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Sandman: Brief Lives: The Start of an Addiction

Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:13:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author etain - About four years ago I had a new roommate who had amassed the single most impressive comic book collection I had ever seen. But prominently placed in his bookshelves were some volumes devoted to a character called SANDMAN. In addition, he had a...

Best when seen with a former elf.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:58:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author etain - Of the two plays, I actually got to see one; SANTALAND DIARIES. I'd long been a fan of the DIARIES, having first read them in a local arts and entertainment paper. About a year after I read them, a good friend of mine actually got a job as a Macy's Elf...

Yeats, William Butler: Luminous and timeless.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 17:27:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author etain - I will be eternally grateful to Professor Brown and the New York University class I took in Irish literature for introducing me to Yeats. Not that I hadn't heard a poem or two by the man prior to the class; but having a background in Irish history just...

Back when it was good...

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 12:58:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author etain - (WARNING: This is being written by a fan that has slowly become disillusioned with what THE X-FILES has become today. Some nostalgia for the old days may creep in.)

What THE X-FILES used to be was a remarkably well-written show, with an...

Past Imperfect : History According to the Movies: You'll Never Watch Westerns the same way again.

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:33:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author etain - Hollywood loves history. Witness the wealth of historical movies made over the years -- from BEN HUR and SPARTACUS to JFK and APOCALYPSE NOW, with films covering the high points of many of the 2000+ years in between. However, Hollywood loves a...

New York New York: So detailed it scared me.

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:20:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author etain - It is the custom of Chinese takeout places in New York City, as it is in other cities, to strew menus from their establishments in the lobbies of apartment buildings, or to sneak into the building and slip menus under everyone's doors. In New York in...

Another opinionated native with tips

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:15:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author etain -
Review Topic: Overview

Yes, yes, I know that many other people have already written with "I live here and there are some things to be aware of" tips. A lot of these, though, I've seen visitors stumble over repeatedly,...

Everyone welcome, leave instruments at home

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:57:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author etain -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

I grew up in Windham, Connecticut, a rather small town that, on the surface, seems somewhat sleepy. However, it is now NATIONALLY known for one unusual and home-grown annual event -- the...

Archived Book Reviews: "How to cook everything" -- He's not kidding!

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:57:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author etain - "How to Cook Everything", by by Mark Bittman, has been described in a couple reviews as "a younger, hipper JOY OF COOKING"; and indeed, like that other title, it does serve as an excellent, basic,...

A restaurant? Junk Shop? Attic? You decide

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:23:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author etain -
Review Topic: Restaurants

Lurking in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, a small town along Route 6, tucked onto a storefront on main street, is a small establishment calling itself "The Endless Mountain Pretzel Company." I...

Like no place I have ever seen.

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:50:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author etain -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

I stopped by the Valley of Fire at the tail end of a cross-country road trip. By the time I even got to the exit off Highway 15, it was about 2:30 in the afternoon, and I planned a...

The food was as good, the psychic was better

Fri, 13 Oct 2000 18:27:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author etain -
Review Topic: Restaurants

In January of 1998 I visited Ireland, and heard of a restaurant called "Old New Orleans" in Dublin. I had just been to New Orleans a few months before and was curious as to the Irish...