Tattoo Charlie’s is an icon in the Louisville, Kentucky area. While I never actually lived in Louisville, I did live right across the river in Clarksville, Indiana and spent more time across the bridge than in my adopted hometown. After a particularly bad breakup, I decided that I needed …

I was recently told, by a friend, about a new soap and gift shop that opened up downtown near our house. It’s a convenient five minute drive, so I figured I’d stop by and check it out. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised!
I often have misconceptions about ma …

As a homeowner, one of my biggest concerns is finding ways to prevent major, unexpected expenses. And, living in Wisconsin, one of the problems that can always arise are issues with your furnace during the winter months.
I originally came across Alliant Energy’s Security Blanket plan when I was going …

For seven years I had dealt with numerous issues either purchasing a car or replacing needy parts and ultimately started using my Chevron-legs to get everywhere. In August of 2015, my boyfriend and I decided to go to Drive-time at 8341 Indiana Ave in Riverside, CA hoping we could …

If you are looking for a car , then this place has some really good deals. They are a small car dealership in Camden , South Carolina. They have a wide range of new and older cars and trucks to choose from. They get new vehicles in all the …

The Pure Water Store is an all under one umbrella for me when it comes to water and related things. This place is very economic and located right at the busy intersection so very convenient for combined grocery shopping. But the strip mall where it is located is a …

When I first moved to the area I was looking for a new lawn care company to cut my yard. I saw that quite a few of my neighbors used a company called Emerald Isle, so I thought I would give them a try. I talked to …

We had a problem a while back our water heater decided that it was going to leak all over the floor. This happened on a Saturday evening around five in the afternoon. I had just come home from grocery shopping when I found this puddle extending into …

No matter where you live, you know there will always be one company that has the monopoly on your necessary utilities. You have Comcast for cable, phone and internet and, here in Michigan, you have Semco Energy Gas Company for your gas and heating necessities. I can’t really, in …

I saw an ad about two months ago on Craigslist asking for people in my area to do voice recordings for a telecommunications company. The gig paid one hundred dollars and had piqued my interest so I responded to the ad. I recieved an email from the company representative …

My first year living in Houston on my own I took time to explore the city and see what it had to offer. Most of my explore had to do with food though. I visited many different restaurants and among them was a Greek restaurant on Montrose, which was …

Growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, I thought Gorant candies were available nationwide, but it wasn’t until I moved out of Ohio that I realized how fortunate we were to have them. The store on Market Street is full of Gorant products made at their nearby factory, as well as …

I recently began using the calling services of the website Rebtel.com. I was looking for an affordable way to stay in touch with my girlfriend in Mexico and after trying several other services and calling plans, I found Rebtel.com. The rates are excellent. I pay $.015, …

As strange as it might sound, I had never heard of Big Lots until I moved to Las Vegas. I guess they just didn’t have such places like this where I hailed from the South, yet I am dismayed that I had lived twenty some odd years without knowing the …

One of the institutions of Great Britain, from Land’s End to John O’Groats is the chip shop. It is thought that fish and chips became established in the early Victorian ear. That may be because the facilities for cooking reliably had been perfected by then when, beforehand, they …

When it comes to shopping with a catalogue company you do need to be careful because they are very good at giving you credit when you need it, especially at Christmas, but then you can soon end up with paying for more than the goods were actually worth over …

To cash in on my recent tax refund, I wanted to treat my mom and myself to a massage. This is the first massage I have ever had, but after hearing other’s experiences, I felt very prepared about what to expect.
After a couple of weeks searching around for the …

My daughter’s mother-in-law recently gave her a 60 gallon aquarium, so she was on the hunt for some fish to put in it. She decided to stop by and ask me if I wanted to go with her to the local pet store and help her pick out some …

When Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana came to the Philippines, it totally destroyed my house. There was nothing I could do but sigh and get on with my life, and thus slowly, we tried to rebuild everything. All of my documents, furniture, appliances, clothes and everything inanimate inside my house were wet …

Don’t let the company name fool you. If you’re looking for the best quality, stay FAR away from Kurt Metko and “Best Quality Tree Service.” We were looking for someone to take down 4 trees, some bushes, a stump, and trim some trees in our yard. …

My family and I go to Hometown Market in Hollidaysburg PA for grocery shopping about three times a week. The atmosphere is very clean and I get a refreshing feeling when I walk in to shop.
I hate when I walk into a grocery store and a get a cart …

For anyone in western North Carolina who has ever wanted to try yoga but couldn’t afford it, this is the place for you. With the belief that everyone should have access to therapeutic practices such as yoga, Asheville Community Yoga Center is a donation-based yoga center that offers classes …

Recently, due to the icky downturn of the economy and needing to raise some quick cash for bills and such, I decided to thin out my vast coin collection and see if I couldn’t liquidate them to beef up my bank account. Of course, I don’t want to, but needs …

A-1 International Cigars and Pipes is a misleading name for the place I simply know as ‘Chico’s’. Located in an office building adjacent to a downtown mall in Calgary, A-1 looks very much like any cigar and pipe store when you first enter, but with a great selection of …

Many years ago (about 10) Olan Mills was cold calling previous customers trying to drum up some business. Offering a free 11X14 oil painting if you purchased the “Family Photo Package” costing about $50.00. I had, had an oil painting down by them of my daughter when she was …

Duke Energy is a company that I’ve used twice in my life. I previously used the company when I lived in southern Indiana and they served that part of the country as well as Kentucky. I recently moved to Franklin, Ohio which is fairly close to Dayton. Dayton is …

I’m fairly picky when it comes to my haircuts, and every single time I’ve gone anywhere but here, I’ve been disappointed.
These guys, however, never let me down. I’ve been exclusively (save for a couple emergency haircuts needed on a day this shop is closed) coming to the Castro Village …

This is great place for wedding and large receptions. The people that own Schmit’s are very professional. We had our wedding reception there and I was so, so happy. We paid $9 per plate of food and we had chicken and ham and it was all …

I called Standard because my dishwasher was broken. When I made my appointment they were able to fit me in for the next day. I did not have to wait long on the phone and they confirmed someone would be coming out the next day. …

Due to the fact of a rash of mail theft at our apartment, my fiance and I decided it was time to have some peace of mind and get a mail box so we’d be assured that we’d get all of our important mail. We looked at several locations and …

When we put new siding on our house last year, we apparently locked the bats inside and this spring those annoying creatures started to move from the attic into our livingroom. It was time to contract for bat removal. I used the Internet to obtain a list of contractors …

Usana is a nutritional company that sells nutritional products and they also allow o to buy into a program so that they can make money with Usana. The one problem with this is Usana is a joke; a complete utter joke that charges way to much to buy into …

Air21 is Fedex’s local shipping company in Manila and it’s got really great services and affordable rates. I used to buy and sell on Ebay and apparently everyone uses Air21 as they do pick-up the items from your home or office or origin of delivery, so when I used …

I had a little printing work done at Quality Printing Company in Kanab, Utah. I had 2000 business cards printed up. I was pleased with the final product, which was done on heavy card stock. Other shops have given me a final product that is not sharp, and the …

A few friends of mine were telling me that I should take my son to get his first hair cut at Top Flight Barber shop. I had heard of it so I wasn’t lost to the idea. But I also had heard of a few people talking negative about …

This is the biggest shopping center in the city. Everyday people flocked the place consuming the the place’s artificial coldness and even to the extent of exhausting it.
What I like about Lee Super Plaza is the company has a wide variety …

My family has used Clark Pest Control for many years now and overall, I’m very pleased with them. We’re lucky, too, in that we’ve been with them so long that we have the lowest rates in Sacramento. It has gone up, most recently a two-dollar hike, but …

Pelon is the owner of Pelon’s Tattoo Ink. He will sit down with you and even work with you on your tattoo design. He is very professional and uses clean and sterile items and a sterile work environment. He is certified and a registered business with …

I had one bad haircut here because it was convenient and I will not go back again. This is a tiny salon catering for a local council estate and they had time to cut my hair there and then when I dropped by without an appointment. I …

My wife is going to be out of town for a few days so we went and did some last second grocery shopping this past weekend; to make sure there was plenty of food available for me and the kids.
Since our local Piggly Wiggly was giving away free pumpkins …

Creative Learning Art Studio is a new business that allows children of all ages to experiment with lots of different art projects and art supplies.
Here are some of the things I really liked about Creative Learning Art Studio:
The entire floor is made of chalkboard, so kids can color with …

Times are really hard these days and I try to cut corners where I can. In order to save money, I now take the time to have my bags and shoes repaired instead of replacing them with new ones. So when my newly-bought rubber shoes came apart at the …

I’m very disappointed that after years of shopping at MicroCenter in Fairfax, and after buying more than one computer from them, I have been ripped-off.
This was my second laptop from them. The first time I didn’t get an extended warranty. This time the salesman really pitched MicroCenter’s extended warranty. …

Living in the Cowlitz county area of southwest Washington, one of the first things people tell you is how low you would have to be before you should get a job with foster farms. I am here to tell you that its not true. The company is …

I know garbage collectors are always going to be under appreciated and are doing a job that nobody else wants to do. However, I do have to question the quality of help Waste Management of Wisconsin hires.
They are pretty good at picking up the garbage in a timely fashion …

Gevalia coffee is a mail order company that has many different flavors. The flavors I like most are cinnamon and Kona. They have an 800 number 18004382542. Their web page is www.GEVALIA.com. The offer ground coffee and whole bean coffee. You can vary the time sequence of …

I am a firm believer that to really have an opinion, and to write a review, on a business or a company, one should really base it on a number of visits, not just one time. Consistency is very important to form a fair and objective opinion, and recently, …

I always used to buy my meat from the supermarket, but with so much on the television recently highlighting what goes into our food and the quality of some meat available in supermarkets I have now been pushed toward the Butchers when I have time to get there.
McKenzies Butchers, …

Tans, Hands, and Hair in Natrona Heights, PA is a very unprofessional, dirty, but inexpensive place to take care of your hair/waxing/tanning needs. The tanning can be as little as $2 a day (I believe on Tuesdays), but the bulbs are not new …

Living in the desert, you have to be sure that your car is given the best attention possible, or you’ll find yourself biking it everywhere. And trust me, in 110 degrees, that would just not be a good day, especially if your deodorant starts to fail you. Yeah, not good. …