Archive: Reviews
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Jul 02, 2010
3 CommentsNew Restaurant: My Place- They can keep their place.
Tonight the kids wanted to have a movie night out at the local cinema and see Eclipse. To take advantage of a rare night without kids, me and my spouse decided we’d try out the new eating establishment in town called “My Place”. The restaurant is in a building that our favorite local Mexican restaurant...
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May 13, 2010
2 CommentsWhy I love my Smart Phone.
My mind has been a twitter, and not a tweeting necessarily on twitter. But Twitter is one of the many reasons I love my new smart phone. I resisted getting a technologically savvy piece of equipment. Why did I need a ‘smart’ phone anyways? I questioned. You only use a cell phone to talk on...
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Mar 07, 2010
1 CommentMy Blog find of the day.
I have been on a blog hunt these days. I am hooked on reading other people’s blogs, but not just anyone and everyone’s blogs. They have to catch my interest, keep it and be something I want to come back to over and over again. I have been getting some great suggestions from friends. I...
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Mar 03, 2010
2 Comments2012- Reaction
We just finished watching the DVD of the film 2012. I sat mesmerized and horrified all at once, and know that probably on some level a polar shift is possible in our earth’s future, to what extreme I have no possible way of knowing. Of course special effects speed it up and make it an...
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Jan 06, 2010
Comments OffJulie and Julia: A project to Inspire.
In the film Julie and Julia, the opening credits state “Based on two true stories”. The stories are of course of Julia Childs and how she became a world renowned cook, and also on the story of Julie Powell, a blogger turned author when she began her project to cook her way through Julia Child’s...
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Dec 23, 2009
Comments OffGuest Blogger: Jim Erickson: Reviews TSO- Let it Snow.
I am doing something different in this post. I am posting a review by a Guest Blogger, my friend Jim Erickson who went to see this show in Wells Fargo Arena Tuesday, December 22. Perhaps by his words we can experience the magic and splendor of this show vicariously. Lasers and smokebombs – check. Staccato...
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Nov 07, 2009
1 CommentThere is One in All of Us.
We went to see the film “Where the Wild Things Are” with our three younger children the other night. We caught a double feature at our newly remodeled local small town cinema. I won’t give the first movie mention because I couldn’t even finish the last half of the movie. However we stayed for the...
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Nov 09, 2008
Comments OffAugust Rush, a Rush of Emotion in a Good Family Film
August Rush is a feel good family film directed by Kirsten Sheridan. The film stars Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, and Freddie Highmore, in what many critics and reviewers dub a modern day “Oliver Twist”. Evan Taylor is a child who hears music everywhere, in every aspect of the world around him, and...
