Epinions Recent Reviews for cathyb53

'Silk Road' Lily: Fragrant, Beautiful, Hardy - Perfect!

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:06:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - 'Silk Road' is definitely my favorite lily of all time, maybe even my favorite flower. (Oh, all right, I know, I say that about so many flowers - but I really, really mean it!) There few things as rewarding in this life as a good lily; you...

As Seen on TV! A Mixed Bag - the Topsy-Turvy Planter

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:41:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - It finally got to me - that over-and-over-again TV ad for the Topsy-Turvy Planter, that goofy looking bag with a giant crop of healthy, ripe, red tomatoes growing OUT THE BOTTOM! I don't know about you, but I have never bought anything from one of those...

As Good As it Gets...and then some

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 15:58:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - As a person who suffers from Fibromyalgia as well as other chronic pain syndromes, I had always known that soaking in a hot tub would be exactly what my aching, cramped body needed. Apart from the fact that the more conventional hot tubs were incredibly...

Bed Bugs DO Bite! (ask me how I know...)

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:40:48 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - I'm not kidding - BED BUGS!! While this hotel seemed marginally OK, I came home with BED BUG BITES! Yes! I'd read that they were becoming more common in the US & UK, but I honestly didn't expect to encounter them in a respectable national hotel chain...

Real Therapy - Not Just a Great Smell!

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:15:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - I am so thrilled to have this chance to spread the word about this wonderful product! You know, bath salts aren't generally a big topic of conversation, even among us girls who use them. But Abra Muscle Therapy Bath is so much more than a...

Ladies, We Have a Winner: Origins Checks and Balances Frothy Face Wash

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:41:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - As an obedient Origins customer - they send me an e-mail offer telling me to try the new this-or-that, and I promptly buy (ooops, maybe the word for that is "sucker" - oh well!) - I received a generous sample tube of their Checks and Balances Frothy...

Good Stuff, Even for Sensitive Skin

Fri, 3 Feb 2006 23:37:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - When it comes to what I use on my face, I'm fussy. Well, strictly speaking, I'm not really fussy, just very, very sensitive. I can't use any of the alpha hydroxy products - too harsh. Products that exfoliate with salicylic acid are even worse. Any of the...

I'm Singing the Praises of our local North American Van Lines company!

Fri, 3 Feb 2006 22:41:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - Sometimes, even with a local move, you just have to admit that you and your buddies are getting a little old and decrepit for the traditional "Moving Day Party". You know what I'm talking about: you line up all your able-bodied friends for The Big Day,...

"Severe Allergy Attack-Inducer" Would be a More Accurate Product Name!

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:45:52 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - This Neutrogena product, Radiance Boost Eye Cream, is $12 worth of disaster in a tube for us sensitive types! Flee, my pretties; run, I say, away from this hopeful-looking little tube (which is, incidentally, ridiculously over-packaged in its box...

Dry, damaged, straw-like hair...Who, Me??

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:41:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - You've heard it before - getting older isn't always very pretty. In my case, my hair happened to be one of the things I wasn't worried about. I had always had thick, shiny, rich-colored hair - UNTIL (dum-de-dum-dum)... Well, I'll skip the sad...

"All I have to do is steam, steam, steam..."

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:17:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - I bought the Conair Fabric Steamer Deluxe in a great panic of fussing around in preparation for my daughter's wedding; she was bringing her wedding dress here by plane, scrunched up in a little cardboard box (the dress, not my daughter), confident that...

Once Upon a Mattress - A Tale of Woe

Fri, 2 Apr 2004 01:49:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - For several years, I have suffered from Fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition in which (among many other things), those who have it suffer from disturbed, non-restorative sleep, as well as distinct "tender points" all over the back, shoulders, and other...

My Cell Phone?? Oh, you mean my Brick Attack player!

Sun, 16 Dec 2001 19:00:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - I didn't want a cell phone. I think they're aggravating and dumb, and the last thing in the world I want or need to is be any more readily-accessible than I already am. The thought of being hounded by my phone when I'm out in my garden, or away from my...

Philips FWC250: Boombox or Mini-System?

Sun, 16 Dec 2001 17:26:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - I'm going out on a limb here, writing about a product outside my usual scope of expertise. I usually leave the high-tech stuff (i.e. anything that plugs in or takes batteries) to those many younger folks who are up on such things, mainly for fear of...

Satsuma Bath Bubbles - a Dissenting Opinion

Sun, 16 Dec 2001 12:55:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - All right, all right, as all the other reviews of The Body Shop's Satsuma Bath Bubbles have duly noted, this stuff smells wonderful - refreshing, evocative, tasty, even playful. Smells great in the bathroom all day after you've used it. Transports you...

Comfort Inns and Suites: Comfort Inns - A Good-Enough Place to Stay

Tue, 17 Jul 2001 17:16:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - A "good-enough" place to stay? What the heck does she mean by that? Good enough for whom? For how long? Where?

Well, when I give Comfort Inns a non-descriptive description like that, it's because that's pretty much what I have found Comfort...

Holiday Inn Hotel and Resorts Chain: Hey, my Dad was Right - Again!

Sun, 24 Jun 2001 23:05:06 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - My family has always taken what many might consider an abnormal interest in staying in motels. In fact, we have an entire family culture around motel-stays, consisting largely of eating certain ritual foods (specifically spice drops, jelly beans, or...

The Chevy Cavalier - Not much to recommend it

Sat, 23 Jun 2001 13:06:59 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - I'll admit it, right up front: I'm not much of an expert on cars. I came to driving late in life, not even getting a license till I was 37 or so, and until my recent purchase of a new VW Beetle, mostly all I've owned has been ancient rusty Toyotas, with...

Expedia Hotels: Expedia indeed expedited! It's "expeditious"!

Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:36:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - When my daughter & I recently planned a trip to Philadelphia, the key question we had was "where would we stay?". She is going to be working there next year in the Americorps program (Clinton's revision of VISTA, or Volunteers in Service to America,...

Excellent Up-Scale Mexican Food

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 20:59:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - When my daughter & I stumbled into Tequila on our recent trip to Philly, we unwittingly wandered into a good thing. She will be moving there in September, as an Americorps participant working in the wasteland of North Philadelphia, and we made the...

Round 'em Up, Move 'em Out

Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:35:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - Weeds, that is. Especially the nastiest, most pernicious, hard-to-pull-out kind. Dandelions whose long tap roots have cannily wedged their way under asphalt or between paving blocks. The dreaded Canadian Thistle - no offense to our neighbors to the...

What I Really Need is a "Garden Boy"!

Sun, 27 May 2001 22:28:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - I've just finished reading a couple of biographies of Vita Sackville-West, the brilliant English gardener perhaps best known in the gardening world (as opposed to in the literary world, where she's known as a poet of the Bloomsbury school, or the world...

"Mom, Everyone will Know You're an Old Hippie!"

Wed, 9 May 2001 14:23:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - My first new car! So what if I am 48 years old? And what have we chosen? A funny-looking little bug that the young car salesman kept referring to as "nostalgic"! It's been a family joke of sorts that someday I would get my Volksie Beetle; now Our Day has...

Toyota ECHO: close, but no sale

Wed, 9 May 2001 13:10:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - Crisis! Shock and Disbelief! Our 1988 Toyota Camry has bit the cosmic dust. Shuffled off its mortal coil. Gone to the Great Beyond. Slipped the Surly Bonds of Earth.

In other words, our battered but trusty (or so we thought) "good" car...

Advil = Ibuprofen

Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:17:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cathyb53 - Right at the top, let me make it clear: I'm writing about ibuprofen, the generic name for Advil. Don't spend your hard-earned money on the brand name if a cheaper form is available. It's easy to tell what you're actually buying; just read the panel on...