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Amazing Views

Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:53:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - The Days Inn is the only non-casino hotel in Atlantic City that sits right on the boardwalk. Balconies on its ocean front rooms, in fact, put guests closer to the surf than they can get in any other hotel along the boardwalk.

The Days Inn is...

Atlantic City Hilton: Best Summer Casino Resort, By Far

Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:08:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - The Hilton is easy to spot in the summer. It is only Jersey casino with palm trees, a beach bar, and a long, white beach dotted with bright blue umbrellas.

Last summer, after avoiding the Atlantic City boardwalk for years, thinking it just...

Beds to dream about

Mon, 12 Mar 2001 23:21:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - Epinions about this mega hotel nearly convinced us to go elsewhere, but a great rate -- just $129 a night -- a huge free form pool and a fine location persuaded us to give it a try.

Marriott World Center is big, for sure. Reviewers...

The Delta: Perfect restaurant on a cold night

Thu, 7 Dec 2000 21:20:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - Comfort food doesn't get any better than that served at The Delta, an informal restaurant on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan.

The spouse and I had passed this Cajun-style restaurant a number of times, and the spouse, a big fan of New Orleans cooking...

World's largest cybercafe

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 09:08:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - EasyEverything has opened on 42nd Street, bringing 800 computer stations to a two-level space right next door to the newly-opened Madame Tussaud's.

Cybercafes never caught on

I've been looking into the window of...

Battery Hill for magnificent 360 degree views

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:12:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - There are very few places to stay on St. John, and the tiny, perfect Battery Hill condominium complex may be the best of the bunch.

Location

All arrivals to St. John are by boat. Ferries pull into docks at a harbor...

How normal is it to be excited over cat litter?

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 14:35:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - This stuff is beyond amazing. We've had cats, lots of them, for a good long time. And, like all Americans, we buy lots of products. Truly, I don't know when I've seen any new product that is so vastly superior to the status quo than this one.
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Thanksgiving Day Parade

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:34:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - The parade is fun, but the spectacle the night before is even better.

Blowing up the balloons

Inflating Snoopy, Bullwinkle, the Rugrats and all the other characters who provide the oohs and aahs at Macy's Thanksgiving Day...

Outstanding Midtown bargain

Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:51:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - At the spur of the moment, we're talking mere hours from check-in, my schedule cleared and the spouse and I decided to go into New York City to watch Macy's Thanksgiving day parade balloons being inflated.

A midtown bargain

I...

Street shopping for bargains, and fun

Sun, 5 Nov 2000 22:35:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter -
Review Topic: Shopping

While it is largely illegal, street peddling has been flourishing in New York City for as long as I can remember. In fact, back in the early 1970s when the spouse's union ordered him out on strike days...

Floor to ceiling views, and pirates too

Sat, 4 Nov 2000 05:01:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - We have stayed in no fewer than six Las Vegas hotels, and in most ways Treasure Island offered the best accommodations.

View from the rooms

Rooms at Treasure Island all have floor to ceiling windows, and most have excellent...

Great choice for families

Sun, 29 Oct 2000 10:01:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - On a summer trip to Washington with our younger son we wanted a hotel with an outdoor pool, and tennis if possible, also a place to toss a football and a frisbee.

Lots of room to play

The Omni was the only hotel that fit the...

Low cost weekend choice; connected to Windows on the World

Sun, 29 Oct 2000 09:44:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - We stayed in this hotel before it was badly damaged by the World Trade Center bombing, and after.

It is located way downtown on the West side of Manhattan close to the Hudson River and within an easy walk of Wall Street, South Street Seaport...

Westin Resort St. John: On the wrong side of the island

Sat, 28 Oct 2000 08:40:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - The Westin hotel on St. John was damaged by a hurricane in the mid-1990s and has been completely rebuilt and renovated.

Rooms here are terraced into a hill overlooking a bay, and every room is large and luxurious.

There are only two...

Ellis Island, for history and a day on the water

Sun, 17 Sep 2000 09:27:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

Review Topic: Sights & AttractionsEllis Island, the first piece of the U.S. so many of our grandparents and great grandparents experienced after surviving a grueling trip...

Style matches function in a great sounding MP3

Sun, 10 Sep 2000 00:24:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - New to Napster, and still marveling at the miracle of downloading all my favorite songs to my computer, I was introduced to MP3 by my son.

He had been carrying around his slim, transparent purple Diamond Rio for weeks in a nifty black cargo...

Where NYC meets the sea: the most spectacular urban park

Mon, 4 Sep 2000 00:28:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - Anyone nervous about visiting New York City might want to head straight downtown to the World Financial Center. Walk straight west to the Hudson River, just half a block away, and prepare to be seduced.

Ocean liners and roses

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Toronto, just for fun

Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:06:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - Toronto was a delightful surprise that started with a long, slow walk around the SkyDome stadium where the Blue Jays play. Much larger than life-size cement sculptures of umpires and fans stand out in 3-D at crazy angles. It's great fun, and sets the...

Best Beach Bike

Fri, 18 Aug 2000 00:17:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - The spouse and I own hybrid bikes, his closer to a mountain bike than mine. In a summer shuffle, we move them between our home, which is near a long, lovely canal tow path, and our little shore camp.

Then, from the shore camp, we strap them...

Google: Try it; you'll never say Yahoo! again

Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:18:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - Here it is, an actual miracle. Google can read your mind. I don't know how this marvelous search engine does it, but I now have complete confidence in its abilities.

If I'm thinking I'd like to find a good hotel in Washington or an article on...

Indian Lake; country roads, take me home

Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:51:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - Road signs declare Indian Lake a hamlet, but always with a capital "H." My dad, who made a living teaching Shakespeare, never tired of joking about the signs. Every afternoon, as we swooped down Christian Hill and into the village on our way...

A mess of a Boomer fantasy

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 00:14:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - In this film, aeronautics engineer Clint Eastwood, who believes he and his buddies were cheated out of a chance to be astronauts by a chimpanzee and a petty, vindictive boss, is recruited to help NASA with a sticky problem.

Seems a Russian...

Verizon Mobile Phone Service in Camden/Trenton: This could be your only phone, but.....

Sun, 6 Aug 2000 00:56:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - First of all, Bell Atlantic no longer exists as a wireless service. It is now Verizon. Confusion abounds, however, because the switchover, while officially complete, is a little rocky.

I signed up for Verizon service three months ago...

Great trailer, terrible movie

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 23:26:01 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - Magnolia's trailer is brilliant, about the best I've seen. It presents intriguing little bios: a boy genius, a dying man, a prodigal son, a cop in love, and more. In under three minutes, we begin to know at least eight people, and what's more, we begin...

Stone Harbor; what a town!

Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:55:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Profilewriter - Boy, do I love towns, those vanishing people magnets that offer a full range of good and services. And tonight we stumbled upon a town so fine, so prime, that it could have been designed by Hollywood.

Stone Harbor sits near the foot of New...