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18% of College Students Suffer Hunger
WASHINGTON- Breigh Pierce is a 23-year-old former student of Old Dominion University (ODU). She struggled with maintaining the funds necessary to feed herself and remain functional in the college setting. “My first semester at ODU was very challenging because no one told me where to go to get financial support, no one told me where I could go to eat or what meal plan or programs were available for me, a student using financial aid to get a higher education. As a result, I wen
Alexander Fernandez
Jun 21, 20195 min read


As the Thunder Fades
VIENNA, Va.- Rolling Thunder is a ceremony where veterans and loved ones honor those who fell during combat. The tradition of gathering...
Alexander Fernandez
May 31, 20192 min read


Congress, The Mueller Report, Borderline Treason
The Mueller Report is an official report on the investigation into the Russian collusion and findings by the Special Counsel of Robert...
Alexander Fernandez
May 29, 20193 min read


TPS Visa, the story behind Temporary Protected Status
Vienna, VA- The Temporary Protected Status (TPS) began as a way to give asylum to those who came from foreign nations. The United States...
Alexander Fernandez
May 13, 20193 min read


Art Showcase at Bolivian Embassy
Art Showcase at Bolivian Embassy VIENNA, Va.- New York composer Paul Joseph and his friend painter Roman Valdez Suarez were present at...
Alexander Fernandez
May 13, 20191 min read


The Risk Factors of Eye Surgery
Everyone has heard about corrective Laser eye surgery Lasik or PRK. What you don’t hear is how wrong things can go. There is a 5 percent...
Alexander Fernandez
Jan 7, 20193 min read


Peanut Hottie
Have you ever had a need you didn't know existed? An experience that shifts your world view? I myself had never thought of heating an...
Martin Peyruc
Jan 24, 20161 min read


The Peeps Show!
Who doesn't crave eating the young of flightless domesticated avians? Way back when the years still started a nineteen, you could only...
Martin Peyruc
Dec 13, 20153 min read


Ruffles All Dressed Potato Chips
It looks like the United States' longest unsecured border has been breached. Normally at this point I'd gently tease our neighbors to the...
Martin Peyruc
Nov 10, 20152 min read


Lay’s NY Reuben Potato Chips
As everyone agrees, the famous Reuben Sandwich is is named after its inventor the famed actor, Paul Reubens. In fact you can the very first
Martin Peyruc
Sep 7, 20152 min read


Southern Biscuits and Gravy Chips
I have to confess the concept of gravy always makes me nervous. I've spent enough time in hospitals (no, not for food poisoning) that I...
Martin Peyruc
Aug 15, 20152 min read


Blue Plate Special Blackberry Cobbler Soda
Good thing they let me know that it's a cobbler soda, otherwise I would have thought its a pie soda, and that would be ridiculous. Could...
Martin Peyruc
Nov 2, 20141 min read


Opies Pickled Walnuts
I have never heard of these. It never even crossed my mind that you could pickle nuts of any kind, much less walnuts. According to...
Martin Peyruc
Oct 11, 20141 min read


Lester’s Fixins Peanut Butter & Jelly Soda
Is there anything more classic than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich? According to Wikipedia the average American will eat 1,500 of them
Martin Peyruc
Oct 1, 20141 min read


Calbee Snapea Crisps Wasabi Ranch
Interesting, I guess they can make Cheetos out of stuff other than corn. Actually it's not accurate to compare these to Cheetos, because...
Martin Peyruc
Sep 27, 20141 min read


MoonPie Salted Caramel
It's almost hard to believe that salted caramel until the early 2000's was considered a gourmet treat. It has slowly worked it's way down...
Martin Peyruc
Sep 20, 20141 min read


Bacon Mamma Jamma Bacon Jam
My family in Argentina always have a hard time with the words ham and jam. In Spanish ham is spelled jamon but pronounced ham-on (yes, I...
Martin Peyruc
Sep 19, 20141 min read


Ginger Teriyaki Candied Bacon
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Martin Peyruc
Sep 6, 20141 min read


Bruce Cost Ginger Ale Unfiltered Original
Do you like ginger? Do you really like ginger? I don't mean gingers, our fair skinned and red haired friends (they are great, though). I...
Martin Peyruc
Sep 2, 20141 min read


Vosges Smoky Tellicherry Bar
I find it fitting to review this bar as I approach one hundred reviews, because it was a very similar chocolate bar that started me down...
Martin Peyruc
Aug 29, 20141 min read


Wahta Pure Maple Water
O Canada, don't you know maple is for pancakes, not for drinking (the scene from Super Troopers not withstanding)? I picked this up out...
Martin Peyruc
Aug 5, 20141 min read


Rooibee Red Tea Vanilla Chai
Time to try something "healthy". I put healthy in quotes because like every health food fad there are hundreds of things it'll...
Martin Peyruc
Jul 23, 20141 min read


The South Bend Chocolate Company Chocolate Bacon Crunch
Today my faith in humanity has been crushed. What kind of sick monster puts Bac Os bits in chocolate? Did they not receive hugs as a...
Martin Peyruc
Jul 23, 20141 min read


Zapp's Spicy Cajun Crawtators Potato Chips
What in the world is a Crawtator? Is it some manner of crayfish potato alligator mutant hybrid? Do people eat them or do they eat people?...
Martin Peyruc
Jul 14, 20141 min read
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