is spent on self- care. She wakes up around 6 am each morning with an ‘internal clock’, not an alarm clock but gets to work responding to emails and doing business related things around 9am. She commits approximately 9am to 12 noon each day on those business related items especially email communications.
Before 9am, Oprah Winfrey commits much time to meditation and expressing gratitude, eating a good breakfast, and exercising for example.
In this interesting YouTube video that I stumbled upon, a young woman describes her attempt at Oprah Winfrey’s morning routine that she learned about from Oprah Winfrey’s book, I Know This Much is True.
The young YouTuber said that she already has her own daily morning routine that includes prayer so it was a challenge for her to switch it up and try Oprah’s morning routine but she decided to go ahead and do it.
Some things that she acknowledged include:
• Oprah Winfrey typically wakes up between 6:02 and 6:20am daily and naturally, without the use of an alarm clock.
• The young YouTuber also usually wakes up around 6am but she uses an alarm clock.
• Oprah starts her morning with 20 minutes of “expressing gratitude”.
• The young female YouTuber also says morning prayers
• Oprah lets her dogs out and does a workout (20 minutes on elliptical and 30 minutes on treadmill).
• The young YouTuber has no dogs or cats but quips that she does have plants to keep alive so she waters her plants and also does a workout similar to Oprah Winfrey’s
After a shower is breakfast.
The breakfast the YouTuber enjoyed preparing for herself in this video clip is a breakfast of :
• scrambled eggs,
• sweet potatoes,
• tomatoes,
• spinach,
• red grapes,
• green grapes
• and banana slices
In addition to highlighting some of her favorite breakfast foods, the young YouTuber mentioned loving the chai tea beverage (Tazo, available at Target). She likes to mix the Tazo chai tea powder with almond milk and enjoys this drink.

This YouTuber lists her name as Shahd Batal and her video clip called "I tried oprah's morning routine and..." is going strong at 179,000 views and counting.

It was interesting to watch.

Oprah Winfrey interviews Michelle Obama for Elle magazine December 2018 issue. They discuss Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming.

Oprah Winfrey interviews Michelle Obama for Elle magazine December 2018 issue. They discuss Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming.
Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama discussed Michelle Obama’s new memoir, Becoming.
Here is a synopsis of the interview in the magazine. Some of the poignant things that Michelle Obama says to Oprah Winfrey are, “Like it or not, we are role models.” She wrote her memoir, Becoming keeping that perspective in mind. People look up to her and many of the people who will purchase her book and read it look up to her.
Michelle Obama speaks of her humble beginnings growing up as a kid in the south side of Chicago. She looked at her family like they were a square, her brother, her parents and her making up the four corners of the square. She jokes that there was just a small partition between where she and her brother slept and they would throw a sock over it, saying, “I’m up. Are you up?” and chatting in general.
Michelle was very studious and hard on herself in school. She says that her mom thought she was a little “extra”.
Michelle wanted to be smart, exceed expectations and not perpetuate stereotypes that made assumptions about kids like her, from the south side of Chicago, heading for failure.
Michelle Obama says that she laid out her plan to go to law school but she did end up not particularly enjoying being a lawyer.
Furthermore, Michelle Obama explains that when she met and married former President Barack Obama, there were challenges that needed to be overcome. He traveled a lot, she needed his support and had to learn how to express that she needed his support.
When it came time for Barack Obama to run for President of the United States, he made sure that it would be a positive experience for the whole family.
Michelle Obama talks a bit about being thrown into the spotlight and maintaining a public image. She discusses how everyone was suddenly paying attention to what she was wearing and she had not expected to be scrutinized so muh. This increased her interest in fashion choices. She hired a fashion stylist that she had previously known from a boutique that she had often shopped at.
• Now that former First Lady Michelle Obama has moved out of the White House, even her dogs have had to get used to the change. In the interview, she mentions the two dogs’ surprise to hear the neighbor dogs barking in the distance. There was none of that at the White House.

• There is still a high level of security at the Obamas’ new home and they have been reminded to close the window that they should not keep open. If the window is open, they might get a call with the reminder to close it!

Former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama highlights her humble beginnings, her studiousness and her resilience when discussing her life story.

In Bangladesh

In Bangladesh

Brothels in Bangladesh

Sadly, the world can be a dark, dark place. There is a location in Bangladesh comprised of all sex workers. An average of 1600 women provide prostitution services to approximately 3000 men daily.
In a documentary video on YouTube, posted by The Guardian, some of the women tells their stories. Many of these Bangladeshi women remain as sex workers generationally perhaps because they feel like there is no way out and nothing else that they would be able to do. It is very tragic. It is not rare for there to be a grandmother, a mother and a daughter all working in the sex trade at this location in Bangladesh. One thirty year old woman tells her story of how she was kidnapped at eight years old, brought to this place and sold there. She had been offered just two chocolates by a woman who promised to give her good things to eat and was lured to follow the woman in the kidnapping. The people that bought her for around 400 pounds had her work off her “debt” in the sex trade and now she continues living and working there as an “independent sex worker”.
This short documentary video of just approximately 12 minutes highlights the tragic circumstances that these women and children are in.
The men who flock to the area to buy sex show no remorse for their actions with one man being interviewed saying that he does not feel bad about it. He does not see the sex workers as victims in all of this. Footage in the video shows that nine and ten year old children do have some awareness of what their mothers and perhaps grandmothers are doing and what they might be being “groomed” for as well. One young girl holds her little sister’s hand and walks swiftly to school with the fear that one or both of them might be kidnapped.
One nine year old little girl says of herself and her peers, “We just want to play” and shows the camera crew her favorite location, a field for playing. It is clear that many of the children are feeling stress and anxiety as they are unsure of their futures and unsure of whether they will be able to escape the type of work that has become tradition in their families, prostitution.
Sex outside of marriage is discouraged and considered taboo in much of the country of Bangladesh but in this particular area that has become known for prostitution, ‘business’ continues.

Relevant video clip(s):

(most relevant to the synopsis written above) The Guardian: The Children Trapped In Bangladesh's Brothel Village : https://youtu.be/AFSCdWaH9kg


From Al Jazeera English , Bangladesh's Biggest Brothel : https://youtu.be/AFSCdWaH9Kg

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

“Breaking Point: Venezuela’s Horrific Food, Medicine Shortage: Part 1” & “Breaking Point: Venezuela’s Horrific Food, Medicine Shortage: Part 2” – Review

Crisis in Venezuela
Having watched several documentaries about the crisis in Venezuela, it is truly heartbreaking to find what the people of Venezuela are going through. Many are leaving the country out of desperation and some are receiving permission to do so even on expired passports because they have no choice. Other countries in South America such as Columbia have offered some Venezuelans refuge. In Venezuela, there is a major food crisis. There is few jobs available, low wages, hyperinflation. People do not have enough to eat. In Venezuela, the people who are sick and in need of medicine are not able to get the medicines at the hospital. ABC news reporting calls the medicine and food shortages “horrific”.
An ABC news report, titled “Breaking Point: Venezuela’s Horrific Food, Medicine Shortage: Part 1” (published on YouTube Feb 15, 2017) makes mention of
Hugo Chavez’s “failed socialist government”
and an interview with a citizen of Venezuela reveals “There is no quality of life here.” “Under the new President Maduro, the descent into chaos has accelerated.”
Many of the school children go to school hungry and tired. A teacher was interviewed and she stated that she herself had not eaten dinner the previous night. Her son ate but she did not. She (Vanessa) and her husband, Adolpho and son had to sell their car to survive. Adolpho is a teacher as well. While many teachers in Venezuela are missing a lot of school days as they go to wait in line for hours to find subsidized food at a cheaper price so that they can feed their own children, Vanessa and Adolpho continue to go to work consistently every day as teachers. It is a two hour commute for them. They whole family (Vanessa, Adolpho and their son) commute together, first hitchhiking part of the way and then catching a bus. Vanessa and Adolpho alternate eating on different night to make sure that their son gets to eat every day.
Some of the stories of the people in Venezuela are truly devastating and sad. According to the ABC news report, Venezuela now leads as the country with the most requests for people seeking asylum to go elsewhere. China is in second place.

The ABC news reporters feared for their safety as they were uncovering information that the government of Venezuela does not want the world at large to know about. One woman approached the camera men and told her story, saying that she lost thirty pounds in the past year simply because there is not enough food to eat. She is sorrowful and let the journalists and camera crew know that most people will not speak up because they feel like they are gagged by the government militias. The people can potentially be harmed for speaking up.
An ABC journalist reports that “In this chaos [in Venezuela], the only thing thriving is the black market”.
An interviewee that did not want his face shown on camera said that the corruption starts at the top and only a fraction of the supplies (such as food in the supermarkets and medicine in the hospitals) that are supposed to get to the people are actually getting to them.
Sometimes donations of food and medical supplies come in from places such as Miami, Florida, USA but the hospitals for example are under military control in Venezuela, with armed guards and they want to take control of the donated medical supplies at the hospitals.

Video clip:




“Breaking Point: Venezuela’s Horrific Food, Medicine Shortage: Part 2”
This ABC news broadcast started in the city of Caracas, Venezuela but the reporting crew was advised to go to the periphery, to cities such as Valencia, Venezuela to see how bad things were really getting in Venezuela. News reporter Matt Gutman was taken to Valencia, a city of 2 million people by a doctor that wanted to help shed light on what is going on at the main hospital there. Matt Gutman reported that the hospital is providing only the doctor and the bed. Anything that the patient needs need to be provided by the family of the patient including surgical gloves, gowns and other supplies.
Matt Gutman went on say that that while reporting is not a crime in Venezuela, it can be turned in to one, it can be considered one. Much of his equipment such as i-phone was confiscated and he was taken to a police station where he was intimidated and informed that the SABIN, the most notorious secret police agency in the country of Venezuela could get involved in his case. Matt Gutman speaks passionately and wants the viewers of the broadcast to be aware that when you think of the SABIN, you can readily think of the KGB or other such notorious agencies. Matt Gutman was treated as a possible US spy and was asked repeatedly if he was a part of the CIA. He asserts that right now, Venezuela is looking at the USA like the USA is the enemy in many ways and it is a “Cold War”.
Carlos Lauria, Program Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, attested when interviewed that Venezuela ranks clearly as having one of the most repressive governments in the entire Western hemisphere. He notes that in Venezuela, news coverage is censored and any news reporting on issues deemed sensitive can be considered like an attack on the government of Venezuela.


Video clip:


After I watched, “Breaking Point: Venezuela’s Horrific Food, Medicine Shortage: Part 1” & “Breaking Point: Venezuela’s Horrific Food, Medicine Shortage: Part 2”, there were links available to many other video clips on YouTube. One such video clip that I clicked on discusses the crisis of starving abandoned pet dogs in Venezuela. Sadly, an overwhelming number of people in Venezuela have had to relinquish their pets because they can no longer afford to feed them. The dog food sold in the stores is so expensive. Some people committed to volunteerism help to start shelters for these dogs but there is just so much that they can do. The dogs remained mostly emaciated, in starving condition. It is truly tragic.
According to a local veterinarian, some of the pets are even abandoned at the pet store. People arrive under the pretense that they are dropping their dogs off to have them groomed and never go back to pick the dogs up after the grooming service is complete.

[Video clip:] https://youtu.be/Y-uRYiimjdk


Here is another video clip, this one from the Associated Press, addressing the issue of abandoned pets in Venezuela.
https://youtu.be/cnRylczFKXQ




PRAYING FOR VENEZUELA.

The Peacock - Fashion Inspiration

I recently chaperoned a field trip for my oldest son's elementary school class. The field trip was a visit to the Greensboro Science Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. The last time that I had gone there was last year around this time. Once again, there were lots of interesting animals to see. The Greensboro Science Center is a nice place to visit.This time around, an interesting thing to see was a big, bold and colorful peacock that would hop and leap right over its enclosure and come very close to the people observing it. What a beautiful peacock it is with brilliant and vibrant colors including blue & turquoise blue. The experience of seeing the rich colors of the peacock close up reminds me of all the peacock inspired fashions there are out there. Once upon a time, I even had a pair of long dangling earrings that were designed to look like peacock feathers.Below are some photos of the beautiful peacock that I saw at the Greensboro Science Center.

With a little bit of research, you will find that so many places sell peacock inspired fashion.
• Poshmark
• Venus
• Roawe
are all examples.
I particularly like the Roawe Women’s Elegant Peacock Embroidery Bandeau Prom Dress in Navy, selling at a cost of $75 and available in sizes XS-3XL. It is a simply beautiful dress! This particular dress is available in other colors including nude, royal blue and purple but the navy blue is definitely my favorite.
In the navy blue color, this dress is very elegant and can surely be worn by an older adult for a wedding, special dinner or other formal function not just by a teenager for a prom. Roawe also boasts free shipping and no tax charge on this dress! You can find this dress on the website, www.roawe.com .

Photo credit: www.roawe.com

A Great Find from Rose’s Department Store

A Great Find from Rose’s Department Store
I simply love this dress that I got recently at Rose’s Department Store for just $14.99! Navy blue with embroidery, this dress offers beautiful style. I do not shop at Rose’s department store often and I feel like this is my best find ever at Rose’s department store. The material of this navy blue dress is just 100% polyester which is not my preferred fabric but the dress still has beautiful styling detail nevertheless. I would enjoy wearing this dress with black tights and black shoes.

Slices By Tony Restaurant in Greensboro North Carolina - A Restaurant Review

SLICES BY TONY
Slices by Tony Restaurant Review
Eating food from Slices by Tony Pizzeria restaurant was a good experience. With the first bite of the pizza, we were saying, “Mmm, that’s good.” My two young kids and I shared a small pizza for a cost of $6.99. The pizza had six slices and we ate two slices each.
• Besides for that, the only other food items in our first order from Slices by Tony restaurant were an Italian sub that had French fries as the side and a zeppole.
• The Italian sub costs around $7.99 and the zeppole costs $1.69 each at Slices by Tony restaurant.
• The zeppole was a generous, sizeable portion filled with a tasty cream that reminds me of Boston crème pie or Boston crème filled donuts. Served warm, the zeppole was very tasty and also had a drizzle of chocolate sauce on it.
The Italian sub was made with an Italian type of homemade bread. The Italian sub sandwich was made with a homemade bread that was different from what I expected but still quite tasty. The lettuce, tomato and tart oil and vinegar all gave the Italian sub sandwich a refreshing taste.
The Italian submarine sandwich contained ham and salami. Pepperoni would have been a great addition, I think. I’ve had many Italian subs from various places and Italians subs often contain pepperoni as well, which I like.
The Italian sub sandwich that we shared up and the zeppole that we all took a taste of are pictured here in food photos. We so hungry and gobbled up the pizza before I could even take a photo! Trust me, the pizza was good and looked appetizing too. It was presented well. We ate the pizza while it was still at a nice hot temperature.
Slices by Tony restaurant is located in Greensboro, North Carolina near the campus of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) and it is quite a popular spot.
For us, Slices by Tony restaurant did not disappoint and we got to experience why it is such a well-known and popular, often preferred pizza restaurant in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Of the food items that we purchased from Slices by Tony restaurant,:
1. Small cheese pizza for $6.99
2. Italian sub sandwich for $7.99
3. Zeppole
We would be most likely to purchase the small cheese pizza and zeppole again in the future.

My Recent Finds at Burlington Coat Factory

Burlington Coat Factory -
I love to shop at Burlington Coat Factory for unique clothing that you can find there. Often times at Burlington Coat Factory, some of the clothing items on the racks are either "one of a kind" or there are just a few pieces of that particular item available and they sell out quickly. At Burlington Coat Factory, you really have to take a little bit of time going through the racks to see what you might like. Burlington Coat Factory is similar to another store, TJ Maxx in that way. When you spot something that you like in your appropriate size, you might want to get it before it is no longer available. Recently, I visited Burlington Coat Factory for the first time in a couple of years! I was happy to rediscover the types of clothing and accessory items that I can possibly find at Burlington Coat Factory for great prices. I walked into the store, Burlington Coat Factory with my kids, intending to buy some items for my kids. For the first time in a long time, I ended up spending a significant amount of money on myself instead! Lol. It was kind of inadvertent, really. I did not find the good selection of items for kids (at great prices) that I was hoping to find but I did find some great prices on clothing and accessory items for me!

A Rosetti handbag for under $20 was among these finds. The taupe/beige color of the bag is appealing to me. This handbag is stylish and durable. At the time of taking this photo, I have already used the handbag several times. I would typically take a photo of fashion merchandise that I have purchased while it is still brand new with tags but that does not always end up being the case. Sometimes, taking the photo is an afterthought, after I have already been using the item for a while and I think, "hey, this is a great fashion item. I should mention it on the blog." Here are some photos of the Rosetti handbag.

I've really liked using my Rosetti handbag. Other items that I bought on this trip to Burlington Coat Factory were Fila sneakers and a couple of tops for just around $8 each.

High Top Sneakers for $20.97 at childrensplace.com

In a previous recent blog post, I mentioned some high top sneakers that I was able to get for my son at The Children's Place online store website, childrensplace.com. I mentioned that I had purchased those sneakers for $17.99 and I had ordered a couple more pairs of high top sneakers from the childrensplace.com for $20.97. The ones that I paid $20.97 for have arrived and I am pleased with the purchases. Here are some photos of what the high top sneakers look like. Not pictured, I purchased a gray and black pair of high top sneakers in size 6 for my older son and pictured are blue, white and black color block high top sneakers in size 2 for my younger son.

A Great High Top Sneaker Find at The Children’s Place

A Great High Top Sneaker Find at The Children’s Place

For the fashion segment of this blog, Movie, Fashion and Music Reviews United, I hate to be a walking advertisement for any one store in particular but The Children’s Place continues to be my go-to place for fashions for the kids.
My oldest son currently wears the largest size shoe that childrensplace.com offers. That is youth size 6. I recently got a great deal on high top sneakers for him for just $17.99 (plus tax) in a cool burgundy color.
The sneakers are pictured below. Finding high top sneakers for under $20 is rare on the site, childrensplace.com. I just put in an order for a couple more pairs of high tops from The Children’s Place but they were $20.97 (plus tax) this time. Shipping was free as it often is on thechildrensplace.com.
Something about little boys and their shoes. They feel that need to be “stylin’”. Sometimes, when my little one has on a new pair of shoes, he is just staring down at his feet, looking at them in admiration while walking. I have to say look ahead of you, watch where you’re going!:)

Katz Gluten Free Bakery – A Review

Katz Gluten Free Bakery – A Review
Katz gluten free bakery offers enjoyable treats. First, I ordered a sampler box which was a very good deal. For a cost of just $4.99, our family was able to try various treats in the sampler box. The sample box is actually offered to all first time customers with Katz gluten free bakery and it is marketed as being a free product. The $4.99 that the customer will be paying is really considered to be shipping costs. Generally, customers really seem to enjoy the sample box a lot and give it a 5 star rating on the bakery website katzglutenfree.com. The free sample allows customers to try both sweet treats such as rugelach, a muffin and a cookie and breads such as a slice of everything bread. Like everything bagels, everything bread typically has many kinds of seeds including poppy seeds and sesame seeds on it.
The functionality of the Katz gluten free bakery website is very user friendly and you can potentially do your transaction on the website pretty seamlessly. The website is categorized well. You can shop the section with “new products”. You can even shop according to allergy where there are products that are “gluten free and dairy free” or “gluten free and sugar free” or “gluten free and egg free/ vegan” and more. I found the variety in selections to be promising and the website to be user friendly indeed. Potential customers can find information about various deals and coupon codes. Signing up for the Katz gluten free bakery newsletter can help with achieving access to certain discounts also.
When it came time to place our first larger order, we selected various types of gluten free bagels including gluten free poppy seed bagels and gluten free everything bagels. Additionally, we tried the gluten free donuts and gluten free donut holes from Katz gluten free bakery and the gluten free donuts and donut holes were impressively tasty. Items from Katz gluten free bakery can readily shipped to the customer’s door. The items are shipped with care in sturdy plastic and paper packaging to ensure that pieces of the baked goods do not crumble unnecessarily.
Within this blog post, you will see photos of what the packaged products from Katz gluten free bakery look like. Katz gluten free bakery definitely did a good job with packaging. Freshness was preserved and items could easily go straight from shipping box to freezer. As desired, the gluten free bagels could be thawed and conveniently toasted in the toaster and then eaten while still warm.
You can get so many kinds of products from Katz gluten free bakery. They include English muffins, bagels, bagel chips, pizza crust, cake, cookies, baking mix for cake or baking mix for cookies and many more items.
Katz gluten free bakery began operations in the year 2006 in a certified gluten free facility. The popularity of the company has risen and continues to rise over the years. Free shipping is applied to orders over $50.
During recent years, my family tried gluten free eating for an entire year once. I don’t know. Maybe there is something to the gluten free diet. Perhaps there is something cleansing about it even for people that do not have a specific gluten sensitivity. We decided to give eating gluten free a try. We felt pretty good, active and energetic while eating this way. Rice became more of a carbohydrate source for us than bread. When it came to bread and baked goods, we purchased the gluten free variety. Certain things that I observed were that when you are eating less gluten or no gluten, you will not necessarily consume less sugar. In fact, you might find yourself consuming more sugar. I think that maintaining a lifestyle of consuming less sugar would be even more beneficial than trying to eliminate gluten when there is no specific gluten sensitivity or allergy.
Nevertheless, we did have our indulgences while eating gluten free and an occasional sweet treat from Katz gluten free bakery was something that we enjoyed. Among the sweet treats, the gluten free donuts were my favorite item from Katz gluten free bakery. They were a hit with my sons as well. I also enjoyed the rugelach a lot. The tasty and gluten free sweet treats are just as tasty as some sweet treats that do contain gluten.
I highly recommend Katz gluten free bakery especially for those individuals where eating gluten free is not an option or a choice but rather a necessity for healthy living, due to gluten sensitivities.
The difference in taste is more noticeable in the items that are not sweet (the breads as opposed to the desserts). I myself readily admit that when it comes to bagels and other types of breads, I generally much prefer the taste of regular bagels and breads containing the gluten to gluten free bagels and other breads. However, the offerings of these gluten free bagels, gluten free English muffins and other gluten free breads are generously innovative for the consumers that really need them. These people are able to enjoy acceptable alternatives to breads containing gluten. If they find it essential, they can still allow bread to be a staple part of their diets. It would just be gluten free bread. What Katz gluten free bakery is providing is a great service to those that need it.
In summary, when it comes to providing delicious taste, I would give the highest ratings to the Katz gluten free bakery donuts, followed by the rugelach and then the cookies. The bagels and breads would receive a lower rating for dryness and less pleasing taste. Overall, though, Katz gluten free bakery is great!
Sample rating of items from Katz gluten free bakery:
Gluten free donuts: ***** five stars
Gluten free rugelach **** four stars
Assorted gluten free cookies *** three stars
Gluten free bagels ** two and a half stars
Gluten free bread slices ** two stars
Founded in 2006 by F. Katz, Katz gluten free bakery also keeps it light with its funny nature. The bakery logo and marketing materials feature an animated little old lady with gray hair and an apron. It is described as Mrs. Katz, of course. Just something that will make you smile. This family business prides itself on striving for perfection with tried and true recipes and you will learn in the “about us” section of the bakery website that Mrs. Katz was very involved in recipe development and revisions.
Katz gluten free bakery

is definitely worth giving a try especially if you have the special dietary considerations that the bakery caters to. Prices are reasonable and remember that you can always start off with a sample box to try the products. There are a few different sample boxes to choose from. You might get approximately 8 items in your sample box. For example,
• A muffin
• A donut
• A cookie
• A rugelach
• A cake slice
• A bread slice or two bread slices
• A roll
It’s always nice to try something new and different and be introduced to what a company that you have not tried before has to offer. What item will you like best from the Katz gluten free bakery? You shall see and make that determination if you decide to try ordering from this bakery. You might find that you will be delighted to try out the samples and then take it from there. It would be a pleasure and an enjoyable experience to at least give it a try and place your order to share with your family or place an individual order.