Epinions Recent Reviews for lkvanvoorhis

Embassy Suites Memphis: For vacation? Fine. For business meetings? Perhaps not.

Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:48:03 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - This epinion refers to only the Embassy Suites in Memphis, TN, and deals primarily with conducting business meetings at this facility. In my previous job, I routinely set up meetings for the top management of our company. Some of these meetings are...

I never had a field trip like this!

Wed, 26 May 2004 11:10:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - If you're familiar with Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus, you'll understand my title. If not, let me enlighten you with this review. You'll wish Ms. Frizzle had been one of your teachers when you were little! The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth...

Kissable lips in a flash!

Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:31:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - Mary Kay is one of my favorite skin care lines. Their products have rarely let me down, and I usually have very good success. This is just another successful product from the Mary Kay line that I can highly recommend.

A few months ago I...

Ouch! Burn baby burn!!

Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:59:44 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - My skin has been changing a lot over the past year. I started noticing dry patches, increasingly red blotchiness, extreme sensitivity...my face was just a mess. So, I went to our local Dillard's in search of a skin care program.

It was...

An Egyptian Adventure for your kids

Sat, 28 Sep 2002 12:22:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - Mary Pope Osborne has created a wonderful series of adventure books for young children. My 3rd grader enjoys these books, called the Magic Tree House books, very much and is always anxious to start a new one. Most of the books in the Magic...

Andy may be little, but he's very important!

Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:16:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - Award-winning author Tomie de Paola has created a children's book perfect for those just learning to read and learn to build words. The book is written and illustrated by de Paola, who is very well-known for his children's books - everyone with younger...

Tribute to Robert Gould Shaw and the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry

Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:55:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - Lay this Laurel on the One

Too intrinsic for Renown--

Laurel! veil your deathless tree--

Him you chasten, that is He!

--Emily Dickinson

Thus starts the book Lay this Laurel, a tribute album and essay...

Origins Sensitive Skin Starter Set - I'm Hooked!

Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:38:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - I always hate trying new skin care products - you're just never sure how they will affect your skin. You may end up with new-found pimples, a rash, painful dry skin...the list can go on and on, and I think most of it has happened to me before. I'm...

Origins Natural Resources Online Store: Ordering is a nightmare at Origins Natural Resources Online Store!

Sat, 17 Aug 2002 11:20:24 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - I absolutely love Origins products! They have done wonders for my sensitive, dry skin. Origins products are all natural containing essential oils formulated in a way to produce the most benefit for your skin and make your skin work harder to correct...

Why did he marry her??

Sat, 20 Jul 2002 22:04:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - Linda Lael Miller is one of those authors you read when you want to be taken away...romantically, that is. In her novels, everything always turns out the way it should, but the side trips along the way are entertaining, unexpected, and sometimes...

Home with a Heart will touch your heart

Mon, 8 Jul 2002 23:59:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - Everyone once in a while I come across a book that touches me in a unique way. When I find such a book, I read it from cover to cover and keep it to either read again in the future or refer to whenever the mood hits me. Home with a Heart is such...

Arctic Fives Arrive for the Show

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 22:45:51 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - I honestly had never heard of Elinor Pinczes until my 8 year old brought this book home from school. They had done sort of a book swap, and he brought home Arctic Fives Arrive. After reading it once, I looked up the author. It turns out she...

Can Step by Step Successful Gardening help even me?!? Gardening W/O

Sat, 18 May 2002 01:07:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - What better gift to receive from my mother-in-law than a gardening book? She has worked hard for years and because of her effort, studies, successes and failures has a yard that is a garden retreat. I received Step by Step Successful Gardening...

Take a Kid's Road Atlas on your next trip with the kids

Sun, 5 May 2002 21:22:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - Aunt Kelley, are we there yet? How long is it going to take? What city is next? He hit me! I need to go to the bathroom....

That list could go on and on. What is that list you ask? Why, it's what my boys are constantly saying...

Clinique Facial Soap-Mild: The one Clinique facial product I swear by!

Sun, 28 Apr 2002 13:19:01 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - I don't usually have a lot of luck with Clinique products. I tried their entire 3-step system, and it was a disaster! I just cannot use their moisturizer or toner on my dry and sensitive skin. Then, the foundations that the Clinique ladies had me try...

I, Nate the Great, am a detective

Sun, 21 Apr 2002 11:25:55 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - "My name is Nate the Great. I am a detective. I work alone." These words introduce us to Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's character and book Nate the Great. I checked this book out at our local library for my youngest boy. It was on his Accelerated...

Birds' Nests - great for the young bird enthusiast

Fri, 19 Apr 2002 17:11:39 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - Eileen Curran along with illustrator Pamela Johnson has created an interesting and colorful introduction to birds for children ages 4-8. Birds' Nests is simply a beautiful book with easy to understand text that piques the interest...

Oxo 4-pc 3.5" Kitchen Clips (white): Oxo Good Grips make the best chip clips

Wed, 10 Apr 2002 21:23:49 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - I'll admit it...I'm a 'chip clip' destroyer. It doesn't matter what kind of clips I get for the bag of potato chips, the bag of frozen vegetables, or any other type bag that needs to be secured after opening. I just can't keep a clip for very long...

Teach your child about the moose with this wildlife book

Thu, 4 Apr 2002 01:14:31 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - The Moose by Annie Hemstock is one of the Wildlife of North America series of books. My youngest picked out this book at our most recent library outing, and I read it to him at bed time over the course of about a week. It still amazes me...

Surviving Jamestown: A tale of seasoning, survival, and triumph

Sat, 30 Mar 2002 01:15:54 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - I enjoy reading historical fiction. When an author can take historical facts and weave an interesting story around them, filling in with details of possible relationships, conversations, and intrigues, I am greatly appreciative of the work. Some...

Am I going to die?---like this?

Sat, 16 Mar 2002 14:30:35 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - The words of Kelly Kelleher, rapidly sinking in the overturned Toyota, black water rushing in to take her life - Am I going to die?---like this?

Wow, what a way to start. I was hooked, and read Joyce Carol Oates' Black Water in...

Grace for your skin

Sat, 16 Mar 2002 13:10:52 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - You could say that I came upon philosophy products quite by accident. I recently placed an order with drugstore.com, and had a problem with the shipment. The products I received were damaged pretty badly, so I was given a store credit to use on...

Young Pioneers - a story of courage and hope

Mon, 11 Mar 2002 23:07:22 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - While they were children playing together, they said they would be married as soon as they were old enough, and when they were old enough they married. So begins Rose Wilder Lane's story of the Young Pioneers, Molly and David. They were...

Relaxing scent is not enough for me

Fri, 8 Mar 2002 02:13:37 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - I love a sale, especially when it's on beauty products! My Mary Kay representative was clearing out some inventory and had some bath and body products on sale. She brought the items to work (we work at the same company) to tempt all the 'gang'. Her...

Make your child laugh while learning to read!

Sun, 3 Mar 2002 00:24:59 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lkvanvoorhis - Animals should definitely not wear clothing by Judi Barrett is a book I bought for my 7 year old. I bought it as one of a group of books through his school's Carnival Book Club. I'm always looking for books to stimulate my boys' thinking, and...