Entertainment Reviews
The 2009 Oscars - the memorial retrospective
When I watch one of the major event shows for the entertainment industry, I always look for their tribute to the stars who have passed during the previous year. It’s often touching, and sometimes it’s frustrating by who they choose to include or exclude, but it’s a much …
DZMM’s Dr. Love
I don’t really enjoy listening to am radio stations. It was really not my kind of thing, but I always hear my mom laughing and well enjoying herself listening to a certain am radio station at night. It turned out that she is listening to a certain program on …
Vancouver Gay Pride Parade
One Sunday every August, Vancouver celebrates its gay and lesbian community with a festival and parade that everyone should see, at least once. The political sentiment behind it, the celebration of equality for this once ostracized community, is certainly the main focus, but the pomp and pageantry and outrageous …
Golfland Sunsplash
This past summer, I took my children to Sunsplash so they could utilize the popular tall slides, the tubing river and other pool activities. One of my kids who went to Sunsplash had just turned 18 years old. It is the Sunsplash policy that children can not be without …
The Button Museum
Dalton Stevens (a.k.a. The Button King) is one of my very interesting neighbors in the small town of Bishopville, SC. At the age of 81 years old, Dalton has traveled all over the world and been on numerous TV talk shows displaying his unusual hobby of putting buttons …
Raging Waters
I have been to Raging Waters lots of times growing up as a child and it is so much fun especially in the summer time, enjoying your self with family and friends. Since then I have grown up and had kids of my own and finally decided to take …
Silver Dollar City in Branson MO
Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO has been Branson’s number one attraction for years. This is a amusement park with a twist. Silver Dollar City has over 100 craftsmen demonstrating their crafts and skills. Among my favorites are the jewelry maker, the pottery maker, the blown glass …
Rio Grande Rapids
Rio Grande Rapids is the best ride I’ve ever tried among all the amusement parks I have already visited. You would never mind how you’ll tremendously get wet with all the obstacles you are going to encounter. The ride is so much fun and you can’t resist riding all …
American Idol Live Tour in Chicago IL
I attended the American Idol Live Tour in Chicago, IL in the All State Arena. The show started at 7pm, although many fans came out early to greet the Idols and get their autographs. The show was organized as a mini concert for each of the Idols. They performed …
Sydney Taronga Park Zoo
I always enjoy a trip to Taronga Park zoo and have enjoyed seeing it grow and improve over the past few years.
The fun starts with getting there, taking a ferry from Circular Quay and then the option of the Sky Safari cable car, which I consider to be …
Club Manila East
For my birthday last Black Saturday, my family and I went to Club Manila East in Taytay, Rizal in the Philippines, a leisure-park with a kiddie pool, several wave pools, a lap pool and a covered adult pool. They also have hotel-like accommodations for those who would want to …
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
I havent been to the circus in years and I cannot believe how much they have changed. Not a bad change but the circus is even more enjoyable at 25 than it was at 5. Barnum & Bailey Cricus has long been a favorite for circus goers …
Xstatic club
The club has plenty of parking but it is not secured parking meaning that you park at your own risk and the night I went to this club someone’s vehicle was broken into right across the street from the bar.
The bar is small and on a busy night it …
Koziar’s Christmas Village
If you are looking for a nice place to take your children to see Christmas lights this upcoming holiday season, then I highly recommend that you visit Koziar’s Christmas Village in Bernville, PA. If you love looking at Christmas decorations and lights, you will not be disappointed!
Parking is …
2009 Toytoa Pro Celebrity Race
In May, the 33rd annual 2009 Toytoa Pro Celebrity Race was held in Long Beach, California. This is a very popular race for charity. It’s not terribly long, being just ten laps, but it makes for a fun afternoon event where celebrities and a few pros can …
Family Guy Game
Family Guy for the PlayStation 2,3, and Portable.
This game isn’t at all what I expected. First off i had to pay about 40 euro for it and expected it to be of a certain quality. As soon as you start playing you can see straight away that the graphics …
Enchanted Forest Amusement Park
Great Family Fun in an Easy to Navigate Park
The Enchanted Forest is a small, delightful amusement park south of Salem Oregon that is geared to the younger set. It is compact enough that even the smallest of our group was able to see the whole thing without getting …
Manila Zoo
If you are in Manila Area and have an hour or a few hours to spend with no where to go, you will like this zoo. If you love animals, and have been to a couple of other manila zoos, like the malabon zoo or even the zoobic safari …
The vocopro gig man plus kareoke machine
When it comes to me and my family we love to sing and most of us can’t up sing for the life of us. So what we did was, we went out and bought ourselves a kareoke machine that would help make us feel like stars. I know …
Six Flags Great Escape Indoor Lodge & water park
This is an indoor water park so when we went during the cold weather it was awesome because it gave us something to do when it was cold and we couldn’t do anything fun outside.
When I stepped into the lobby I was struck by the beauty in the …
ESPN Streak for the Cash
ESPN Streak for the Cash is a contest offered by ESPN involving sports picks. The idea is that you choose the winners of games (or the points leader, etc.) and attempt to build a streak of correct guesses. At the end of the year, the top 7 streaks are …
Chewbacca Mini-Bust
I picked up this little item recently with a boxed set for the graphic novel Clone Wars Volume 1. The Chewbacca Mini-Bust is, well, a miniature bust featuring everyone’s favorite wookiee, Chewbacca. They do mean mini, it is only about 2 inches tall, or so. It …
REDBOX
When my friends and I want to have a good time, we usually go to karaoke bars. One place that we recently went to was RedBox at the Eastwood Mall. We not only got to sang our hearts out but we were also treated to really good food and drinks. …
New Zealand Haka Dance
Last year, I came to Hong Kong to watch International Rugby Seven. This is the first time I have seen live match on the field, and this is also the first time I see Rugby. My husband had to explain for me all rules of this sport. When the …
Chef Show, Seoul, South Korea
This is really a very fun experiment in Seoul. For me this is the number one show in town. How I will not say so? During 75 minutes show, I kept laughing because it was extremely funny. It was really very entertaining. I booked my seat through Klook because they …
WWE RAW 07/13/2009
On the heels of quite possibly the biggest UFC show in the history of the sport, WWE had to offer something incredible to counter it. Lesnar’s actions after winning his fight against Frank Mir were reminiscent of something a Stone Cold Steve Austin might do. WWE needed something to …
Dutch Wonderland Lancaster PA
If you are looking for something to do with children this summer, think about taking them to Dutch Wonderland. They have several different amusement rides, games, and shows for the little ones to enjoy. I’m not a parent, but I recently went with my two year-old neice and my …
Lowe’s Motor Speedway Charlotte NC
Lowe’s Motor Speedway is the place that all NASCAR fans should visit at some point in their lives. This track is home to three races every year including the Coca-Cola 600 and the All-Star race both in May. I was lucky enough to visit the track for the 600 …
Anime North 2007
This year’s Anime North is bigger than the previous years and way better! Our group even got a chance to attend a j-rock concert, which is free as long as you have your admission badge. This is a very good deal considering many concerts if purchased elsewhere, can close …
RENT: A Rock Opera by Jonathan Larson
Having just officially begun it’s eleventh “season of love” on Broadway, RENT remains just as energetic and potent as it did when it first was introduced over ten years ago.
RENT, a “rock-opera” written by the late composer/lyricist Jonathan Larson, tells the story of a small group of young artists …
Old Queens Head, Pub Quiz
I went to this pub for the first time specifically for the quiz. I’d read a few reviews which made it sound good fun - a little different from the average quiz, less serious, in fact downright silly.
It lived up to expectations! The quiz master was thoroughly entertaining. There …
Taiwan Luk Foo Park
When we went on a package tour in Taiwan in 2007, part of the itinerary was a tour in their amusement park called Luk Fu Park. In Chinese, the park means “six blessings”.
We went there in December and the park is practically deserted. It is divided into different sections …
4 July Parade Columbus
When I was younger, the annual Fourth of July Parade in Columbus Wisconsin was one of the few things I looked forward to in the summer. And, I would like that to be the same with my daughter.
However, after attending the parade yesterday, I have to say it is …
NASCAR: Nationwide Series: 2009 The Carquest Auto Parts 300
The Nationwide Series continued with its Memorial Weekend race called the 2009 The Carquest Auto Parts 300. Carl Edwards on the pole. All day long, they’d been fighting weather, and the race actually started with a green/yellow situation. A few laps in, the cars were finally …
Mercer Williams House Museum
We were in Savannah GA several years ago and one afternoon we took a tour of the Mercer Williams House Museum, at 429 Bull St, Savannah GA. I talked my son into going here because it was the setting of the book and movie Midnight in the Garden of …
Spokane Pride Festival
The Spokane Pride Festival occurs each year in June. In recent years they have changed the parade route to run through the downtown corridor ending in Riverfront Park which makes it fun and easy for people to get involved.
I enjoy that the events are always very child friendly. …
Calaway Park, Calgary, Canada
I paid a visit to this amusement park with my husband, 3 year old daughter and another young family that are friends of ours. This place has been around for quite a while, so I had visited it before, probably 20 years ago. It’s located just west …
Kings Dominion Doswell VA
Kings Dominion is my personal favorite amusement park. I have been to several other ones, but this one takes the cake. I feel as if they made Kings Dominion perfect. They is something their for all ages. They have amazing thrill rides, for the risk …
Step2 LifeStyle Custom Kitchen playset
I really like the Step2 LifeStyle Custom Kitchen playset. My little one likes to play near me while I am cooking so I bought her this so she could play and learn at the same time. it is small enough to fit in to every space. I have it …
Annual Girls Night Out Town of Loudonville Ohio March 13, 2009
Girls night out in Loudonville, Ohio is an annual event that happens every March. Almost all the businesses in this small town has something fun going on. They had a lot of things in the stores on sale. All the stores had drawings for coupons, gifts, money, quilts. …
Singapore Underwater world
My trip to Underwater World Singapore was fun. The admission fee is $22.90. I felt the cost was worthwhile. I saw brightly colored corals and exotic ocean dwellers (including moray eels, sea dragons and jelly fishes) Furthermore, I even have the chance to touch and feel the stingray myself …
American idol
The first talent reality show that opened the doors for many is American Idol . No matter how many seasons it is on. Even though you know what will happen, you still want to watch to see them get to that all exciting ending. It is great …
Camp Hill, PA The Coliseum
I went to The Coliseum a few times after it had first opened and found that it hadn’t really attracted a whole lot of customers. The arcade section upstairs was only half full most of the times I went there the winter after it opened and downstairs where the …
Ark of Avilon Zoo
We went to the Ark of Avilon Zoo one dull afternoon and we weren’t prepared for the amazing experience that was before us.
The facade of the Ark of Avilon Zoo is built to look like Noah’s Ark. Upon entering, …
Disney World
Disney World has to be one of the best places to visit if you are in the Florida Area.
It is known as place to take your kids to and it is mainly set up “kid oriented” but any adult with a sense for thrill and adventure can enjoy the …
Wasserbahn Indoor Water Park
I have visited the Wasserbahn Indoor Water Park with my family 5 times in the past two years. I would have to give it mixed ratings as it has several weaknesses.
The waterpark itself is indoors, usually not too crowded and clean. The selection of slides is poor, with …
Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast - Talk Sport - 1089/1053AM
Being a sports fan, I do enjoy listening to Talk Sport, especially in the morning when it’s the Sports Breakfast, hosted by Alan Brazil and Co-Presenter Ronnie Irani.
I find it a really good way to start the day. They encourage lively debate, but not just on the sport from …
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