Epinions Recent Reviews for chrissy1018

If size and price matter in your digital camera...

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 21:52:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - This is my first digital camera, so I won't be able to offer you a broad range of how each feature compares to the other top five models. I have borrowed a Kodak digital camera before, and when purchasing for myself chose the Gateway over the latest...

Stew Leonard's - the Disney World of Grocery Stores

Wed, 2 Jul 2003 23:21:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - "Kids love shopping at Stew Leonard's, the World's Largest Dairy Store!" That's the refrain from on...

The Museum of Television and Radio

Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:38:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - So, you've seen Radio City, Rockefeller Center, The Today Show and the skating rink, and you've shop...

A great travel guidebook for bibliophiles

Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:50:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - One of my favorite types of vacation is to travel to the homes of great authors. Not only do you ge...

Where Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, a Prince and a Pauper were born

Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:26:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - The Mark Twain House was designed by Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Clemens) himself, purchasing the land call...

This little bagless HEPA sucker has it all!

Sun, 29 Jun 2003 12:05:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - I'm allergic to dust mites, and a useful book called WHAT'S IN THE AIR? by Marian Betancourt and Gillian Shepherd on airborne allergies recommended a HEPA vacuum, which is why I bought this cleverly designed little sucker. I didn't want an expensive ma...

Laugh-out-loud mystery, great for Evanovich fans

Tue, 25 Feb 2003 01:36:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - This is one of the funniest mysteries I’ve read, I honestly found myself chuckling and laughing out loud throughout. If you’re a fan of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, you’re going to love Maddy Hunter’s first mystery,...

Allergies? Read this book

Sat, 30 Nov 2002 23:19:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - This is a great and affordable guide to understanding seasonal and airborne allergies, and what can be done to reduce symptoms both through changing elements of your environment as well as medications. 40 million Americans suffer from allergies, and...

Highlights of the fascinating lives of our greatest authors

Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:41:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - Okay, I admit it. I may have been an English Major, but when my father said, "You have to hear this guy talk about Mark Twain" I could think of a million things I'd rather do than listen to some dry lecture. But I gave it a chance, and it wasn't...

A Great Romance for Horse Lovers

Thu, 19 Jul 2001 20:02:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - RIDE A DARK HORSE is a first novel by an author who really knows the world of horse jumping and showing, and her expertise comes through in this novel.

This is a fuller novel, focused as much on family and the protagonists' careers as it...

One of the Best Recordings of a Musical in My Collection

Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:15:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - This Sony Classics studio recording of KISMET brings together a cast of opera and strong Broadway singers, and the London Symphony orchestra to produce a recording that is remarkably rich and a joy to listen to. There have been a few other recordings of...

The First of a Series of Mysteries at Queen Elizabeth's Court

Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:22:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - The first in a series of mysteries by British author Fiona Buckley, set in the time of Queen Elizabeth I. If you loved the movie ELIZABETH, you'll love this series.

SYNOPSIS

Ursula Blanchard is a recently widowed woman who must leave her...

The Yellow Pages of Publishing

Tue, 12 Jun 2001 22:26:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - Let me start off by saying that I work in the Editorial Department of a major publishing house, and this book is essential for us.

It's really more for the industry than for the average person, but if you are looking to get in touch with an...

Opera in English with Rhythm

Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:53:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - You may know that the smash grunge musical RENT is based on Puccini's opera LA BOHEME. And MISS SAIGON (the one with all the casting controversy and the helicopter) is MADAME BUTTERFLY, and trickiest of all AIDA is AIDA, but before all of those there...

A Humorous and Heartwrenching Musical

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:36:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - FALSETTOLAND is the final show in the trilogy by William Finn that began with IN TROUSERS and continued in MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS. Because the three shows focus on the intertwining lives of the same characters, the character development is particularly...

The Controversial Topics of the Early 80s (Set to Music)

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:01:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS is the second of three connected off-Broadway musicals produced in the late 1970s to the early 1980s following the same characters. The first was IN TROUSERS, and in my opinion is the weakest of the three. It was only recently...

How to Live a 19th-Century Life

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:18:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - If you love to read historical novels, whether they be the classics of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters and Anthony Trollope, or historical romances by such authors as Judith McNaught and Julia Quinn, this is a great book for you. It...

A wonderful book of needlepoint projects

Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:42:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - If you love to do needlepoint, this is a wonderful book to have. I've done several projects using DMC wool, and they all turned out beautifully. I always work on 10 point penelope (double thread) brown canvas, just because I find it turns out so...

The Missing Song from West Side Story

Sun, 10 Jun 2001 12:55:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - This is the first of four CDs that contain recordings of songs that for one reason or another were cut from their shows. Highlights include:

From 110 DEGREES IN THE SHADE:

"Sweetriver" - replaced in the show by "Love Don't Look Away",...

An AMAZING New Composer!

Sun, 10 Jun 2001 12:27:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - This is a collection of songs by new composer Adam Guettel. His other offering is his first show FLOYD COLLINS (which I wasn't terribly thrilled with).

Contrary to the title, this is not a religious music CD. The songs do follow a theme,...

A Clever Musical full of Catchy Songs

Sun, 10 Jun 2001 12:06:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - This is not the movie with Nicholas Cage. It's a musical that was on Broadway a few years back that is full of great character songs.

The basic plot is about a pulp detective novel writer named Stine whose novel is being made into a movie...

My Favorite Shakespeare Movie

Sat, 9 Jun 2001 19:33:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - I should start out by saying that I graduated with honors in English from a top University, and took several Shakespeare classes. For those classes I had to watch two performances of each play studied that I hadn't seen. Needless to say, I've watched a...

Remember that song "One Night in Bangkok"?

Sat, 9 Jun 2001 13:42:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - When CHESS came out, it was one of those rare musicals with a song that leaked into the mainstream. I'm talking about "One Night in Bangkok", which you may have heard on the radio back in the 1980s.

This two CD recording is the better one...

The show about an adorable eight-year-old murderer

Sat, 9 Jun 2001 13:21:59 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - RUTHLESS! is basically a musical version of the play THE BAD SEED, only with a campy Broadway twist.

It's about an adorable, talented eight-year-old named Tina, who everyone says is the perfect child. And she has the perfect Donna Reed-type...

A new take by popular stars on a classic show

Sat, 9 Jun 2001 12:59:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chrissy1018 - Famed Broadway choreographer Jerome Robbins put together this recording of the music from Leonard Bernstein's classic musical West Side Story to honor the composer. This is a great CD if you don't usually like Broadway musicals, or if you love the show...