© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-kevlog Recent reviews written by member kevlog en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_452306701956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - Sometimes, after a long day sitting at my desk job in corporate America, I feel the need to head out onto the open road. Of course the wife and kids and responsibilities of my home life (somebody has to take out the trash) usually keep me from doing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~452306701956 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:03:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_452306701956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444497694340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - We tend to take the kids down to Florida every other year to see their 'Tampa cousins', and side trips to Orlando with its theme park madness are usually a given. This summer, with the kids now in their teen years, I decided some rest and relaxation on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444497694340 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:05:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444497694340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441859542660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - I've been using my nifty Amazon Kindle for about ten days now, and I have to say, I'm liking it way more than I thought I would. Having worked in publishing for twenty-one years, I'm a fan of books - the kind made of paper; the kind that have to be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441859542660 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:47:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441859542660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431985692292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - I was chatting with a friend recently about my years spent as an 'altar boy' (now they are known as altar servers) in the Roman Catholic Church of my youth. I told her that after Googling the parish priest that had first recruited me (ok, that sounded... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431985692292 Fri, 30 May 2008 11:08:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431985692292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_423121882756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - There's something to be said for not offending those around you with your body odor. Let's be honest. As earthy and crunchy as you might be, others might not want to draw your 'natural' scents into their lungs. I know I don't. I especially know... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~423121882756 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:15:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_423121882756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_422027562628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - Nothing beats a relaxing day fishing out on the ocean. I have a friend who runs a charter fishing business in Boston Harbor, and I love to spend a day on the water fishing for striped bass, bluefish, or cod. So, when I spotted the cover of Tom Clavin's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~422027562628 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:05:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_422027562628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420733161092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - Maybe I'm getting jaded as I get older. When I see a Stephen King blurb on the jacket of a book that says "The Best Horror Novel of the new century" I expect to be blown away when I'm done with it. This really wasn't the case with 'The Ruins.'... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420733161092 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:50:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420733161092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_401998515844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - Ok, paradise might be a slight exaggeration, but our four days at the All Seasons on Cape Cod left us happily rejuvenated and relaxed; the Cape Cod Creamery adjacent to the hotel is an added bonus for ice cream lovers! We had stayed at the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~401998515844 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:36:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_401998515844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_352924241540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - As a young kevlog backin the 70's, I lived in Fairfield, Connecticut. It's been 25 years since I lived in that quaint waterfront town and I was thrilled to be back in my old hometown last Saturday night. We had driven 200 miles to take my son to a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~352924241540 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:25:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_352924241540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_347626180228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - I am a big fan of aquariums. How can you not be amazed by the sheer variety of piscine life on display at most of them? From graceful rays to hammerhead sharks to colorful anemones, it can be pretty breathtaking. I was in Baltimore for a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~347626180228 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:56:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_347626180228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_308267945604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - (update: after staying here a second time I had to switch to four stars instead of five due to a couple of minor issues. They have recently had a waterpipe break and are renovating so there is no business center right now and suite options are limited... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~308267945604 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:58:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_308267945604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_248530505348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - Carnivorous Plants, by Kim Griswell, is part of the Nature's Predators series published by Gale's KidHaven Press imprint. At 48 pages, it's a quick read for kids (or adults) but it's packed with some amazing color photos, a territory map,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~248530505348 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:39:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_248530505348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_237402820228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - While there is a certain charm to the homemade postcards that I've been using for my humble beer can museum (a little card stock and a rubber stamp that says 'Place Stamp Here'), I had been wanting to upgrade to some professional postcards and wasn't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~237402820228 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:17:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_237402820228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_230162927236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - When you're married to a children's librarian and you live an hour and a half away from Amherst, Massachusetts, and you have an autographed, framed poster of the cover of "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See?" hanging in your house,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~230162927236 Mon, 8 May 2006 23:47:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_230162927236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_228523544196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - To celebrate the final days of April vacation we packed the Taurus, rounded up the kids, and headed out to Western Massachusetts for a mini-getaway. Our main destination was the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst (which I don't see... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~228523544196 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 09:56:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_228523544196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_226909523588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - I spent last week in Chicago and upon arriving at my hotel I had a big decision to make. Most of the week was to be spent sitting in (yawn) business meetings, but I had several hours on Sunday to spend doing something touristy. It had been twenty years... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~226909523588 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:58:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_226909523588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_224285265540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - Fans of the film 'Office Space' have been wandering by my cubicle quite a bit lately and I think I know why. I am, at long last, the proud owner of a RED Swingline 747 - not a fancy jetplane with a spiral staircase, but a powerful stapler... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~224285265540 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:54:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_224285265540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_220536475268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - Many years ago while visiting my parents in Ohio I noticed my father and my grandmother staring, mesmerized, at a TV special featuring Frank Sinatra. As Frank crooned away on screen, they were clearly impressed. Even in his 70's, Sinatra could wow his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~220536475268 Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:50:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_220536475268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_212238831236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - Well, I'm still stuffed with leftover turkey sandwiches and smashed garlicky potatoes but I've managed to waddle over to the keyboard to review the hotel that we stayed at for the past two nights during our Thanksgiving getaway to the Nutmeg State... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~212238831236 Sun, 27 Nov 2005 00:44:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_212238831236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_210904911492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - So, Kevlog took his ten year old daughter to an advanced screening of Zathura last night at the Loews Boston Common theatres, and both father and daughter were thrilled with the space adventure in spite of some fairly scary parts. The film, based... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~210904911492 Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:06:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_210904911492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_195170963076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - (this review was originally under 'New Bedford, Mass.' but cr01 added the zoo to the epinions database today! Many thanks for the quick add!) Even though Buttonwood Park Zoo was described in the AZA accreditation report as "one of the finest... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~195170963076 Sat, 3 Sep 2005 22:48:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_195170963076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_190507683460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - I must admit that I had never even heard of Drury Inns before last Friday. We don't have them here in the Boston area, but now that I've stayed at one I wish we had them in the Northeast. For around 120 dollars we had a spacious suite (separate... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~190507683460 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:20:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_190507683460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184109928068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - Another day, another chain restaurant pops up in our humble little town. No complaints here, though, since the lines at Chili&#146s and The Ninety-Nine had been growing way too long for my liking. Smokey Bones finally opened its doors recently in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184109928068 Mon, 23 May 2005 17:40:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184109928068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_182202175108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - Lew Cady wrote 'Beer Can Collecting' in 1976, two years before I adopted the hobby as my own. Now, almost thirty years later, I still pull this book out to use as a handy reference. I'm happy to keep two copies on the shelves of the Beer Can... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~182202175108 Thu, 5 May 2005 00:16:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_182202175108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_176401518212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevlog - It's always big news when a new restaurant opens in town, so when neighbors started telling me about 2 and 3 hour waits at the new Longhorn Steakhouse in Raynham, Mass., I wasn't really surprised. My wife's not a big meat-eater, but my kids and I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~176401518212 Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:15:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_176401518212?linkin_id=8003929