Reviews written by Susan

This is an awesome CD. Baby Einstein CDs are always pretty good, and I don't mind listening to them. However, this one I actually enjoy listening to. There are songs from all over the world. It helps to open your children's minds to other cultures. It's fun for the kids, and they are always asking me "which country is this one from?" Some of the lyrics are in different languages as well, and it's really neat to hear my children singing along with other languages.

A great learning experience, and some really cute music as well. The sounds are soothing and easy to listen to. Good for driving music. It's not too upbeat or too slow. It's just nice music to have playing in the background to keep children occupied.

I bought some of these because I was tired of giving our child snacks only to have them spill out all over the place. It's a great idea. I put everything from goldfish to bite-sized pieces of pizza in them. They are dishwasher safe and really easy to just throw into the diaper bag on the go. They are also inexpensive--about $4 at stores.

The only reason I didn't give them 5 stars is because they really don't work well for children under 18 months. Younger children will just push the rubber flaps in and spill everything all over the place. I'd say 18 months is the optimal time to give them the snack cups, as they understand cause and effect well by that time. We tried giving them to our daughter when she was about 12 months old, and she just dumped the snacks out all over the place. She is now 16 months old and loves them, but she still dumps some of the food out in her carseat. Most of the time they work great, though, and they are wonderful for older toddlers.

I received a $50 Tuscany gift card for my birthday. I took my husband to what I thought would be a nice, quiet, romantic, dinner at a restaurant that offered exceptional food and service. At the price they were charging, it better be that. The average dinner plate is around $25, and that does not include appetizers, salad, drinks, dessert, etc. Appetizers are an additional $7-$20, salad an additional $5-$10, wine is pricey (cheapest glass was $10), and dessert is $7-$10.

My husband ordered the Frutti Di Mare. with Mussels, Clams, Prawns, Salmon And Sea Bass, served over Linguine Alla Puttanesca. He said the clams in it "tasted like they had gone bad". The plate was not very big. He was still hungry after ordering that and a salad as well. Essentially, it was seafood pasta with bad seafood.

I ordered the Penne Pasta with Smoked Chicken, Roasted Tomatoes, Olives, Fetta Cheese and Fresh Basil served in a Light White Wine Broth. This tasted like something I could have made at home with a Knorr season packet and some crappy chicken. It was not good at all.

We did not order wine, because the prices were outrageous. A glass of really cheap wine was more than $10. Ridiculous. I could buy the same bottle of wine at the liquor store for less than $6. So we drank water.

We ordered the Traditional Tiramisu espresso soaked lady fingers with mascarpone cream for dessert. Just one for the both of us. We also each got a cup of coffee, which wasn't too bad, considering. The tiramisu was bland and tasteless. I could have made something better, and even the Macaroni Grill has a far superior tiramisu.

The worst part of the night was the atmosphere and service. The atmosphere at Tuscany is VERY stuffy. But not in the "let's get dressed up and go out for a nice dinner" stuffy. The best way I could describe the patrons there is "white trash with money." Just really annoying people that have no manners whatsoever. It was very loud, and I could overhear the conversations of everyone around me. Our server, whose name is Corey, was terrible. We felt like we were inconveniencing him the entire time we were there. He did not check on us once. At one time, after our plates were taken, he passed us 3 times without even offering us the dessert menu or refills on our water. It was ridiculous for the amount of money we were paying for dinner. The bus girl did a better job than the server. As such, we purposely left him a terrible tip and gave the bus girl a better tip, making sure to see that our server saw us hand the bus girl the money.

Our bill came to over $80, and that didn't include the tip or the mandatory $5 fee and tip for valet parking. RIDICULOUS!

In short, don't waste your money at this restaurant. It tries to be high-end and classy, but is fails miserably. It's a rip-off. The food is terrible, and the atmosphere and service even worse. I'd rather eat at freakin' Olive Garden.

Monkey Bay's Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough New Zealand is a fabulous wine at a great price. This wine is zesty and refreshing and delivers an array of tropical flavors. I taste a lot of pear and even pineapple on the first few sips.

It tastes best with chicken or fiash dishes, or even as a dessert wine. The best seasons for it are Spring and Summer, as it is so refreshing. A perfect drink for a summer night.

The best part is the price. It usually runs about $10 a bottle. In SLC, you can find it in all the major liquor stores.

Yummy!

This is a wonderful product from Neutrogena. It advertises as a "bronzer", but I have very fair/pale skin, and it works wonderfully as a natural-looking blush for me. I just apply a few strokes of it to my cheeks daily, and I have a natural-looking glow that doesn't look fake.

You can use it anywhere, though. I sometimes use it on my eyelids to give them some color if I'm too lazy to put eye make-up on.

It never cakes or streaks or looks messy.

The price is right as well. About $7-$10 in drugstores. And it lasts forever, as just a little bit goes a long way.