© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-Penguinlady Recent reviews written by member Penguinlady en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_442613927556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - My family is infected with the travel bug, and no one has it worse than my sister. Given the choice between being home and being anywhere else, she&#146ll always opt for the latter. Nepal, Indonesia, Estonia, India... she&#146s been there. So it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442613927556 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:44:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442613927556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439786180228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - I&#146m a major fan of history and its handmaiden, biography. Those are the first sections I hit in any bookstore or library, and my Amazon wish-list is full of &#145em. I&#146m not only interested in the life of the subject, but also in the peripheral... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439786180228 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:25:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439786180228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439103229572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - A mere two days after our return from Oregon, we were off again, this time to Santa Cruz to celebrate another big family birthday, this time for Penguinman’s sister. But Ginny picked a bad weekend for her birthday; every room in town was booked for the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439103229572 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:05:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439103229572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438976679556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - When my sister had a birthday ending in a 0 last March, her daughters decided to plan a family gathering to celebrate. But they all live in either Portland or Seattle, so they decided to go somewhere where the skies would be blue and the weather... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438976679556 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:05:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438976679556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438866644612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - After our sojourn at the Wallowa Lake Lodge, Penguinman and I packed up and, accompanied by my wine-loving niece, headed back to Oregon via the Columbia River Gorge. Anne had selected a few wineries, mostly on the Washington side of the river,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438866644612 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:01:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438866644612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437017742980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - Normally, when we go to Los Angeles, we stay with one of Penguinman&#146s married daughters. Anne, the older one, lives with her husband Mark in a spacious apartment with a beautiful view of the Hollywood Hills - and one bathroom (not to mention no... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437017742980 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:44:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437017742980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436554206852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - The San Joaquin, or &#147Central,&#148 Valley runs vertically up the middle of California, from the north side of the Tehachapi Range about 50 miles south of Bakersfield, to Redding in the north. It&#146s about 600 miles long, maybe 100 miles wide, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436554206852 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:03:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436554206852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433410772612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - Penguinman and I recently had the pleasure of spending five days in Central California, in the company of four hard-working young men and an equally hard-working woman. This part of the state is cool and breezy near the coast, but the Santa Susanna and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433410772612 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:23:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433410772612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431806910084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - Venice is the only city I&#146ve ever been to where every square foot of it looks exactly like its postcards. Even San Francisco, that most iconic of American cities, has its depressed areas. In Venice, if those areas exist, (and I suspect that they... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431806910084 Wed, 28 May 2008 23:52:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431806910084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431667318404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - The continuing saga of our business trip through the Central California coastal area: We spent a day at the Soledad Mission, and another at Mission San Juan Bautista, and needed a place to stay that would be handy to both. Salinas is the only city of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431667318404 Tue, 27 May 2008 20:32:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431667318404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431152729732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - On the second night of our recent business trip along the Central Coast of California, we picked up a woman as part of our crew, in addition to the four young men and Penguinman and myself. Since we were paying for six rooms for the seven of us, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431152729732 Fri, 23 May 2008 13:03:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431152729732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431069564548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - Penguinman and I just returned from a business trip to the Central Coast of California with four young men. On our first night, we had to be at an event in San Luis Obispo, and the next morning, in San Miguel. So it made sense to stay halfway between... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431069564548 Thu, 22 May 2008 19:14:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431069564548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428619370116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - Our lives as retirees are far busier than they ever were as working people. Between us, Penguinman and I are involved with five community organizations, an are in the process of setting up two businesses. Add to that our four- to six-times-a-year trips... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428619370116 Sat, 3 May 2008 03:00:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428619370116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426742681220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - Imagine, if you can, what it&#146s like to be your father&#146s 28th child - out of 48. Imagine, if you can, how it feels to have to share your husband with first, six other &#147wives,&#148 and later, 15. Imagine, if you can, never being able to tell... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426742681220 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:26:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426742681220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425649409668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - Fully 49 years after they graduated, Penguinman is still close to five of his high school buddies. Starting a few years ago, they have a mini-reunion every so often at the homes of some of the guys; we&#146ve been to Seattle and Chicago so far. In late... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425649409668 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:59:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425649409668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425411317380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - On our return from Grand Cayman to Oakland, Continental Airlines had booked us through Houston, with only an hour to claim our bags, clear Customs and Immigration, dump our bags, and find our way to the boarding gate for our flight to Oakland. Needless... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425411317380 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 22:05:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425411317380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425032715908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - I&#146m so fortunate. Penguinman likes to take care of all our travel arrangements. He books the flights, rents the cars, finds the hotels, the works. I&#146m so unfortunate. Penguinman thinks nothing of booking a 6:00 am flight out of an airport... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425032715908 Sat, 5 Apr 2008 22:45:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425032715908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_423388286596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - We had a few days on our own in Tuscany before meeting our friends, and because Penguinman is a wine-lover and Montalcino is the home of the famous Brunello di Montalcino, that&#146s where we wanted to go. We&#146d considered Montepulciano, but never... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~423388286596 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:22:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_423388286596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_423234014852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - It&#146s been a while since we stayed there, but the Albergo Azalee in Florence, Italy, was so unique that it has remained fresh in our memories. We were landing in Florence after a long, long flight, but were ultimately headed to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~423234014852 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:13:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_423234014852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_422933532292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - Every so often, I look at my bulging house and decide to get organized. The impulse doesn&#146t usually last very long - a day of hard work moving piles of junk from here to there and back again - before I lose interest and go off to other pursuits... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~422933532292 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:39:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_422933532292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_422147952260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - Don't tell Linus, but I&#146m a duvet girl. I&#146ve always loved their warmth and the ease with which I can make the bed - just smooth out the top-sheet, give the duvet a twitch, and voila! The bed is made. But even though we sleep with the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~422147952260 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:37:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_422147952260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421471489668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - I&#146m a trusting soul. No one has ever done anything terrible to me, and I generally tend to trust people until they give me a reason not to. It&#146s an attitude that has worked well for me. Until the summer of 2001, all my international travel... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421471489668 Sun, 9 Mar 2008 18:17:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421471489668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421361913476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - Since discovering them several years ago, I&#146ve become a devotée of Eagle Creek&#146s packing accessories. I can pack well enough, but it seems that ten minutes after I arrive at my destination and open my suitcase, all my junk is strewn all over the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421361913476 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 18:29:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421361913476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419968028292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - Before our choir tour of China in July 2006, I went shopping for some sort of bag that would carry all my junk: camera, guidebook, the obligatory roll of toilet paper that you should have with you at all times in China because there’s none outside your... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419968028292 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:19:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419968028292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419792785028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Penguinlady - As an ardent anti-minimalist, I believe that one can never have too many of the things one uses every day. Thus, I have several sets of measuring cups, including some permanently plunged into my canisters of flour, sugar, et al. I have five sets of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419792785028 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:35:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419792785028?linkin_id=8003929