Epinions Recent Reviews for Teardrop...

Letters to mom: baksheesh, reason sphinx head is tiny, colonial ride through the neighborhood

Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:25:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Teardrop... - Hey mom,

I would have sent a postcard, but the postcard-selling kids here have driven me to the edge and I am standing my ground by not buying their packs of ten for 22 cents, even though I want a pack of ten for 22 cents. This will all become...

"Wapping Food" restaurant: Eat dinner in a rusty hydraulic power station

Mon, 28 Jan 2002 02:21:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Teardrop... - A heavy chain with a big, ol' hook on it hangs from the two-story ceiling as you walk in. Faded green paint clings through rust onto turbine and pump equipment on the floor. And cheap off-white tiles cover damaged brick from years of haphazard repairs to...

Gaudi's pointy-things church, meat pie apartments, and other architectural shenanigans

Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:59:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Teardrop... - Review Topic: Sights & AttractionsImagine if your architecture school professors and peers tried to brainwash you with ideas like “pointy arches are superior to all other types of arches,” “tall buildings need flying buttresses,”...

Palestinian-Israeli politics for the idgit and genius alike

Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:21:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Teardrop... - Whether the Arab world is for you a foggy, out-of-focus, “over there” kind of part of the map or your area of specialty, Friedman’s book will pour a healthy dose of political savvy and interesting anecdotes into the Middle Eastern section of your brain...

Sauternes: Why God invented rotten grapes

Wed, 6 Sep 2000 07:43:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Teardrop... - ...he told us the botrytis cinerea-infested grapes are “like candy” to eat...

First it’s little brown dots. The fungus has snuck inside the white Semillon grape. Next, a darker color with itsy bitsy brown and green mold patches. The...

Learning to love plastic food, fish heads, and technotoilets

Mon, 3 Jul 2000 13:37:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Teardrop... - If your life goals include cooking an octopus pancake, carrying huge wads of yen, and learning the kanji characters for “toilet seat temperature,” you’re gonna love it here…

I started to wonder what was up when I noticed the mini...

The Burren: Rocky, barren, inhospitable land

Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:50:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Teardrop... - …but the dramatic views here made me want to chuck my maps, itinerary and carefully compiled list of internet cafes out the window…

Driving along The Burren on Irelands’ west coast, the scenery began to get better and better. I...

$59.90 wasted with Schwab

Wed, 7 Jun 2000 05:42:02 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Teardrop... - ...figure out what you pay each year in commissions rather than what you pay per transaction...

By the time you sell a stock through Schwab, you've spent $59.90 on commissions to buy and sell, and for what?...