Tag: travel
group name: randomreviews
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April 23, 2007 11:15 AM EDT --
VENICE, WITH BONES
sack me gobs of lilacs the next time you float through
Venice
the glass lasts longer but is it as fragrant and
rife
all beauty bleeds so fast you have to run madly to
replenish . . . more
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April 17, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
Peter Swanson's Hollywood Sinners is a loopy "Wizard of Oz" where
assorted down-at-heel characters, all of them of questionable virtue,
cross paths in 1930's Hollywood -- specifically . . . more
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October 11, 2006 04:32 AM EDT --
So. When we had decided to go terrorize London, we figured a place to stay might be real nice. During numerous online searches we happened upon the Adare Hotel in the Paddington area of Greater London. . . . more
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January 07, 2007 06:51 PM EST --
First of all, it is a romantic comedy. Now, I like romantic comedies - especially if they have Jude Law as an actor in them.
Yet, the problem with romantic comedies is that the leading ladies are . . . more
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October 09, 2006 04:33 PM EDT --
If you have read me at all, you know how fascinated I am with castles and the Medieval period, especially in the UK. Given that, there was no way in hell I was going to visit London and not see The Tower . . . more
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April 03, 2007 03:08 AM EDT --
Shortly after making the big move to Sweden, we decided to take a bit of a romantic holiday to Germany. We drove down through Denmark to the Skandline Ferry which deposited us on the German coast at Puttgarden, . . . more
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November 19, 2006 03:47 PM EST --
At the end of a long day of touristing in Ballarat, Australia we spied a sign pointing to an animal park. Even though my husband and I were quite worn out, we couldn't resist the urge to go check it . . . more
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January 24, 2007 10:30 AM EST --
Author - Margaret Truman
Although far from Washington, DC, this book is part of the Capital Crimes series of novels, this daughter of a president, turned author has written.
I picked this up . . . more
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September 17, 2006 12:04 PM EDT --
When my husband was in the army I'll never forget the day he came home to tell me he had received his orders to go to Germany...The mixture of emotions I felt was overwhelming at first...fear of the . . . more
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September 15, 2006 11:07 AM EDT --
So what did you think of Survivor last night... I loved the beginning and what happened to that chicken ...I hope he survives only because he deserves it...LOL
I think the idea of the racial tribes is . . . more
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October 05, 2006 03:32 AM EDT --
For a chain, the Marriott's Residence Inn is not bad at all. Check in was a breeze, partially due to the fact that they know us from repeat trips to this area, but the staff is competent enough . . . more
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October 01, 2006 01:06 PM EDT --
Well, sort of...:) I wrote an essay contest for my local paper, the Miami Herald...actually it was a contest to write about any favorite or unique restaurant or hotel in London or Paris, so I wrote . . . more
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October 08, 2006 09:52 PM EDT --
I have some ideas on how to save money if you are in debt, become unemployed or disabled temporarily or permanently. I am currently on disability and a few years back when the job situation was really . . . more
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October 12, 2006 05:12 AM EDT --
Although Stonhenge is the most publicized henge in the UK, Avebury is actually the largest at approximately 14 times the size of Stonehenge, and is dated at at least 5,000 years. The entire town of Avebury . . . more
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January 12, 2007 06:53 PM EST --
This book was originally published in Israel, written in Hebrew, now translated into English.
Again, it's kiddie lit - written about a young Palestinian boy who has damaged his knee. . . . more
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October 08, 2006 10:50 PM EDT --
What are ten things that annoy you about your spouse, wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or friend?
Here are mine about my best girl friend.
1. She leaves chewed gum out and rechews it, gross! . . . more
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February 17, 2007 06:35 PM EST --
Last weekend, I was re-introduced to American heroes. I am a middle-aged, White northerner. I learned a little bit about racism and segregation in school, but it was too recent at that time to be well-covered . . . more
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December 03, 2006 06:32 PM EST --
To be deadly honest about it, I haven't got a whit of interest in the current British royalty. My interest lies more with the days medieval, and a bit into the Renaissance. Still, Lars is a very big . . . more
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January 14, 2007 07:58 PM EST --
Author - Douglas Preston
Another grown up book, another "thriller" full of action
Premise - a wealthy man invites his three grown sons to visit at the same time. They find the . . . more
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October 15, 2006 12:26 PM EDT --
I highly recommend this movie, now out on DVD for both men and women. Ebert and Roper gave it "Two Thums Up" and so do I. It is really good and different. It's about two . . . more
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