Epinions Recent Reviews for vanne

It's Okay to Eat Like a Goat, Just Don't Eat Like a Pig

Tue, 7 Aug 2001 01:54:35 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author vanne -

Food can become a power struggle between children and parents. As a child-care worker, I’ve heard lots of tales from around the dinner table. There are lots of Little Johnnys and Little Susies who refuse to eat their broccoli and liver and only...

How to Escape Madness at the Full Moon and Defeat the Demon Tobacco

Sat, 4 Aug 2001 22:28:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vanne - Good old-fashioned spellbooks are not easy to find nowadays. There are a lot of books about magic and witchcraft on the market nowadays, but most of them seem to be lacking a certain mystery, a certain atmosphere.

” It’s all clouds and...

Happy Accidents in the English Cottage Garden

Wed, 1 Aug 2001 02:34:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vanne - I love England for its gardens. One evening in Wiltshire, peering over a stone wall into a shade-dappled paradise smelling of honeysuckle and climbing roses, I daydreamed about living in the little stone house there. The garden was filled with...

Hold on to your hats! It's a Viking Time Machine!

Sat, 7 Jul 2001 04:30:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author vanne -

Way back when Eric Bloodaxe was king, ten centuries ago, the city of York in England was known as Jorvik and Vikings held sway. A lot of time passed. And then…

Twenty years ago, beneath the streets of modern York, in the trendy...

Glasgow's Necropolis: Death Can be Impressive

Mon, 2 Jul 2001 22:29:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vanne -

On the terraced hilltop above Glasgow Cathedral, bristling with graves like an enormous macabre birthday cake, looms the spectacular cemetery known as the Necropolis. This is a place designed not only to house the dead, but to impress...

Invoking the Muse On Your Fridge Door

Sun, 15 Apr 2001 03:09:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vanne -

The kitchen is the heart of the home, and the fridge is the heart of the kitchen. Poetry comes from the heart…so why not create poetry in the kitchen?

In my kitchen the fridge is message center and art gallery and a...

Feline Beauty in Mediterranean Light

Sun, 8 Apr 2001 20:05:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vanne - I am dreaming about Mediterranean sunshine. I am dreaming about a place where light reflects from brilliant white-washed walls, and pours through tiny cobbled pathways, and creates cool shadowed corners. I am dreaming about cats. Cats are...

Fairy Folks Are in Old Oaks

Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:44:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vanne - Ivy, ivy,I love you,

In my bosom I put you.

The first young man that speaks to me

My future husband he shall be.

I like to read about gardening and I like to read about...

Cheesiness in Marrakech: a Fantasia at Chez Ali

Sun, 25 Mar 2001 00:54:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vanne - A sea of tour buses pull up in a parking lot in a palm grove on the outskirts of Marrakech. They are drawn to the bright lights and billowing tents of Chez Ali; they are here for the spectacle of a Moroccan Fantasia.

Well, my husband and I...

Sparking a Child's Imagination

Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:36:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vanne - This is a children's book that celebrates imagination.

Whales cavort in outer space,fanciful fish appear as leaves on a branch, and strange creatures appear among the clouds.

"What if...?" is the question this book asks as each page...

Wake Up With Soft Skin

Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:57:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vanne - I don't have many creams and lotions in my bathroom cupboard because I find it so hard to find products that do not react with my extremely sensitive skin, but Mary Kay's Extra Emollient Night Cream has found a place there. This is a product that...

Fun at Belly-dance Parties

Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:09:20 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author vanne - Yalla habibi! (Let's go,sweetie!)

I was first introduced to the Yalla album at a birthday party where most of the guests were belly-dancers. The music sounded strange and unfamiliar to me, but it was fun and upbeat to dance to. A year later, and...