It’s like a cheerleader. Beautiful but dumb, and not particularly necessary. I was at The Wit Hotel in Chicago last week, and it’s a nicely and recently remodeled hotel with some nice assets, but many more serious flaws. The Wit is a singles scene. They have a wonderful rooftop bar that the locals of Chicago [...]
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There’s some new technology in our house. Each of these deserves a post of their own, but sadly I’m behind in every facet of my life (getting a second opinion this afternoon – wish me luck), and one post with three interesting items will have to get the job done. Rumor Touch Phone: The folks [...]
The 2010 Lexus LX is an SUV unlike any vehicle I’ve ever driven. I was weaned on a steady diet of SUVs, starting with the Bronco 2 (1986) and winding up with a Tahoe a dozen years later. Since I’ve owned three SUVs in my adult life I was not at all excited to drive [...]
Eclipse is bad in every way. It is heavy handed, poorly written, and poorly acted. Eclipse is unique in that it is also a horrible place to take a $48.50 nap. Jane is a huge fan of the Twilight series, she begged me to take her to a 12.01 am showing of Eclipse, which was [...]
At nine o’clock this morning I hid a man from my husband. He stood in my kitchen sipping his coffee while the kids woke my husband up, and begged him to take them out for breakfast. Parked in the driveway was a 2011 Jaguar XF. It took me forever to find a car with a [...]
The folks at Western Digital were kind enough to lend me a TV Live Plus player (WD TV Live). The TV Live Plus Player is an excellent add on for families, particularly families on a budget (that would be most of us, right?). Here’s what the TV Live Plus is. It’s a little box that [...]
