Awesome! Philly2Philly did a feature about "American Goulash" on their site! Thanks guys!Also, WOO HOO! This is my 100th post! Time for cake!
Get Your Goulash
By
Autumn Konopka at 1:40 pm on Wednesday May 27, 2009
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We’ve all got a crazy family story, the ones we pull out when a party gets dull to stir up a round of belly laughs. People might not even believe that Uncle John burned down the garage or wrenched an old lady from her burning station wagon, but they beg you to tell it over and over again.
Stephanie Yuhas has a blog’s worth of these stories. Since 2007, she’s been posting several stories a month on American Goulash (shinygrape.com/americangoulash), mostly about her Romanian mom (Anyu) and grandmom (Nagymama), their views of the world, and their unique style of child-rearing.
In a recent post called “Bath Time,” Yuhas explains that she had to sneak showers as an adolescent because Nagymama believed that excessive bathing led to: “Red Hair (which makes you look like a whore), All your hair falling out (well, at least it won’t be red anymore), and Kidney infections (resulting in death).” ...
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June 4th,2009
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As usual, I am attending the New Brunswick Hungarian Festival. Anyone want to meet up for some stuffed cabbage , walnut roll, fried dough, and dancing? (Not necessarily in that order)
Saturday, June 6, 2009
34th Annual Hungarian Festival
New Brunswick, NJ
34TH ANNUAL HUNGARIAN FESTIVAL
COMMEMORATING THE RE-DEDICATION OF THE MAGYAR REFORMED CHURCH
AND THE 800TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRANSISCAN ORDER
Coordinated by the Hungarian Civic Association (HCA) New Brunswick, New Jersey
FESTIVAL MALL AREA ALONG SOMERSET STREET
CLICK HERE TO DOWNOAD AND PRINT FESTIVAL PROGRAM
FESTIVAL ONLY SPECIAL: COME VISIT US AT THE HRFA TENT AT SOMERSET AND PLUM STREETS
TO GET A FREE ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO FRATERNITY MAGAZINE!
PARADE STARTS at the Hungarian American Foundation Somerset & Bethany Street Proceeds to Somerset & Division Street
OPENING CEREMONY
In front of the Magyar Reformed Church
Welcome
Professor August J. Molnar
President of HCA & President of American Hungarian Foundation
Invocation
Fr. Capistran Polgar,
O. F. M. St. Ladislaus Church
HCA Welcome (Hungarian)
Rt. Rev. Barnabas Roczey
Honorary Member of HCA, Pastor Emeritus of MRC
Greetings from the The Honorable James M. Cahill City of New Brunswick
Mayor, City of New Brunswick
Commemorating the Re-dedication
Rev. Zsolt Otvos Magyar Reformed Church
Minister of the Magyar Reformed Church
Commemorating the 800th Anniversary of Franciscan Order St. Ladislaus Church
Fr. Capistran Polgar, O. F. M.
Benediction
Rev. Zsolt Otvos
Minister of the Magyar Reformed Church
After the opening ceremonies performance by the Hungarian American Athletic Club’s Folk Dance Group and Fencing Team
Date: |
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
Time: |
7:30pm - 9:30pm |
Location: |
Laurie Beechman Cabaret at The Arts Bank (601 S. Broad St.) |
Street: |
601 S. Broad St. |
City/Town: |
Philadelphia, PA |
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RSVP on Facebook! |
And check out the snazzy writeup
FirstPersonArts did for the live "American Goulash".
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Salon Preview: Stephanie Yuhas and American Goulash
At the June 10th Salon, Stephanie Yuhas will share “American Goulash”, a series of humorous stories about her childhood as a first-born American to a
Translyvanian family. “American Goulash” is a written self-exploration that preserves old stories, tales, and idiosyncrasies from her own past. Her work is, more broadly, an encouragement to all people to speak to their elders and learn from and share their family histories. You can read some of the stories at the
American Goulash website.
Stephanie Yuhas is an award-winning writer, producer,...
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Congrats to "Wives' Tale" winner, Vincente for his adorable post about his mother:
My mother had me and my brother convinced that she could give us a injection (shot) in the butt with a syringe without using a needle. She would show us the syringe without the needle and with a clever slight of hand put the needle back. She was really good at this and I seldom felt any pain, so the needle-less story held up for years. I didn’t realize this was not possible until my 20s when I went to EMT class and studied IVs and stuff.
Congrats, Vicente - e-mail me over your address & I can mail you your mystery prize!
I cannot help but pimp this guy out, since he is one of THE COOLEST people I've met in a long time. Vincente is a great comedian, and he is specifically a master of short-form Improv Comedy. He is a total geek (uh, I met him at a freaking MENSA meeting), a computer genius, and a fellow admirer of Battlestar Galactica. Also, he loves the Steelers, which is allegedly some sort of sports team.
You should add him now and say, "Hi!":
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The whole series of Andrea's amazing
"Lessons from My Mother" embroideries got me wondering if you are related to someone superstitious or know someone that has any of these batty theories!
So, I'm holding a contest!
Post any of your hilarious or interesting wives' tales, superstitions, and general hilarity right here - the winner will get a (tasteful) ad promoting their website on the front page of this blog (which receives over 15,000 hits a month now, thank you readers!) for one whole month and a MYSTERY PRIZE mailed to your house!
Classic Example of a Superstition: My Nagymama always told me that a man lived in the Big Potty that wanted to suck me into the sewer because she was afraid that I would drown in the toilet. This causes me to fear The Big Potty for years.
I'll be posting mini-superstitions up all week, so, start posting, people! Can you do WORSE than Nagymama? You have until MARCH 6th to tell me about it...unless you think it's bad luck to enter contests.
Photo by Mike Wadestoru
