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The Award-Winning New Years Eve City Chicken Video

Posted on January 1, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

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This year Annyth and I were invited for the second year in a row to the Mendenhall Farm New Years Eve Celebration, and the challenge this time was to bring an appetizer – and an accompanying video – that represented our “roots and heritage.” We went with CITY CHICKEN and walked away with this year’s Best Short Video Award!

Annyth and I both have familial roots and heritage in Southwest Pennsylvania in City Chicken country. Not familiar with City Chicken? Then the following video will help you out:

Two Thousand Fourteen

Posted on December 31, 2013 by portfoliolongo.com

“Heaven is reserved for people who like surprises.” Personal communication. Demetrius Dumm, O.S.B.

N.B. I add this particular note a couple of years later, November 9, 2016 to be precise. When I originally posted this, I did not know that Fr. Demetrius had just died a few weeks earlier. His death came as a surprise to me sometime in early 2014. Click here for his obituary and here for books written by him.