Archive for the ‘Lifestyle’ Category

(May 27, A360) - From caring for her family to preparing a sublime array of traditional Ethiopian dishes at her Taste of Ethiopia restaurant in Pflugerville, Woinee Mariam throws her heart and soul into everything she does. That passion compelled her to sit for four hours on the hard floor of her daughter's new school in Washington, ... Full story

COLONIE — The Steuer family, a middle-class suburban couple and their two young children, sold their raised ranch and parted with most of their belongings at a recent garage sale. They're reducing everything they own to just 400 pounds, 100 pounds apiece, the allowable weight they can ship to Ethiopia. The Steuers are leaving this summer on a two-year assignment as volunteers with Serving in Mission, an ... Full story

FGS-Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu founded the soleRebels brand in 2004 with her husband and brother to help create jobs in Zenabwork, Ethiopia. At the time there were hardly any jobs in the community. But when the family decided to redesign traditional Ethiopian shoes made from recycled tires, expansion mode kicked in and employees were hired. They turned global ... Full story

Zed's, the famed Ethiopian restaurant in Washington DC, is to open a second restaurant in Prince William county, Virginia, the Washington Business Journal reports. The new restaurant is called Zed’s Bistro & Wine Bar, and features outdoor seating, a large bar and an open kitchen, according to the report. The new restaurant is located at 6850 Piedmont ... Full story

The Addis Ababa City Housing Development Program (AACHDP) summoned at the end of last week, 4500 city dwellers whose names were on the waiting list for the fourth round condominium lottery drawn a month ago. The lottery was to distribute 15,000 individual apartments to the winners. AACHDP called in those on the waiting list when only 10 ... Full story

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) awarded the project to acquire card based payment system to M2M Group, a Morocco based company. The contract agreement between the two was finally signed on March 20, 17 months after the tender was floated. Sources within CBE told Capital, the project that entails supply of the hardware and installation is ... Full story

A 22-year-old university student from Gambella won the title of Miss Ethiopia beauty competition held here on Saturday. The winner, Chuna Okok, a sophomore at the faculty of business and economics, Addis Ababa University, outranks all of her 20 competitors. She won Miss Ethiopia 2009 contest and received an award of diamond ring worth ... Full story

Timket or Epiphany was celebrated colorfully on Monday throughout the country among Christian faithful. The celebration was colorfully held in particular at Jan-meda here in the metropolis, where ambassadors, tourists, senior government officials, students of Sunday schools, deacons, priests and the faithful were gathered. Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Paulos on the ... Full story

HARRISONBURG - The Ethiopians Jim Engle knows have outlooks as bright as their nation's sunniest summers. "Most of the people in Ethiopia are warm and welcoming," said Engle, a professor of Old Testament studies at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. "They're humble and hardworking, too." The folks he met during his sixth trip to Ethiopia also proved to be enthusiastic students of  the Bible. Engle, 68, and his wife Peg, ... Full story

Ethiopia-born Wayna Wondwossen and Kenna Zemedkun are nominated for a Grammy award in the "Best Urban/Alternative Performance" catagory. The talented Wayna received her Grammy nomination for the "Lovin You" music while Kenna was selecting for "Say Goodbye To Love." Often compared with the Grammy-winner Lauryn Hill, Wayna has been widely praised for her work, including by Stevie Wonder, who also compared her to his wife singer/songwriter ... Full story