Epinions Recent Reviews for cdwilli1

It looks sooo good!!

Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:03:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - The Norcent PT420 & PT425 are essentially the same product with the PT425 having PIP (Picture In Picture) capability. We wanted to upgrade our TV from the good old square tube to something that could handle wide-screen and HDTV. For a couple of...

Royal Horses Rump - Bad Horsie - bad!

Mon, 10 Jun 2002 20:09:41 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - I travel a lot for business & have stayed at a huge variety of hotels around the world. From inexpensive ones (read cheap) to some of the most decadent places you can imagine; normally a hotel does its job reasonably well and, the less you pay, the less...

Avoid the Tahdig!

Mon, 22 Apr 2002 19:43:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - Why on earth would anyone buy the most expensive rice cooker around? You can buy a rice cooker for $30 and it will cook rice, no? So what made me drop almost $200 on a rice cooker!? No, I am not mad. Read on.

I have always been a rice fan...

A bad night or just a bad place?

Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:33:48 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - Since our favorite restaurants are closed on Monday nights, I needed to find a good place for a birthday dinner. Los Gatos, for those not in the know, is a cute town, very period California in some ways and very upscale in others.

Pigalle is...

Sony VAIO PCG-360: Give up my Versatile Vaio? No Vay!!

Thu, 8 Feb 2001 16:24:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - This machine has travelled all over the world with me for the last 18 months and is still flawless in every respect. This is probably my 10th laptop in as many years - I have had ones from Gateway, Apple, IBM, Dell... you name a brand & I have probably...

Saint James Paris: A Royal home from home

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 00:01:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - Whenever I walk in to the St. James, I feel like King Louis XIV - regal.

I used to visit Paris every 2-3 months for work. Stayed at all manner of places, but luckily ran in to the St. James Club Hotel and never stayed anywhere else after...

Even has the best laundry bags!

Fri, 17 Nov 2000 20:16:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - When using the name of someone as artistically brilliant as Michelangelo it is important to be sure your product can at least be considered close to being as brilliant. I think that the Michelangelo Hotel in Midtown Manhattan would be somewhere that the...

Save your money whatever you do!

Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:26:10 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - This is not a Hotel deserving of the Meridien name - it is just another mediocre hotel in midtown New York.

New York is a place I stay in very frequently and certainly have favorite hotels, such as the Michelangelo and the Soho Grand (see my...

SoHo Grand: Do not forget your fish!

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 17:50:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - Grand but not pretentious anymore - well, most of the time. I travel to New York very frequently and normally stay here, at the Soho Grand; about 3-4 years ago the place was considered very very fashionable by the black suit and black turtle-neck crowd,...

The Very Elegant Stumps

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 19:56:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - Downtown San Jose had only one really great restaurant, Emile’s, until A.P. Stumps opened – but now Emile’s does have some serious competition.

A.P. Stumps is visually striking from the outside – a lot of glass and people watching tables in...

Solera is Simply Super Spanish

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:31:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - I found this restaurant relatively late one night while wandering through midtown - it looked interesting with its little embossed “Sun” plaque by the door, plus it was cold outside and my colleague and I were hungry.

What an excellent...

RIM Blackberry Two Way Pager: Reduce traffic accidents with a Blackberry

Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:34:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - I am a communication hound – cell phone, voice recorder, internet cell phone, lap-top, PDA, yada, yada. Got ‘em or had ‘em all. Sitting in stationary traffic on the freeway has often been a source of great ideas – but scrabbling for a pen and paper...

Hurry! I Need a Curry!!

Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:14:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - Curry In A Hurry is apparently an institution for many folks, even I had heard of it and you have to admit the name is catchy. Their motto sounds good: "Eat like a prince; pay like a pauper." It was lunchtime, I was in real need of a curry...

So THAT is what I have been doing wrong, Q.

Fri, 15 Sep 2000 02:00:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - After much horror with Sprint Wireless Internet and Cellular service, I moved over to Verizon (GTE) for essentially the same services. There is only one phone that they will supply with the Verizon service and that is the Motorola StarTAC 7868W.
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Be nice to it and it will be very nice to you

Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:53:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - It was a very cool looking car when it was new, and is still pretty good looking now. The hatch gives the car a very streamlined look, the flares over the wheel wells made the body appearance very exciting. This was a serious head-turning car for all...

Tell me about your f-stop!

Sat, 9 Sep 2000 21:47:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - I was happier than a pig in a place most of us would find very unpleasant indeed. Since I was thirteen years old I have been a serious photographer. I saved up my paychecks from my first weekend job until I had enough cash to buy an SLR camera - in...

Better than the name implies

Sat, 26 Aug 2000 21:27:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - The name did not sound that good, frankly: Gus' Place. It certainly does not conjure up images of the Mediterranean – on the other hand in Greece, the small scruffy places can often have the best food - so I would check out Gus' and see.

I...

Verizon Mobile Phone Service in San Francisco/San Jose/Oakland: Peace at last!

Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:55:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - This is the second service plan I have had in 4 months and the 8th service plan I have had in 15 years or so. The first of my 2 recent plans was from Sprint - see my review of the horrors of sprint at:

White Rock Rocks

Sat, 26 Aug 2000 01:48:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - When searching for good restaurants in San Jose, the White Rock Cafe kept coming up. The place has excellent reviews from the local review community and had the same owners as a very well known San Francisco restaurant. It is in an odd part of town–...

Just not what it is cracked up to be.

Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:04:38 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - I was really looking forward to going to this place. Face it, the New York Smith & Wollensky is famous; now Smith & Wollensky is expanding with restaurants in several major cities - which says the place has got to be good, right? Just given...

Stop the craving with Jaipur - Update Sept 6, 2000

Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:20:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - In Chicago with a craving for Indian food. We did not have a car and, being pretty close to downtown, it would be good to find an Indian Restaurant that was within walking distance.

Digging around the web for places that fit the bill I came...

Audible Mobile Player: Listen up! Save bucks on books.

Tue, 22 Aug 2000 01:41:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - I now own two Audible players - the first one I bought just as it first came out about 3 years ago, the second I bought when the new memory upgrade version was launched.

The product allows you to listen to recorded voices - I am told music...

Silence is not always golden

Sun, 20 Aug 2000 03:09:25 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - If you want to use Sprint Wireless Internet, there is only one phone that fits the bill, and that is the Touchpoint (it says Qualcomm on the back, but there does not seem to be a similar Qualcomm branded product).

I have had a whole bunch of...

It will make you WANT tea!

Sun, 20 Aug 2000 01:02:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - When I first moved the US my preconceptions of product availability and choice were often proved to be completely wrong. This was particularly true where the Electric Kettle is concerned. The Electric Kettle (as we call them in the UK) is ubiquitous in...

Toshiba FD9839BK 900MHz Digital Cordless Phone: Not aging gracefully - quite the reverse.

Sun, 13 Aug 2000 19:35:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cdwilli1 - We have had this phone for almost one year, and it has some excellent features for the price, but it is aging more quickly than I would have expected.

This phone has superior audio quality; it is very clear almost 100% of the time, in fact of...