Super-short supper
Sloppy Joes Makes 2 to 3 sandwiches
1/2 pound lean ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup green pepper
4 ounces tomato sauce
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon oil
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon cinn powder
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder dash of hot pepper sauce 2 to 3 hamburger buns or rolls
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Brown beef in large skillet or pot and drain off fat. Return beef to pan and stir in onions, peppers, tomato sauce, water, chili powder, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and hot pepper sauce. Stir until hot and boiling; then reduce heat. Simmer for 5 more minutes. Serve on toasted buns.
—Britta Florman
Source: Jennifer Dortand Darling's Better Homes and Gardens Cook (2002).
La Tropicana 434 Locust St.
Food type: From the sizzling fajitas to the crispy flautas and tostadas, this Mexican restaurant is worth a try.
**Price range:** Entrees are big enough to share. They come with a side of Spanish rice and refried beans and are priced from $7.25 to$ 11.25. If you're looking for appetizers and drinks, the guacamole ($5.25), which comes with a big basket of tortilla chips, is loaded with tasty cilantro, tomatoes and avocados, and it tastes homemade.
Seating availability: With indoor and outdoor seating, there's plenty of room to fit all your friends and family. If it is a nice day, sit out on the patio, which has a three-tiered fountain and large round tables.
Date worthy: The umbrella-covered tables on the patio create an intimate setting. At night, lights line the trees, setting a very romantic atmosphere.
Booze availability: Just beer here. Domestic bottles are $2.50 and imports like Dos Equis XX and Modelo are$ 3.00.
—Anja Winikka
How we met
Photo contributed byAmber Wiberding
Amber Wibberding and Kristy Brown
The last time Leavenworth sophomore Amber Wibberding saw her cousin Kristy Brown, Excelsior Springs, Mo., junior, was at a holiday party when she was in sixth grade. Now, fast-forward six years to the University of Kansas' freshmen orientation. When all the incoming students were divided into smaller groups for Student-2-Student groups, or break out sessions, Wibberding and Brown sat right next to each other without realizing it. Wibberding says right when they saw each other, they remembered who the other person was. Now these cousins have a close friendship at the University and have even had several classes together.
Ashley Doyle
Love source
www.virtualkiss.com
Don't let distance stop you from kissing that certain someone. Send your partner or even your friends an e-kiss. If you're short on time, you can pre-pucker it. For an extra personalized kiss, customize your kiss with normal, pouty or surgically enhanced lips. Color them blue, purple or red. Spice that smooth up with a virtual touch and make it a tattoo it or add leopard print to your customized lips. Want to know what type of kisser you are? When you go to www.virtualkiss.com it not only let's you send e-kisses but also provides daily kissing stories, polls and quizzes as well as kissing games on their Web site. So pucker up, and do kiss and tell.
—Samara Nazir
05.12.05 Jayplay
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