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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-gfg12 Recent reviews written by member gfg12 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_477649735300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - May, I think, is the very best time to visit Italy.  The weather is usually warm and beautiful.  Even better, in the Spring you will not encounter the major influx of tourists that swarm over Europe like locusts in the Summer.  In Spring... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477649735300 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:44:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477649735300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473239424644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - If you have trouble sleeping due to the unruly and insomnia-causing voices that come into your ears at night, this product is well worth a try.  It's lightweight and relatively unobtrusive on your night table.  There are two speeds... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473239424644 Mon, 8 Jun 2009 13:05:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473239424644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424553778820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - We started our odyssey by driving from our home in Philadelphia to New York the night before our scheduled flight to Cairo. This is because we wanted a direct, non-stop flight, and you can only do that by flying out of New York on EgyptAir. There is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424553778820 Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:34:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424553778820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_414084337284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - An Arsonist's Guide To Writers' Homes In New England is certainly an unusual title for a novel. But once you get past the strange title, the book is a definite grabber. Sam Pulsifer, the lead character, accidentally burns down the former home of famed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~414084337284 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:22:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_414084337284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_399127645828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - When searching for a great place to end our honeymoon in France, we decided to go for a smaller place as opposed to the more traditional hotels we stayed in when visiting Paris and Aix-en-Provence. I checked my favorite travel site, Tripadvisor.com, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~399127645828 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:01:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_399127645828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_387178991236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - The airport in Marseilles is a quick flight from Paris, and the car rental company upgraded us from a compact to a Kia Sorrento SUV, which, while certainly roomy and confortable, made me fear that we might yield to the temptation to fill it up with all... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~387178991236 Fri, 6 Jul 2007 21:10:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_387178991236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_382828973700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - If you're going to Paris and have the option of choosing your airline, choose Air France. The food is still free (and edible, as opposed to the food you pay for if you fly on a U.S. carrier), the champagne is free and very pleasant, and the staff... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~382828973700 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:18:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_382828973700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_238663863940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - We left Basilicata and headed for Campania, the region best known for the Amalfi Coast and the fabled resort town of Positano, which was to be our base for the second half of this vacation in the south of Italy. Our first scheduled stop was Paestum, a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~238663863940 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:44:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_238663863940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_238126993028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - We flew to Rome through Frankfurt, Germany on a plane chock full of crying children--just what you want on a transatlantic flight at the beginning of your vacation. But what can you do? At least we had the pleasure of knowing it was short-term pain for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~238126993028 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:39:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_238126993028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_222187327108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - In January of this year we went on a winter vacation to the Mayan Rivera. It wasn't easy to find a place that had fully recovered from the effects of Hurricane Wilma, which devastated the area recently, but thanks to the Internet, and a site called... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~222187327108 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:23:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_222187327108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186899402372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - We didn't really want to leave the Lake Como area, but reservations being what they are--we had to. So off we went in the rented Volvo wagon toward Parma. Two hours and an expensive fill-up from the diesel pump later, we arrived. Parking in town... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186899402372 Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:11:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186899402372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186093244036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - We got into our rented Volvo just outside of Venice and set out for the next destination, Lake Como. But what was the best way to get there? Nothing to worry about--we had purchased a portable GPS device, the TomTom Go, for just this purpose. Having... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186093244036 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:28:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186093244036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185987141252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - We left Philadelphia on one of the first new US Airways direct, non-stop flights to Venice, excited at the prospect of food, wine and spectacular sights to see. The flight left on time and was smooth all the way. The airplane food was bad, but who... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185987141252 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:34:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185987141252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184350248580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - Harry Driscoll is a jerk, although a decent guy in many ways. This dichotomy forms the basis of Adam Davies' enjoyable novel, The Frog King. Driscoll comes from money, but he has disappointed his patrician father, a tax attorney, by forsaking law... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184350248580 Thu, 26 May 2005 07:12:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184350248580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_172745789060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - In January the snows come to the Northeast, which is why I try to leave. I crave sunshine, not overcast skies. This year the venue of choice was Playa del Carmen, a lovely town about 40 minutes south of Cancun by car. We stayed in the resort known as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~172745789060 Tue, 8 Feb 2005 20:27:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_172745789060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_147420778116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - Le Bec Fin is much more than a great restaurant. Truly a Philadelphia institution, it's a sensual and memorable experience. As well it should be, of course, given the price. Prix fixe for the six course dinner is $135. For those who want to go all... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~147420778116 Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:18:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_147420778116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143571717764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - Sandy Koufax was a majestic force as a pitcher. He flashed through the baseball universe like a meteor, pitching 12 seasons in the Major Leagues, only half of them when he was at the height of his powers. Yet he reached through the stratosphere to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143571717764 Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:35:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143571717764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_127076568708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - In this season of frigid temperatures in the Northeast part of the United States, thoughts often turn toward the sun. I know ours did. And so research was done (thanks to the Internet), and a new type of winter vacation was planned in St. Martin. One... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~127076568708 Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:38:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_127076568708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_126973218436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - If you are going to St. Martin on vacation (and you really ought to at some point in your life), there is no better place to stay than this beautiful, and beautifully run, boutique hotel. Nestled on a hillside overlooking the Caribbean, L'Esplanade is a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~126973218436 Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:43:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_126973218436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_121976098436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - George Gershwin was a phenomenon. Has there ever been, before or since, a single composer who could wow us with his efforts in so many musical genres? Jazz, classical, blues, pop, opera; Gershwin conquered them all. And believe it or not, he found... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~121976098436 Mon, 15 Dec 2003 20:28:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_121976098436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_119454011012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - Michael Lewis has come up with a fascinating take on how to put a winning baseball team together. He uses Billy Beane, General Manager of the Oakland A's, as the best example of a modern manager whose financial resources don't permit him to play with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~119454011012 Sat, 22 Nov 2003 11:50:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_119454011012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_118325743236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - David Halberstam is an accomplished writer who often takes sporting themes for his work. The subtitle of this particular book is "A Portrait of a Friendship." Indeed the major theme here is friendship, secondary to baseball, though there are of course p... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~118325743236 Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:22:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_118325743236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_117216677508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand is much more than just the life of a great race horse, though certainly Seabiscuit's story is the major reason for the book's existence. But this non-fiction animal biography is also a kind of social hi... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~117216677508 Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:43:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_117216677508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_111941226116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - It's 1984 in Philadelphia, on a working class street in an Irish Catholic neighborhood of firemen, policemen, mailmen, and their families. All the houses are decorated with statues of the saints, and with political signs rooting for Mondale and Ferraro to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~111941226116 Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:55:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_111941226116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_107024322180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gfg12 - Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller have compiled an exhaustive collection of interviews with most of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~107024322180 Wed, 23 Jul 2003 21:20:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_107024322180?linkin_id=8003929