Epinions Recent Reviews for prfstars

Do not swallow the blue pill.

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:46:48 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - As I sit here in front of my laptop, willing myself to type, all my body wants is sleep. Fifteen hours ago, I dutifully swallowed a tiny blue pill thirty minutes before bedtime, just as the label directed. I could feel it when the pill kicked in because...

2010 Toyota Prius - Three Months and Three Thousand Miles with My First Hybrid.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:47:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - On May 16, 2009, I bought a 2010 Toyota Prius in Blizzard Pearl. I wasn't even on the waiting list. It was the first Third Generation Prius to hit my local dealership, and I drove it off the lot before even the salespeople got a look through the...

My deep, dark secret.

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:13:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - I make ludicrously good brownies. I don't know if there's one other thing that comes out of my kitchen about which I can make this statement: I've never had better. Not from a bakery, and certainly not from a box. My brownies have crisp edges and dense,...

Everclear - it's not just for Darwin Award winners anymore.

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:40:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - When I walked into my local liquor store to buy a bottle of Everclear last month, I felt like an underage kid with a bad fake ID. You know, I wanted to play it cool, avoid attention, and get out of there with my bottle as fast as possible...

Mucous, revisited.

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 20:55:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - Two years ago, in a review of the Ayr Sinus Rinse Kit, I shared m
ore
than you ever wanted to know about my mucous. To make a long story short, nasal irrigation is a good thing. It's alternately called nasal lavage,...

Confessions of a Q-Tip Abuser

Sat, 2 Feb 2008 22:45:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - When I was a kid, there was a big box of Q-Tips in our bathroom cabinet that nobody ever used. When I left for college, it was still there. The Q-Tips remained undisturbed, but the box had taken on a lovely, antiqued patina. When I moved out...

Fernet Branca: I sacrifice one end of my body to save the other.

Sat, 2 Feb 2008 20:29:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - Some folks, like doctors, might say I have an irritable bowel, but I prefer my husband's name for it: tissue paper stomach. It sounds far more dainty and less clinical, so as far as I'm concerned, tissue paper stomach is my official...

I'm not jaundiced-- that's FD&C Yellow #5 in my veins.

Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:32:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - Back in the 70s, in the days before school shootings, Amber alerts, and well-planned "play dates," grade school kids in New York City were free to leave school for lunch. Some went home, some picked up a hot dog from the vendor outside, and some went to...

2003 Didier Dagueneau Pur Sang - not your mama's Sauvignon Blanc

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:56:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - Many wine lovers consider Chardonnay the greatest white wine grape in the world. No, I don't mean those over-oaked, mass produced, sweet malo-bombs from California. Chardonnay is the grape behind the world's greatest white Burgundy and Blanc de...

Wash down the essence of the Earth... with the essence of the Earth

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:51:41 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - This morning, I daydreamed that all my savings were in Euros. It was nice. Then I snapped back into the cold reality that my dollars have shrunk down to third world currency proportions. I've looked forward to truffle season all year, but even at...

There may be a finite number of scents in the universe, but... diapers?

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:44:22 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - Every once in a while, a new product elicits a powerful sense of olfactory deja vu. You've never smelled the product before, yet you know you've smelled it before. Case in point: a few years ago, I bought a bottle of Philosophy Strawberry Milkshake body...

J. Lassalle Brut Rose Reserve des Grandes Annees 1er Cru, NV

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:40:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - On New Year's Eve, my husband and I opened our lone bottle of J. Lassalle Brut Rose Reserve des Grandes Annees 1er Cru, n.v. . With the first taste, I knew our bottle was hopelessly, hideously corked. A "corked" wine is one that tastes like a wet...

Zen and the Art of Home WiFi: AirPort Extreme 802.11n with Gigabit Ethernet.

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:05:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - When my husband and I bought our current home in 2003, I saw it as an opportunity to trade in my laptop's ethernet cord for an Airport Extreme Wireless Router. What's the point of having a laptop if your internet connection tethers you to your...

Method Hand Sanitizer - the responsible way to kill cooties.

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:24:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - There was a time in my life when I sat on public toilets with joyful abandon, oblivious to the colonies of cooties beneath me. I eventually decided that paper seat covers were a good idea, but mainly just to warm things up. Then, captive in an airline...

Glide Threader Floss - Ever seen a child's braces after chocolate cake?

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:23:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - When my daughter was five, she had the world's most beautiful teeth. They were tiny, they were bright white, and they lined up perfectly. When her perfect little top front teeth fell out at age six, what emerged in their place were enormous, crooked...

Phillips Sonicare Advance 4100 - It broke the family curse!

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:27:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - My mother has always warned me that bad teeth run in our family. I took this to heart and accepted all my childhood cavities as part of some family curse, but one day many years ago, in a moment of clarity, I realized that the only thing that ran in my...

Clinique Naturally Glossy Mascara - A Mascara For the Ages

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:24:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - My wonderf
ul
husband caught a wicked cold the week before Christmas. He was in bed for days with a fever and a bad cough, and I knew he hadn't done any Christmas shopping. I decided to spare him the last minute trip to the...

iLike this.

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:38:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - A few months ago, out of the blue, Apple dropped their prices for the i
Phone.
Early adopters were outraged, but I was thrilled. I wandered into the Apple store and spent my $100 refund on a brand new iHome iH6...

Le Creuset Crepe Pan - Morceau de Merde!

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:44:18 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - As I made two dozen delicious Grand Marnier-infused crepes with a $10 nonstick frying pan yesterday morning, I reflected on the $90 Le Creuset Crepe Pan that sat in my kitchen cabinet. I love Le Creuset cookware, but sadly, this pan was a total...

Need something to suck in bed?

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:05:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - One night, during a particularly bad cold, I woke up with a painfully dry mouth and throat. We'd cranked up the heat that night, but I was far too tired to find and fill the humidifier. Instead, I popped a Luden's cherry cough drop into my mouth, and...

Wrap your iPhone in soft, corinthian leather.

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:28:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - The day I bought my A
pple
iPhone, I left the AT&T store with a seemingly bulletproof B
elkin
Acrylic Case. It was clear and hard, so it protected my iPhone without marring its...

Storyteller Wine Company Online Store: Kill the Wine Store

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:18:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - At my husband's office Christmas party last week, one of his colleagues, who knows that I love wine, asked for advice on how to start building a wine cache of his own. I offered the two tips I wish someone had offered me five years ago: 1) Do not buy...

This morning, a nice old Greek man tried to lick my hair.

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:29:19 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - This morning, inspired by fellow curly-girl Milli
nocket's
review of ISO Bouncy Creme, I rescued my bottles of ISO Bouncy Cleanse and ISO Bouncy Condition from the cabinet under my bathroom sink. I never throw...

Tres Bueno

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:09:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - Chez Jose isn't authentic Mexican. Wah wah wah wah wah. If the restaurant's name doesn't clue you in, the black bean and goat cheese quesadilla is a dead giveaway. Just go with it. The place has its issues, but it's cheap and it's...

2004 Phillipe Faury Saint-Joseph Rouge - Meaty Rhone Goodness for $23!

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:33:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prfstars - We needed a meaty wine to accompany some big ribeyes. I was too intimidated by the Friday afternoon traffic to drive to our wine storage locker, so I pulled this from our little wine fridge: 2004 Phillipe Faury St. Joseph. The St. Joseph...