Epinions Recent Reviews for friskycelery

I'll Fly With You

Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:39:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - How I ended up on Air Tran

I live in southeast Michigan, and I fly out of the regional airport in Flint whenever possible. Recently, I wanted to go to Myrtle Beach. Well, actually I wanted to go to Wilmington, NC, but you really can't...

Extend This Stay

Tue, 30 Oct 2001 20:09:35 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - When I travel, whether for business or pleasure, I really don’t want to eat every meal in a restaurant, neither my wallet not my waistline can afford it. And I kind of like to have a place to sit and read or watch TV other than on the bed. Extended Stay...

The Cradle of "The Big Chill"

Mon, 20 Aug 2001 18:54:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - I will admit my bias right up front - I love college towns, and Ann Arbor has to be the penultimate college town in the US. Ann Arbor is the home of the University of Michigan, one of the better public universities in Michigan.

Ann Arbor is...

Leaving the country? Take this card.

Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:35:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - Most credit cards are essentially interchangeable. One platinum card is pretty much like another. Reward program cards, where you earn frequent flier miles, or rebates on new vehicles, are in a category all their own. But non-reward program cards are...

Big Blue - Part of the Roadiem Write-Off

Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:33:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - This review is written in memory of Mike Lambert, also known as Roadiem. Mike taught me more about tires than I ever realized I needed to know.

Big Blue is my 2000 GMC half ton pick up. (Is it just a girl thing to name your vehicle?...

Canon EOS-3

Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:05:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - I'll be the first to admit that I don't know an F-stop from a G-string, but even I can take very good, professional looking pictures with the Canon EOS-3

Before I started using this Canon, my brushes with a 35mm camera were confined to the...

Embassy Suites Kansas City MO. International Airport: Embassy Suites - Miami

Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:42:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - The Embassy Suites Miami is practically at the end of the one of the runways at Miami International Airport. As such, it's a convenient place to stay if you are flying through MIA.

The Embassy Suites Standards

Embassy Suites hotels...

Aruba's Best Kept Secret

Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:33:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - Have you ever come across a deal so good you wanted to tell everyone, but you're afraid if you do it will get ruined? Well, come a little closer, friend; let me whisper in your ear. This is such a good deal I don't want just anyone to know about it.
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The Secrets of MIA (Miami International Airport)

Thu, 4 Jan 2001 20:29:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - Miami International Airport (MIA) is the gateway from the US to South America. If you are headed south of the US, especially coming from the east coast, it is very likely that you'll fly through MIA.

I fly through MIA a couple of times...

Ignore the Laws of Physics

Sun, 17 Dec 2000 18:56:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - I've just finished packing my Travelpro Rollaboard, and I'm convinced these folks have found a way around the usual laws of physics. I mean, there has to be a black hole in here some where.

This is what I packed in my...

Hard Rock Cafe - Baltimore; Not for the Hard of Hearing

Fri, 17 Nov 2000 19:14:58 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - As an aging boomer, I grew up listening to rock and roll. Jimi, Janis, and Jim were my idols. I remember being 16 and driving way too fast down the highway listening to "Born To Be Wild". Suffice it to say that I am no stranger to rock and...

Keeping Faith

Tue, 7 Nov 2000 19:03:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - What happens when a little Jewish girl suddenly exhibits stigmata? Is it a hoax? Is it for real? Is God communicating through this little girl?

Mariah is a typical suburban stay-at-home-mom. Then one day she and her daughter come home...

Champion Comfort Strap Bra: Shimmy Shimmy Shake No More!

Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:03:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - If my last boyfriend had been as supportive as this bra, we might still be together.

Champion is the company that brought the world the original Jogbra, and this, their latest entry into the sports bra category, is a sure winner.
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A Horse By Any Other Name

Thu, 19 Oct 2000 18:47:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - In this, Spenser's latest case, we find him on the road to Lamarr, Georgia. His mission is to find out who is taking potshots at a horse named Hugger Mugger, a horse that is rumored to be the next Secretariat. But no Spenser novel is quite that...

There's Something Wild in Western Michigan

Sun, 15 Oct 2000 18:26:20 GMT

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

Review Topic: Sights & AttractionsThe Binder Park Zoo is located just outside of Battle Creek, and is definitely a fun, and educational, way to spend an afternoon.

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Highways to a War: Pick Any Highway

Mon, 2 Oct 2000 19:05:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - "Pick any highway, I was told: all of them go to the war. I thought it was a joke, at first."

Highways to a War is a rich and compelling novel told through the escapades of news photographers and reporters covering the...

InoculateIT PE: A Flu Shot for Your PC

Tue, 26 Sep 2000 17:44:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - Who says you can't get something for nothing? The folks at Computer Associates - bless their hearts - have free downloads that are actually useful.

Like many people, I had never upgraded the anti-virus software that came with my PC. Software...

Printer of the Aliens - or - So What If It Was Free

Fri, 22 Sep 2000 17:43:16 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - The Compaq IJ300 is the printer that came "free" with my purchase of a Compaq Presario. I have come to the conclusion that it is worth exactly what I paid for it.

I was a novice in the field of home printers, and I was just so...

Dead Prose

Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:41:57 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - Literature professors should not be allowed to write books. This is the conclusion that I have come to after reading "Logs of the Dead Pirates Society".

Subtitled "A Schooner Adventure Around Buzzards Bay",...

The Greenest Place on Earth

Fri, 8 Sep 2000 19:15:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - St. Lucia is without question the greenest place I have ever visited. Miles of banana plantations, beautiful beaches, with a couple of dramatic mountains in the middle of it all, St Lucia is one of my little slices of heaven.

A Little...

Beautiful World

Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:59:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - It's a shame that Johnny Clegg is not more well known in the United States. He has been a popular performer in Europe and Africa for years. On this album he pairs up with a popular South African band called Savuka, and the result is an outstanding hour...

Who Got Einstein's Brain?

Fri, 25 Aug 2000 18:57:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - I dare say that Driving Mr. Albert by Michael Paterniti is unlike anything else you have ever read. Part travelogue, part history, part physics lecture, it is a quirky and fascinating read.

Albert Einstein died in April, 1955, in the...

Looking for Trouble

Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:06:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - Looking For Trouble is Leslie Cockburns's chronicle of twenty five years in the TV news business. It is a fascinating journey.

Leslie is a terrific investigative reporter. She delights in in exposing the lies and inconsistencies given...

The Struggle of Socrates

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 18:21:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - Socrates Fortlow is big, black, and a convicted murderer. Socrates is a hard man desperately trying to be good in a difficult and complex world. But sometimes the rage that shimmers just below the surface causes his big meaty hands to curl into fists in...

His Heart was Somewhere Else

Thu, 3 Aug 2000 19:06:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author friskycelery - Hearts in Atlantis is Stephen King at his laziest. I am a Stephen King fan, though not a King fanatic, and this novel just doesn't measure up.

Hearts in Atlantis is composed of five loosely connected stories. Characters from one...