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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-bbbradk Recent reviews written by member bbbradk en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_442725404292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I am a big fan of biographies, and rock and roll biographies in particular, it was that which lead me to this book.I'll be honest that I had no idea who Michael Ruffino was, and although I am quite a big music fan, I had never heard of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442725404292 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:13:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442725404292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453505683076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - For many years I had been THE lowest maintenance hair washer ever.I never put any thought into what brand I was using. For the most part I just kept an eye out for anything that was a two in one shampoo/conditioner, and was on sale... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453505683076 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:21:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453505683076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442768330372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I am from Canada, a country not known for anything spicy, so visiting New Orleans for the first time was a pleasant taste experience, down there EVERYTHING had some spiciness to it, sometimes just enough to taste, and other times enough to burn your... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442768330372 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:32:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442768330372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442492423812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I live in Toronto so don't often have a reason to stay in the city, but recently a group of friends decided we would spend a weekend downtown, and after doing some searching for a room, we ended up getting The Intercontinental from Hotwire for a decent... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442492423812 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:54:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442492423812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421260136068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I've been an on and off regular for some time at the Old Country Buffet in Buffalo New York. For the longest time I had no idea that it was anything but yet another Chinese Buffet (I suppose when I see the word buffet I just associate it with Chinese... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421260136068 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:49:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421260136068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437611105924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - Just finished this one, was a good read. Mike Edison starts out a young punk in film school, and finishes an old punk running a porn magazine. I Have Fun Everywhere I Go is the story of that journey. There are many bumps, and tonnes of drugs and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437611105924 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:24:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437611105924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331256860292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - As a kid, I used to plan for weeks in advance of what shirts or magazines I planned to buy when the WWF (now the WWE) came to Toronto. I would keep a close eye on what wrestlers had the best looking promotional shirts on the weekly broadcast of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331256860292 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331256860292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411916603012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - Coming from Toronto, I must say that locally the corn dog food group is sorely unrepresented until the fair pulls into town, and the corn dogs found at the fair are made from the cheapest ingredients available, and cooked in questionable looking... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411916603012 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:02:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411916603012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_413701541508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - We missed Sun Studio's the first time we were in Nashville because it was a little out of the way and we weren't driving. However the last time we were there we made a point of getting there, it actually worked out that after spending the morning at... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~413701541508 Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:22:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_413701541508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411901660804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - While at Disney in June, the girlfriend realized that I was soon to melt under the hot Florida sun, and found me this personal fan in a gift shop to use to try and cool myself off. The fan, at ten dollars was affordable, as a matter of fact, we wound... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411901660804 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:58:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411901660804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411888160388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I have had my ipod for just about a year now (was a Christmas gift last year) and throughout that year I have pretty much stopped listening to the radio. There is so much content that can be loaded onto the ipod that for the longest time I never... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411888160388 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:18:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411888160388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411879968388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - The ipod has been like a gift from the heavens! I commute to work on the subway every day, and prior to the ipod I carried a cd walkman back and forth to work, but when I discovered the ipod, and the thousands of songs I could pack into it, not to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411879968388 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:08:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411879968388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_399184989828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - Anthony Bourdain wrote a great book a few years back called Kitchen Confidential in which he detailed the secrets of the kitchens you have never had the opportunity to visit. It was his own story of how he became a cook in one of New York's best French... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~399184989828 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:47:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_399184989828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_347216187012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I got lucky about a year back and won a Saeco Aroma Espresso Machine from a contest put on by a local radio station. I would never pay the kind of money that this unit costs in stores just for a fancy coffee machine, I mean I checked up on it, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~347216187012 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:24:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_347216187012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_333663866500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - The first encounter I had with the Cheesecake Factory was while I was in Chicago several years ago. The exterior of the restaurant was very interesting, looked like melted copper or something? But it really caught my eye. The other thing about it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~333663866500 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:35:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_333663866500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_346367430276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I've been an Elvis fan for quite some time, and am always on the lookout for new Elvis collectables. So I was really happy when I got an email from MacFarlane Toys announcing the latest in their musician series would be none other the the King... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~346367430276 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:48:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_346367430276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_330850340484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I have been a huge Elvis fan for years, so when I saw the Elvis singing and dancing phone at one of the local specialty telephone shops, I immediately wanted it. I mean every time someone called me, Elvis would dance, and sing Hound Dog! I started... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~330850340484 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:33:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_330850340484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_335702953604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - 701 other Epinionators have already reviewed McDonald's, why am I throwing my hat into the ring? No reason really, or wait, how about the extra pant sizes that McDonald's has assisted me in obtaining over the years? Seriously though, I was recently... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~335702953604 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:49:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_335702953604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_334891945604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I am always excited when a new restaurant opens near me, so when I saw that Boston Pizza would soon be opening I was pleased, as I am a big pizza fan. When they finally opened, I was surprised to find that pizza was only a section of their menu. (and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~334891945604 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:07:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_334891945604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_333216714372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - As a young guy I was really a fan of hard rock, and every opportunity I could, I would try to meet the bands that made the music that I loved. Throughout the years (mostly my teenage years) I must have met hundreds of different rock bands, as they... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~333216714372 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:05:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_333216714372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_330696920708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I have been to New Orleans several times, and one place that must be visited every time I am there is The Gumbo Shop. I have had many great meals there It used to be that Copeland's was my favorite place to eat in New Orleans, but as you can read... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~330696920708 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:55:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_330696920708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_333193318020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I bought the Sanford after wasting a few dollars on cheaper highlighters that did not perform as well. I work in a large office, and while they do supply our office needs, much of what they supply is the cheapest products they can find. So a few... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~333193318020 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:19:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_333193318020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_332899847812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I won this pager in a contest a while back, along with the pager, I won 1 year of service. At the end of the year I did end up cancelling the service, but not because there was anything wrong with it, but just because I found that I never used it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~332899847812 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:16:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_332899847812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_329719844484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - I had never heard of beignets before going to New Orleans. Well, there was one time I had heard Martha Stewart talking about New Orleans donuts, but I don't think she ever used the beignets term. However on my first trip to New Orleans, I was lucky... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~329719844484 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:51:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_329719844484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331611278980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bbbradk - My first sniff if Joop was at the cosmetics counter at the local department store, wow I thought, this stuff is incredibly strong, and very sweet smelling. I was not an immediate fan of it, not until an hour or so later when the scent had finally... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331611278980 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:49:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331611278980?linkin_id=8003929