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Very good food for the money. Service is second to none. But from my experience the Wheelersburg location is the best by far.
The visit was fine until about halfway through my meal. When my waiter refilled my drink it tasted absolutely terrible. Upon further inspection I found food in it. I will never eat here again.
We love the Court St. location. The staff is so friendly and attentive. But what we love most is the immediate service. You can get your meal and be on your way in the time it takes most restaurants to come and take your order.
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visited there on a Sunday after church. was very pleased with the atmosphere and the food. knowing what good Mexican food tastes like ( I learned to enjoy it when I lived in Ca.) i really appreaciated the authenticity. the waitresses were very pleasant with a home style that makes one feel like staying awhile. we went away happy with... More
if you like spice (which I do) you wont find it here--their food has good flavor -just not enough spice.. try the chicken quesadila or polo rancho good
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This kit includes 2 dual stage shock absorbers, 1 shock locking pin (spare), and 4 leveling leg lock nuts. These shock absorbers keep the washer from vigorous shaking during it's cycles.
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Level of DifficultyEasy
Time to do repair:15 - 30 mins
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers
CustomerKevin from Vancouver WA
Had to replace one Spring on top of the tub and both shock absorbers. Anyone with even a limited amount of mechanical ability could handle this repair. Save yourself about $300 in repair cost and replace these items yourself. Spring and Shocks absorber kit cost less than $60 with shipping.Just look at the diagram that comes with the parts, it's a piece of cake. The most difficult part is replacing the spring, she is stiff. You will need to take the top of the machine off, which is super easy, and remove the metal keeper on top of the frame rail. Get someone to help you as you will need to lift the tub and slip the spring over the frame rail. The shocks are the easiest part of the repair, and should take less than five mins. to replace.
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Level of DifficultyA Bit Difficult
Time to do repair:1- 2 hours
CustomerChris from Burtonsville MD
Paid $27 total for a shock kit to replace the 2 broken stock shocks. Replaced them. It turns out it was not the problem, but just a symptom of the spider bracket (mates inner SS drum to drive shaft) corroding and breaking causing the drum assembly to shake out of balance. Found out is a systematic problem with this model washer, and no matter what else you fix, this will break and kill it at some point. Piece of crap!
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers, Socket set
CustomerRon from Blaine WA
As others have mentioned, it was pretty straight forward although a bit finicky to get into the tight spots to press out the pins. The little piece of 1x4 block helped press the pins back in. For the right side shock, I had to undo the large rubber hose at the bottom of the drum and also had to remove the sheet metal shield in the back to allow clearance for the pin to come out. There's only 2 screws holding it in so again, not too hard to do.
ToolsScrew drivers
CustomerLarry from Alamo CA
I removed the front access cover and the rear cover. It was also necessary to remove the water level sensor (attached to the tub drain hose) to access one of the shocks. Not having a 1/2" deep socket, I used a 2" piece of 1/2" copper pipe to depress the locking tab on the shock attachment pins--worked great. Pulled the pins out with pliers. Putting the pins back in after replacing the shocks was easiest to do using 'channel-lock' pliers to grab the bracket and the pin head and squeeze in the pin. The only problem was that my copper pipe piece fell into the drain hose when removing one of the pins! Had to take the drain hose loose to fish it out.
ToolsScrew drivers, Socket set, Wrench set
CustomerRobb from North Huntingdon PA
Removed old shock abs. (both sides). The one side, I had to remove the speed control board to access the lower nut on the one shock. Install was fairly easy however, it did not fix the washer. Apparently there was something else (either a switch, the control board or the motor) needs replaced too.
CustomerRita from Cambridge NY
replaced the two shocks with the new ones by removing the pins that held the old ones in place.
CustomerEd from Clackamas OR
The parts came with instructions They stated to remove the front panel. This only gets to one side for a difficult repair. I removed the back panel then it was a snap. Easiest with two people.
Time to do repair:30 - 60 mins
ToolsNutdriver, Screw drivers
CustomerMike from Central Square NY
I replaced both shocks, as both shocks were broken! Keep in mind that Parts select packages them in pairs. I order 2 packages or 4 shocks, guess I have another pair for ~ 5 years from now. These are located under the front bottom panel, so no need to isolate water lines or even pull this sucker away from the wall. Tight clearances are the only factor from making this really easy. Use some Vaseline to assist inserting the new plastic pins.
ToolsScrew drivers, Socket set
CustomerJohn from Glennallen AK
removed front panel and used deep socket to remove pins that hold shocks. front left shock took most of the time because of hoses and a unit in the back that needed to be released to be able to remove the pin on the bottom. the right shock was a piece of cake to replace. used a hammer to pull the pins into place (i did not use it to tap on them ) . lots of bloddy fingers from sharp edges.
CustomerScott from Royse City TX
Removed lower access panel. Removed top of washer. Attached spring and lifted tub into place. Removed and replaced both vibration/shock absorbers (most difficult part, not easily accessible).
ToolsNutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers
CustomerDan from Concord CA
Removed spring retainer straps from top of springs. Propped up tub with blocks and a wedge. Lifted out each spring and replaced. Re-attached spring retainer straps. Removed pins from shock absorbers (old/broken ones). These break due to moving washer w/out installing original foam blocks and support screws or due to age and fatigue. Pins have a retainer that must be depressed as you pull or push them out. may need to spin back and forth with pliers as you pull them. Bottom right pin won't come out w/out a hassle. Cut it in pieces with dykes and used spare pushed in from the FRONT (not the rear, as it was originally installed). Found leak was not fixed by getting the drum back up to proper height. Found bolt on tub had broken the bottom of the soap dispenser "tray". This is a 50.00 part. Made a patch from the bottom. Roughed up plastic and used silicone adhesive. After it had adhered filled from top with more silicone. Allowed 24 hrs to dry. Washer is as good as new.
CustomerMatthew from Pullman WA
The front lower access panel pops off with two Philips head screws. From there, the white pins holding the hold broken shock absorbers can be removed by pressing their locking tab down and pushing them free of the bushing.After pulling the old, broken items out, the new ones are reinstalled the same way: place the metal end towards the drum, push the white pin through the bushing (only one way is correct) and you're almost done. Reinstall the front panel and get back to having a quiet washing machine!
CustomerW R from Venice FL
"Instructions" with the kit suggest pulling the pins out with a pair of pliers. That's fine if you're a gorilla. It's easier to use a 13MM boxed-end wrench. Slip it over the tapered end to depress the locking tab; then tap a 3/8 dowel rod held against the tapered end to remove the pin. Also my washer has a drain tube that has to be disconnected to get access to the top pin. If I had to do this again it would take about an hour.
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
ToolsNutdriver, Pliers, Socket set
Customeranthony from Florence AL
The instructions that came with the new shock absorbers were very detailed and walked me through the repair step by step. The new shock absorbers are much better quality than the old tube style shocks.
ToolsPliers, Wrench(Adjustable)
Customerbeverly from Miami FL
I replaced both shock absorbers that hold the drum on a front loading washer. They both snapped at the base and have since been replaced by a different style shock absorber. There are 2 pins that hold each part in place. I took 5 minutes to replace 3 pins and about an hour to replace the last one, which was in a very tight spot. After much sweating and swearing, I managed to get the pin back in. Was it worth it? ABSOLUTELY! Partsselect.com is a dream for straightforward repairs. This is the second repair I have done on this machine (which is less than 5 years old) and both repairs have cost less than $30.


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DJ Jazzy Jeff and DJ Skribble lit up the decks with their epic turntable skills as the co-headliners of The Dip Pool Party on Saturday, August 31, at the Days Hotel in Scottsdale. The swimming soiree, which was sponsored by local hip-hop radio station The Beat 101.1 also featured plenty of bikini-clad ladies and other Labor Day weekend fun.
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Namibia adopts UNDAF to compliment development planning
Namibia adopts UNDAF to compliment development planning
Namibia has adopted the United Nations Development
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TACRU @ 12: Unwavering years of serving Taclobanons
In these times of bizarre calamities and disasters, local government units are called to be prepared at all times. This is why the creation of the Tacloban Rescue Team on August 1, 2000, was a compelling move. It was mandated by the Office of the Mayor to respond to emergency situations in the city. The team was composed of personnel from the various departments in the city government. These workers were sent to train in various life-saving procedures.
In 2010, under the leadership of Mayor Alfred Romualdez and the present Sangguniang Panlungsod, the Tacloban Rescue Team was changed into the Tacloban Rescue Unit (TACRU) under Sangguniang Panlungsod Ordinance Number 2010-10-310. TACRU is a volunteer first response and rescue team with volunteer members trained as certified first responders, emergency medical team, as well as licensed amateur radio operators. As emergency responders, they provide first aid attention to victims of cardiac arrests, respiratory distress, vehicular accidents, boating accidents and countless other emergency situations throughout the city and its suburbs. The unit also responds in missing-persons-incidents. They provide life-saving interventions by bridging the gap between the occurrence of the accident/incident and the arrival of the ambulance.
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Roasted Broccoli and Shrimp
Shrimp are one of the most forgiving proteins you can cook. You're not likely to undercook or overcook them. They finish in a flash, turning bright pink within minutes. Basically, they've got a built-it indicator to let you know when they're done. And if you buy them pre-peeled at the supermarket, you can use them without any prep at all.
So, shrimp make for a perfect weeknight meal. You can have them countless ways — stir-fried in the Asian way, with loads of garlic and white wine for an Italian taste, or plump and plain with cocktail sauce. But I didn't think to actually roast them until I came across Melissa Clark's recipe in the New York Times a couple of years ago. She combines broccoli and shrimp with spices, and throws the whole thing in a hot oven. It's done in 30 minutes. Easy peasy.
Funny enough, despite years of thinking about it, I didn't make this dish until a couple of nights ago when my wife came home with some fine-looking specimens, and we had a couple heads of — you guessed it — broccoli in our CSA box. But Kristen wasn't so sure about roasting the little guys.
"It sounds dry," she said.
I had to convince her that it wasn't anything some olive oil couldn't solve, as it usually does for any dish. They turned out beautifully. On a chilly night in LA, this made for a quick and tasty dinner. I've always loved roasted broccoli. Add some juicy shrimp, fragrant with Middle Eastern spices like cumin and coriander, and it's a winner you'll come back to again and again.
Recipe: Roasted broccoli and shrimp (adapted from Melissa Clark)
Not only does this dish come together super fast, you'll only dirty one baking sheet and a bowl (and maybe a small pot if you add rice). Make sure to spice with a generous hand here. If you can't actually smell the cumin and coriander as you're making this, add more.
2 pounds broccoli, cut into bite-size florets
5 tablespoons (about 1/4 cup) extra virgin olive oil
1 heaping teaspoon ground coriander
1 heaping teaspoon ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon hot chili powder
1 pound large shrimp, shelled and deveined (I like my shrimp with tails intact because they look prettier and they taste better that way)
zest from 1 large lemon
lemon wedges, for spritzing
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. On a large baking sheet, toss the broccoli with 3 tablespoons oil, coriander, cumin, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and chili powder. Mix well with your hands (I love getting dirty in this way) and spread broccoli in a single layer.
In a bowl, combine shrimp, remaining 2 tablespoons oil, lemon zest, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
Roast broccoli for 10 minutes. Add shrimp to baking sheet and toss gently with broccoli (hands, people, hands). If the broccoli looks a bit dry at this point, add a couple glugs of olive oil to moisten things up. Roast for another 10 minutes, tossing once halfway through, until the shrimp are just pink and broccoli is tender and begins to brown around the edges. Squeeze lemon juice over shrimp and broccoli just before serving. Add on top of rice if you so desire.
Serves 4.


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April 3, 2009
Eye Candy at a Sweet Art Exhibition
I caught an interesting gallery exhibition while I was in New York City last weekend — Margaret Morrison: Larger than Life. The artist paints, well, larger-than-life canvases of gummy centipedes, chocolate bonbons and other sugary delights. I think I got a cavity just looking at it.
Food is nearly as ubiquitous a subject in art history as the Madonna and child. Artists seem to have been particularly fond of the simple bowl of fruit, from the Renaissance masters through Cézanne and beyond. And the still life with fruit is one of the first subjects art students tackle. It makes sense; fruit has built-in eye appeal, with interesting colors, shapes and textures. But instead of nature's candy, Morrison satisfies our visual sweet tooth with the glossy, too-red glaze on a candy apple and the stained-glass-like transparency of gummy bears.
Many of the subjects of her paintings, which range in size from 24 by 24 inches to 64 by 72 inches, are nostalgia-evoking classics, including candy corn and giant swirled lollipops of the kind you get at an amusement park. As the exhibition statement describes, "Like high fructose versions of Proust's madeleines, Margaret Morrison's sweet treats send our mind skipping back in time—specifically, back to childhood." I know the Hostess cupcakes, in particular, transported me back to grade-school recess, the last time I didn't have to worry about calories.
Yet some of the paintings are almost scary. I mean, gelatinous gummy worms are kind of grotesque at normal size; magnified to several feet they are downright freakish. And a quartet of giganto gummy bears, so adorable at half an inch, seem to be marching menacingly toward us, bent on our sugary destruction. Or maybe I'm just projecting my own complicated feelings about sweets, though I doubt I'm the only one.
Judging from a recent New York Times article, Morrison may have captured the zeitgeist with her latest series. According to the story, Americans are turning to candy in droves to soothe their recession-beaten souls. That may not translate to sales of Morrison's canvases, since people who have just lost their retirement funds aren't likely to shell out five figures for a painting. But who knows, maybe art is a better investment than the S & P 500. In February, despite the auctioneer's fears that the global recession would hamper the art-buying market, a Matisse painting from the estate of Yves St. Laurent sold for $41.1 million.
Margaret Morrison: Larger than Life continues at the Woodward Gallery, 133 Eldridge St., New York City, through May 9.
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I agree–Art has to be a better investment than the S&P 500. It certainly is something you can always enjoy, and know that it will have value despite the vagaries of Wall Street. Buy some Art that talks to you, and makes you feel uplifted. Margaret Morrison's new happy masterly vision of larger than life candy and flowers does it for me.


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PARMA -- Copper thieves are blamed for causing an evacuation in Parma Tuesday afternoon.
Gas company workers contacted the Parma Fire Department after detecting readings of natural gas outside the vacant house on Maplecrest. A passerby who smelled the natural gas had alerted the gas company.
Firefighters arrived on scene and found the gas meter flowing natural gas.
Twenty-six houses in the area were evacuated as a precaution while the gas was turned off and the house ventilated. In the basement, firefighters found the hot water heater had been moved and copper pipes stolen.
Residents were allowed to return to their homes by mid-afternoon.
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After writing the 48 Laws of Power and its sequels, Robert Greene had an ephiphany about hidden powers & mastery:
For the previous eleven years I had immersed myself in a study of the most powerful people in history. I had read one biography after another about great political figures, strategists, scientists, artists, and inventors. And on that particular day, as I was reviewing some old material, it finally struck me: all of these people — no matter their field, culture, or moment in history — followed more or less the same pattern or pathway to power. At first, I could see only the broad outlines of this, but as I thought about it more, in the days to come this pattern came into focus.
It goes like this: in childhood these high–achieving types experience a powerful attraction towards a particular subject or activity — math, music, games and sports. As they get older, this interest gets stronger, to the point of becoming an obsession. They end up following a career path that corresponds to this primal interest. Because the subject or activity stimulates their natural curiosity, they learn at a faster rate than others. They pay deeper attention and absorb lessons more thoroughly. While often still quite young they acquire a high skill level in this field, which makes them find more pleasure in the practice or training period, which leads them to practice harder. They tend to gain attention early on for their proficiency, which leads them to be given responsibilities or chances to practice what they have learned on a public stage. At this point, they enter a cycle of accelerated returns — more practice and experience leads to higher skill levels and more chances to prove themselves, more valuable feedback, and so on.
Inevitably a point is reached where they begin to experiment with what they have learned and become creative with their knowledge. Since they are often still young, they retain a freshness, and a somewhat rebellious attitude towards authority. They are not afraid to go against conventions. In the process of experimenting, they hit upon new ways of doing things or seeing the world. They become the ones who rewrite the rules they had learned so diligently in their apprenticeships.
At the endpoint of this process, these types reveal signs of a qualitatively higher intelligence. I call this intelligence high-level intuition. As opposed to mere hunches or anything mystical, this intuition is based on years of intense experience. They have internalized so much knowledge that they have a feel for their field. It has become hardwired into their nervous system. They can spot solutions or trends with great speed and fluidity, and this brings them tremendous practical power.
An excellent example of this would be Napoleon Bonaparte:
As a child he found himself drawn to games of strategy, and to books that presented examples of leadership in action. Entering a military academy, he was not focused on a military career and fitting into the system. Instead, he had an obsessive need to learn as much as he could about all aspects of the military arts. He read voraciously. The extent of his knowledge impressed his superiors. At a very early age he was give an unusual amount of responsibility. He learned quickly how to keep his cool, derive the right lessons from his experiences, and recover from mistakes. By the time he was given greater responsibilities on the battlefield, he had gone through an apprenticeship that was double or triple the intensity of his peers. Being so young, ambitious and disdainful of authority, when he was given leadership positions, he proceeded to effect the greatest revolution in military history, changing the size and shape of armies, singlehandedly introducing maneuver into battle, and so on.
At the endpoint of his development, he came to possess a remarkable feel for battle and the overall shape of a campaign. In his case, this became known as his infamous coup d'oeil, his ability to assess a situation with a glance of his eye. This made his lieutenants and rivals imagine that he possessed mystical powers.


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Scanning his company's 2012 financial statement, El Rashid El Amin Hamid, head of Sudan's biggest pharmaceutical maker, should be celebrating – sales shot up 70 per cent while marketing costs plummeted as strong demand reduced the need to advertise.
But the entrepreneur still has a problem. How does his company get dollars to import raw materials for the antibiotics, malaria pills, diabetic tablets and other drugs it makes, and, if it can access hard currency, at what exchange rate?
"We need to import materials for our drugs which are paid for in dollars, but it's very difficult to get dollars through the banking system," said Mr. Hamid, director of Amipharma Laboratories, sitting in his spacious office in Khartoum's Bahri industrial district.
Sudan is battling its biggest economic crisis for decades as it struggles with a severe shortage of hard currency following the loss of three-quarters of its oil production due to South Sudan's independence in 2011. Oil revenues were the main source of revenue for Sudan's budget and for foreign currency needed to pay for vital imports including food and medicine.
The situation has deteriorated sharply in the past few weeks as new tensions with South Sudan dashed hopes that oil exports from the South would resume soon and pass through Sudan for a hefty fee. South Sudan shut down its oil production a year ago after failing to agree a pipeline fee with Sudan.
Economists say Sudan's central bank and commercial lenders have been finding it increasingly difficult to supply the market with enough dollars. That forced people travelling out of the country, as well as exporters, to go to black market traders.
But when the Sudanese pound hit a record low in late December with black market dealers demanding a rate of 7.1 pounds to the U.S. dollar – compared to an official rate of 4.4 – the central bank, which does not disclose its foreign reserves, launched a crackdown on the black market.
Within days, security agents had arrested dozens of dealers, seizing their cash, market sources say. Most street vendors went into hiding or left Khartoum.
The crackdown has brought down the dollar rate to 6.5 Sudanese pounds on the black market. But now there is an even bigger problem: with the black market frozen it is almost impossible to obtain or even change dollars.
Instead of going to a bank and using the poor official exchange rate as the government had hoped, many Sudanese with dollar reserves are sitting tight, depriving the economy of a much-needed injection of hard currency.
The pharmaceutical industry, one of the country's main industries along with food, mining and textiles, is being hit especially hard by the freeze in the black market and by sharp currency swings, which saw the pound lose as much as 15 per cent in a month on a few occasions last year.
Depreciation of the pound has pushed inflation above 44 per cent and is making it harder and more costly for Sudanese to access drugs. That raises the risk of dissent and is adding to the hardship of the 32 million Sudanese who have endured decades of ethnic strife, poverty and economic crises.
While the country has avoided an "Arab spring," Khartoum and other large cities have seen small student protests against both high food prices and austerity measures imposed to plug a 6.5-billion pound deficit caused by lost oil revenues. Many ordinary people struggled to pay for drugs or hospital treatment even before the currency crisis.
"We don't have some heart drugs and diabetic pills at the moment," said a pharmacist in downtown Khartoum, who did not wish to be named. "Some foreign products have disappeared or are very difficult to get," she said.
The government has insisted it will ensure supplies but pharmaceutical traders stopped ordering some foreign brand drugs when the pound went down. That has triggered a surge in demand for cheaper local versions offered by companies like Amipharma.
"We cannot meet demand at the moment," said Mr. Hamid.
But the jump in sales is offset by a rise in costs as raw material imports paid for in dollars account for a third of the company's equipment operating expenses.
"It's a challenge doing a good job," said Mr. Hamid.
With Sudan largely cut off from international financial markets due to U.S. trade sanctions, local banks have never played a dominant role in the economy. Most Sudanese do not have bank accounts, while many large firms such as Amipharma are family-owned and use money traders in and outside Sudan to obtain dollars.
Since South Sudan's secession the black market has become a problem because the loss of oil revenues has left the central bank with insufficient dollars to keep the gap between the official and black market rates tight.
Last July it nearly halved the official dollar rate to 4.4 pounds, from 2.7, and allowed licensed dealers to offer a rate above 5.5 in an attempt to encourage millions of Sudanese living abroad to send money home via official exchange bureaus.
Most remittances however seem to have been exchanged on the black market.
The government hopes a $1.5-billion loan from the state-run China Development Bank, announced by Sudan last week and guaranteed by Chinese state oil producer China National Petroleum Corp. – the biggest investor in the oil industry in Sudan and South Sudan – will stabilize the currency. The loan was confirmed Thursday.
But Harry Verhoeven, a Sudan expert at Oxford University, said Khartoum would not be able to keep the black market frozen for long as that would risk paralyzing the economy because people are unwilling to sell dollars at the official rate.
"This is clearly unsustainable," he said. "They'll have to backtrack … The main money traders in Sudan, these are guys who get picked up here and then the next day government officials themselves go to these guys to change money."
But even if the dealers come back soon, the highly volatile exchange rate and the loss of oil production are making Sudan a difficult place to do business, despite its potential as a cheap manufacturing base from which to export to emerging markets in Africa and the Middle East.
"We came here in 2006 when Sudan was a very good market with a stable economy," said Abdulrahman al-Shamiri, a Yemeni national who heads Azal Pharmaceutical Industries, a Sudan joint venture owned by investors from Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
"Now the economy is in shock."
While the currency crisis continues, Azal Pharmaceuticals is holding off on plans to open a second plant to serve neighbouring African countries such as Chad or Uganda.
"We will see how it goes," Mr. Shamiri said. Pulling out of Sudan is not an option though, despite the problems.
"We would make big losses and lose our investment. So we'll stay."


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Texas, Part II
After leaving Marfa we drove south to Chinati Hot Springs, which we found out about from a few people in Marfa. The Hot Springs is a small quasi-resort in the very corner of Texas, built around a naturally occurring hot spring right on the Mexico border. To get there we drove through some small towns that almost seemed deserted, then drove over seven miles of super rough dirt road through the middle of nowhere. We saw a group of cows hanging out on the road munching the dry spiny bushes & then later saw a family of javelinas milling about in the ditch. Our first official sighting of our friends the javelinas! They just moseyed off the road when we drove by…they apparently were not in a bloodthirsty mood & did not try to charge our car. How unexciting!
The hot springs was really neat - it was a group of little cabins, a community kitchen, and camping spaces along with a a big outdoor hot tub (filled with the spring water of course) and a bunch of smaller private tubs you could use to take a bath. We took a dip in the hot spring water then went for a hike on the trails around the hot springs. The trail we followed went straight into Mexico but we're not sure whether or not we actually crossed the border. If you were a Mexican wanting to cross the border that would be a super easy place to do it, in case anyone out there is interested!
Day One, Big Bend:
After Chinati Hot Springs we drove into Big Bend National Park. It was freezing there! It was about 35 degrees our first day there and I was not at all happy about it. We set up our tent in the freezing cold, I whined & complained, then we decided it was much too cold to go for a hike - even Jamie agreed about this. So instead we went for a scenic drive with the car's heater on full blast. During our scenic drive we spotted another family of javelinas trotting along together down the side of the road. We were about to find out that javelinas would be our #1 most sited animals in Big Bend! We stopped at an exhibit, read the little poster, and then decided to sit in the car listening to a CD & waiting for the sun to set. I picked Elliot Smith for our CD & Jamie asked me if I wanted to kill myself (it is a depressing CD I guess). We both laughed because - don't worry, I did not actually want to kill myself - but I was definitely not in a very good mood. The sun never really set, it was much too cloudy and icky out. It just got dark.
It was only 6pm, not early enough to go to bed, so we decided to treat ourselves to a drink in the park's restaurant. We went in & sat in the wonderful warmth of the restaurant. It wasn't quite warm enough, though, so I kept both of my jackets on. I'm sure I looked like a crazy scraggly lady that weighed 300 pounds, but whatever. We got beers & a plate of Texas Toothpicks - little strips of deep fried onion & jalepenos. Yum! We heard the guy next to us order a steak 'VERY rare'. Jamie now dreams of ordering a steak like this. He also secretly admires the way my dad claims he wants to order a steak - "Just wipe its ass and put it on my plate." Eeeew.
Day Two, Big Bend:
It was a little bit warmer this day, so we decided to do a bunch of hikes. We saw dry stream beds, a little spring/oasis in the middle of the desert, and old ranch house. We also saw lots of deer & cute little roadrunners throughout the park. We did four hikes throughout the day, made yummy bean tacos over our cookstove, and went to bed. We were very happy this day because we finally finished under our daily budget - only $10 for the whole day (for our camp site)!
Day Three, Big Bend:
The first day of our bike tour! We packed up our panniers, loaded our bikes, and dropped the car off at the Ranger station for the night. We planned to bike the 21 miles from Panther Junction ranger station down to Rio Grande village where we would camp for the night then pack up the next day and head back. This was our first day on our fully loaded bikes - food, tents, everything! The first day we descended 1900 ft so the riding was super easy. The weather was finally decent, sunny & mild, but we did have to ride in an annoying headwind for the first eight miles or so. We were pedaling on a slight downhill so the headwind wasn't too difficult but I was really annoyed because the wind from a headwind plus just your regular riding speed is so much louder than I'd expected. We could not hear each other talk unless we rode right next to each other and yelled, and we most definitely could not hear cars approaching. Luckily not many people were driving on the road, and the wind died down after we reached lower elevations.
Before we got to our campsite we road a four mile detour to Boquillas overlook - just a little point looking over the Rio Grande river into Mexico. I was surprised to see that there were a group of Mexican guys & a horse on the other side of the river watching us tourists. They'd waded across and set up a few little crafts that they were selling & collecting money for in a plastic jug. They were watching from across the river (about 300 ft away) but the payment for the crafts was basically on the honor system. We didn't buy anything but instead sat on a rock nearby and ate our snack of oranges & baby carrots. One of the guys on the other side of the river decided to wade across and gather up the money he'd made so far - we figured rangers probably stop by occasionally and confiscate the money & crafts, so he was being careful to keep as much as possible. He waded across the bright green river wearing his red shirt and singing a song in Spanish. The river only came up to his waist in the middle. He took his money, said hi to us, then went back to the Mexican side. It was actually a really beautiful scene, but sad too.
We backtracked across our 4 mile detour and headed to our campsite. We pulled up on our bikes, picked out a site, and started to set up the tent. The campsite host came over to visit us right away…she had some very important information for us. This campground was in javelina territory and those little warthog clans ruled the roost in this area of the park! There were all sorts of guidelines we had to follow to avoid a nasty run in with the javelinas including things like:
- When you set up your tent you had to either leave all the doors open so the javelinas could roam in & out sniffing your possessions, or you had to collapse the tent poles so the javelinas would just walk right over your tent. Leaving a tent set up with the doors closed was an invitation for the javelinas to slash right through the walls to find out if you'd left them any tasty morsels, like toothpaste or a granola bar, inside.
- When cooking dinner you usually need two people to finish the task. One to do the cooking, the other to shoo away the javelinas!
- All food & toiletries must be kept in the metal cabinet provided on your site. Nothing could be left outside of this cabinet at anytime as the javelinas are constantly on the lookout for things to snatch and run away with.
- At night the javelinas might come snuffling around your tent but then won't try to get in because they'll know you're in there. If you wake up and smell something like a cross between a sewer & a skunk, you'll know the javelinas are hanging around outside your tent. If you want then to leave you should turn on your flashlights and talk loudly.
We actually saw a family of javelinas just 100 ft away from our site; they were happily rooting around in the grass. I thought all this was hilarious, Jamie was a bit more nervous. We set up the tent, left the doors open, and walked to the park store to buy two cans of Shiner Bock beer to celebrate our first day of bicycling. On our way back to the site some guy joked that it looked like we were going to have a big party tonight with our two cans of beer! We made our dinner, sat around drinking our beers, and did not have any run ins with the javelinas. We were both nervous all night that we'd wake up with a stinky javelina snuffling around our head through the thin tent wall but nothing happened.
I'm out of internet time at the library, I'll try to come back and write more about our 2nd day of bike touring tomorrow!


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Studio mogul Joe Roth returns to his roots as a director with this romantic comedy co-written by Billy Crystal and starring Roth's longtime friend Julia Roberts. Crystal stars as Lee, a studio publicist desperately trying to keep several facts secret from reporters during a high-profile motion picture's press junket. Among the developments that Lee is trying to obscure from view: the film's eccentric director (Christopher Walken) has essentially hijacked the $87 million movie and isn't allowing anyone to view it. Also, the film's high-profile, real-life married co-stars Gwen Harrison (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie Thomas (John Cusack) have acrimoniously split since filming (over Gwen's adulterous affair with Latin lover Hector (Hank Azaria). Lee has led the press to believe that reconciliation is imminent, when in fact Gwen hates Eddie more than ever. Lee's secret weapon in his campaign of misinformation is Gwen's long-abused sister Kiki (Julia Roberts), who works as the pampered star's personal assistant while secretly pining for Eddie, who might just notice Kiki now that she's lost 60 pounds. America's Sweethearts co-stars Alan Arkin, Seth Green, and Stanley Tucci. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
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A man finds himself getting an unexpected crash course in the psychology of contemporary women in this romantic comedy. Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) is a successful advertising executive living in Chicago who has long fancied himself a ladies' man, though he has precious little understanding of women beyond figuring out how to seduce them. One day, Nick receives a substantial electric shock in an accident in his bathroom; while he's not seriously injured, when he comes to, he discovers something remarkable has happened -- he can suddenly hear what women are thinking. At first, Nick finds himself learning all sorts of things he didn't want to know, but he also realizes how this can be used to his advantage -- especially after his old boss, Dan Wanamaker (Alan Alda) is replaced by a woman, Darcy Maguire (Helen Hunt). But Nick begins to feel differently about his unusual gift when he discovers Darcy is infatuated with him, and he finds himself falling for her. What Women Want also features Bette Midler as Nick's analyst, Delta Burke and Valerie Perrine as two of his co-workers, and Marisa Tomei as one of Nick's significant others. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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The husband-and-wife team of Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, who scored with their 1991 remake of the 1950 Father of the Bride, returned for this updating of the 1961 comedy about twins who hope to bring their divorced parents back together. Sheyer and Meyers stayed close to the original screenplay by David Swift, based on Erich Kastner's book Das Doppelte Lottchen. At a summer camp in Maine, 11-year-old Hallie Parker (Lindsay Lohan) meets Annie James (also Lindsay Lohan). Despite a curious resemblance, Hallie develops an immediate dislike for Annie, and the feeling is mutual. However, the two eventually discover they are twin sisters separated not long after they were born. Their parents, Elizabeth (Natasha Richardson) and Nick (Dennis Quaid), had met on the Queen Elizabeth 2 and married on that same voyage. After a divorce, Nick brought up Hallie at his Napa Valley vineyard, while Annie lived with wedding-gown designer Elizabeth in London. Neither twin was aware she had a sister, until their summer-camp meeting. To learn more about their parents, they switch places and maintain the deception until Nick states he will remarry. The twins then try to engineer a renewed romance between Nick and Elizabeth, but Nick's annoying but attractive fiancee Meredith (Elaine Hendrix) presents a major problem in reaching their happy-ending goal. Hayley Mills portrayed the twins in the 1961 original and subsequent TV-movie sequels: In The Parent Trap II (1986), the twins are adults with their own romantic problems. In The Parent Trap III (1989), the twins compete for a widower (Barry Bostwick), the father of triplets, and that same year, the twins also returned in Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989). ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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Just as the original 1950 version of Father of the Bride spawned a sequel, so did the 1991 remake; like its counterpart four decades earlier, this story concerns a father who learns that his anxieties are just beginning after his daughter takes the big walk down the aisle. George Banks (Steve Martin) has finally adjusted to the marriage of his daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) when the fates drop a new bombshell on his head: Annie and her husband Bryan (George Newbern) announce that they're going to have a baby. While George's wife Nina (Diane Keaton) is happy enough about the news, George is thrown into an immediate mid-life crisis; while he and Nina were once discussing the possibility of selling the family home and moving to a place on the beach, George impulsively sells their home to Mr. Habib (Eugene Levy), a greedy land speculator. Now, with ten days to move, George gets even more unexpected news: Nina, who had earlier been fretting about the onset of menopause, has just learned that she's pregnant as well. George now has to deal with being a father again as well as becoming a grandparent, while he also figures out how to get the Banks family home back. Martin Short returns as Franck, the oddly accented wedding planner from Father of the Bride, who has moved into a new career organizing baby showers and redecorating homes. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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In the style of the screwball comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, I Love Trouble depicts the developing romance of two rival reporters who reluctantly fall for each other while competing for a major scoop. Old hand Peter Brackett (Nick Nolte) and aspiring newcomer Sabrina Peterson (Julia Roberts) first meet when they are both assigned to cover a mysterious train crash. The pair immediately develops a connection despite their professional rivalry, and they decide to work together. Sensing something fishy about the crash, they look deeper and are soon fighting to expose a wide-ranging conspiracy, while also struggling to outmaneuver and out-charm each other along the way. Co-creators Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers, who previously found success harking back to 1940s comedy in Father of the Bride, borrow heavily from His Girl Friday, Bringing Up Baby, and other screwball classics. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
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Management consultant Diane Keaton has no time in her life for anything except her high-profile job. All this changes when she inherits a 14-month-old infant from a pair of recently deceased-and very distant-relatives. Intending to put the child up for adoption, she discovers that she has grown fond of the kid and has begun to thrive on the responsibilities of motherhood. All of this, of course, jeopardizes Keaton's love life and professional standing, but all turns out well when the baby inadvertently leads to a whole new moneymaking agenda for our heroine. Capraesque in concept, Baby Boom avoids phony sentiment and obvious humor, emerging as one of the singular comic delights of the late 1980s. On great bit has Keaton "celebrating" a major business coup by surreptiously performing an under-the-table jig (a bit of business that dates back to the 1924 Reginald Denny comedy Skinner's Dress Suit). Baby Boom was spun off into a TV sitcom in 1989, with Kate Jackson filling Diane Keaton's designer shoes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Sticky Buddy Reusable Lint Roller — A Marketing Review
Can it be?
Back-to-back marketing reviews for reusable lint rollers?
Yes, folks, it's true. Your eyes are not deceiving you. A challenger to the Schticky has officially entered the battlefield.
Literally a day after publishing the article about the Schticky, I saw a late night TV commercial (No sane person would continually stay up late and actually pay attention to TV commercials . . .) starring the English-born pitchman, Anthony Sullivan. He began his spiel and all of a sudden I had a feeling of deja vu. Sullivan's product (as if you don't already know where this is heading) was for the Sticky Buddy — a washable, reusable lint roller.
A washable, reusable lint roller? Really? Again? Ummm, really?!?
Yeah. Deal with it. At least you're not the one trying to make this article different enough from the previous one to make it an entertaining read.
Take note that neither the Schticky or Sticky Buddy was the first of this type of lint roller to hit the market. These washable and still sticky lint rollers have been around for ages. Somebody up there in The Powers That Be decided to cast the product again in a new light, most likely hoping to stir interest in it with a new generation.
Here and now, in the dawn of 2012, TWO washable, reusable lint rollers are back in the spotlight. There is room for only one at the top. We already heard the story of the Schticky. Now it's time to see the Sticky Buddy.
In the words of Al Bundy, "Let's rock."
Sticky Buddy official website — www.StickyBuddy.com
Viewing the Sticky Buddy TV commercial involves visiting the company's website. I searched high and low and couldn't find a streaming video, so it's off to the website we go. Whoopee!
Sticky Buddy official website – ordering page — www.StickyBuddy.com
Personally, the Sticky Buddy website looks like garbage. I don't care for the way that they stacked the "information page" and "ordering page" on top of one another with the giant amount of space separating the two. Throw in the fact that the information section has way too much text divided into two paragraphs, and as a whole the website just does not look appealing.
Did you catch a major grammar error in the "information page" part of the website?
Sticky Buddy official website – grammar error
Apparently either A) somebody forgot to proofread his or her work, or B) said person does not know the difference between the two versions of "your" (a problem plaguing way too many people of all ages these days). Either way it's unprofessional and will only hurt sales in the end.
We've established the fact that the website stinks and needs some improvement. Let's move on to the Sticky Buddy TV commercial.
Sticky Buddy TV commercial — Anthony Sullivan and Mr. Cat present the Sticky Buddy.
Sitting in his chair like James Bond supervillain Ernst Blofeld (a.k.a. Number 1, leader of SPECTRE) and complete with a white cat, Anthony Sullivan is here to tell us about the Sticky Buddy, a washable, reusable lint roller.
Right off the bat, the name Sticky Buddy is a little on the lame side. Actually, it's a lot on the lame side. It just plain stinks. At least its main competitor had a catchy single word for its product name. Sticky Buddy reminds me of a housecat that I know with the nickname (one of many nicknames actually) of Bathroom Buddy. And how did said cat get the nickname of Bathroom Buddy? Let's just say that if you went into the sacred room to "take care of business" (a.k.a. taking a porcelain cruise) and accidentally left open the door, said cat would gladly join you during your moments of stress and relief and jump onto your lap, keeping you company for the duration of your stay.
Getting back on topic, the "sticky" part of the product's name is fine. These people just need to find some way to make the word fancy or find some substitution for "buddy," especially for a product as manly as this one.
Let's hope the TV commercial will have enough decent demonstrations to distract us from the product's lame name and poor website.
Sticky Buddy TV commercial — Cleaning some chest hair.
Up first is an obligatory shot of a lint roller in action with Anthony Sullivan cleaning some chest hair. Specifically, it's some of the CAT's hair. How that much cat hair ended up on his chest is something we probably don't want to know. But as we can see and hear with Sullivan's narration, the Sticky Buddy is in fact sticky and does a rather well job picking up the cat's hair.
Sticky Buddy TV commercial — This is my Sticky Buddy! There are many like it but this one is mine!
As we saw, the Sticky Buddy easily picked up a variety of light debris, demonstrating the stickiness of its surface — just as you would expect from something resembling a glorified lint roller.
Sticky Buddy TV commercial — I will flatten you like a steamroller!
In case the concept of the product was a little bit difficult to grasp, we're shown another example of the Sticky Buddy easily picking up a variety of light debris. Notice how hard Sullivan's finger is pressing against the Sticky Buddy and the depression caused on the surface. It almost looks like he wants to use the tool to flatten the crap, showing it who's the boss.
At a glance this looks okay. But if you really need to press hard to get the most out of the product, then that may be difficult for some people. It also implies that the surface may not be as sticky as originally believed.
Sticky Buddy TV commercial — Look ma! No sticky residue!
It may feel tacky on its surface, but as Anthony Sullivan boldly claims in the commercial, the Sticky Buddy does not leave a sticky residue in its wake. I would imagine that this is probably one of the top concerns with lint roller users.
Maybe not.
I'm guessing that most lint roller users would be concerned about the price first and then various features second.
Sticky Buddy TV commercial — After massaging your finger, the rubber tips can also hold a place in a book and even work dirt and hair out from carpeting.
Like the rubber tips only available on the BIG version only of the main competitor, the regular and small size versions of the Sticky Buddy both feature these rubber fingers. When Sullivan talks about using the rubber fingers in certain areas of carpeting, I wonder if he's implying that people are going to use a product like this to clean an entire staircase or perhaps even an entire room of carpeting. It seems to me that projects of that size are going to take a great deal of work (the intricate cleaning of staircases is no picnic).
I'm not really getting at anything here. I'm sure that having rubber fingers attached to each Sticky Buddy is a very useful and convenient tool to assist you with cleaning areas like carpeting. Assuming somebody does clean a carpeted staircase in this method, I wonder how many times that person will be washing and drying the Sticky Buddy before the job is complete. That could take a while for a normal flight of stairs.
Sticky Buddy TV commercial — Don't blink or you'll miss the most important selling feature.
Oddly enough, just like the TV advertisement for the main competitor, the fact that you can rinse and reuse the Sticky Buddy is nearly omitted from the commercial. Hello, people! Wake up! This is the BEST selling feature of the product and you're only giving it a few seconds of air time?!?
Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.
I honestly don't get it.
The fact that this lint roller is easily washable is a huge selling feature. As long as it doesn't take too long to dry and still stays sticky after washing, then this product hits the jackpot when it comes to reusing it over and over again. The theory that a product like this makes ordinary lint rollers and their refill kits practically obsolete is huge. But these people barely mention this major selling feature. Without washing and reusing, the Sticky Buddy is just another lint roller in a market full of cheap lint rollers.
Sticky Buddy TV commercial — Get . . . that . . . thing . . . off . . . me . . . or . . . I'll . . . scratch . . . you!
As much fun as it may be for you to roll the Sticky Buddy up and down your cat, it just doesn't seem like a good idea. Just because you can do something doesn't always mean that you should. The cat in this scene does not look amused right now. I imagine he'll be cleaning himself like crazy once she's finished "cleaning" him.
Sticky Buddy TV commercial — Flattening the cat with one pass at a time.
And again we see a cat that just doesn't look thrilled with the Sticky Buddy. Perhaps now the cat won't put up a fight when it's time to brush it again with a "normal" brush. At least this particular cat is only dealing with the rubber fingers and not the sticky surface. It still looks pissed.
Sticky Buddy TV commercial — You'll be spending those $5 bills in the vending machine in no time!
Anthony Sullivan wants us to " . . . stop spending money on tape rollers." Okay. So how reusable is this product again? Why should I spend money on the Sticky Buddy when you barely mentioned how it works? Almost all of the examples here were similar to using a regular lint roller. What makes the Sticky Buddy so special that you tell us to stop wasting money with the "other" lint rollers?
Sticky Buddy TV commercial — The BIG promotion!
After being shown the small Sticky Buddy (and being told that the small one alone retails for about $10) we're hit with the core of the sales pitch — the final offer. As Sullivan claimed, the offer includes two large Sticky Buddies (each with a cover) and two small Sticky Buddies — all for $10. Plus shipping & handling. And again.
Adding up all of the numbers, this promotion comes to a grand total of $23.98 ($10 for the product + $6.99 (shipping & handling for first set) + $6.99 (shipping & handling for "free" set)). For those keeping track, this final cost is about ten dollars cheaper than the main competitor mentioned in the previous article.
When it comes to lint rollers, most lint rollers can pick up various hair, dirt, dust and other small debris without any major problems. Purchasing additional refill kits may get old, but that's going to depend on how frequently you need to use a lint roller. It's also been mentioned that washable, reusable lint rollers have already been in the market for some time.
So what makes the Sticky Buddy so special?
Apart from having a lame name and bad website, there isn't a whole lot that separates the Sticky Buddy from its main competitor. The large version of the Sticky Buddy comes with a cover (again something rather useful to know), and both the large and small versions of the lint rollers come with attached rubber fingers to assist getting into those carpeted and other tough areas.
When you compare the differences between products and notice the ten dollar difference in final cost, is the Sticky Buddy really that good of a deal?
That all comes down to you, the average consumer. All I'm going to say is that the TV commercial for the Schticky was much more entertaining than Anthony Sullivan's commercial for the Sticky Buddy.
All of the Sticky Buddy commercial images were screenshots of a TV commercial available on the product's website. For more product information, please visit the company's website, www.StickyBuddy.com.
Sticky Buddy is a registered trademark.
RellimZone.com is not affiliated with Sticky Buddy.


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Staff was extremely courteous and helpful. Room was clean and comfortable. Surrounding area of hotel was invited people to stay and relax. Plan to return next year.Virkelige gjesteanmeldelser
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"I didn't mind the colors"
Prior to booking I read the reviws and there were several people that talked about the "dated" decor. Although the decor was slighlty dated I found everything immaculate. As a designer & home builder... I understand the huge finacial investment of "updating" to accommodate the latest color pallets. This was also the first Adult Hotel (no children allowed) […] that I've stayed in... I loved not having the screaming kids poolside. You're crazy if you don't stay here. By the way this is my first online review. Les merVirkelige gjesteanmeldelser
"Beautiful hotel and master suite"
About the only imperfect part of the experience was the relatively noisy in wall air conditioners. Extremely clean well appointed and fairly flawless. Truly a gorgeous hotel and cared for greatly.Virkelige gjesteanmeldelser
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"casual elegance"
Restful beautiful rooms, lovely grounds, we felt like we were down south. We walked back and forth to downtown for restaurants and shopping and concerts. It was a very relaxing tripa and we plan to return!!Virkelige gjesteanmeldelser
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it was very nice and quiet. Lovely grounds and setting. very peaceful. Was able to relax and not feel rushed or too busy.Virkelige gjesteanmeldelser
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"Comfort and kindness"
This hotel was a blast from the past! It has old key cards with the holes in them and older elegant decor. It was well maintained and the in room whirlpool was large and powerful! We went off season and the rooms were priced well for what you got! We had the pool ands sauna to ourselves and they stay open until 11pm which was awesome. Kind friendly […] service at the desk made us feel welcome right away! I would recommend this hotel for anyone looking for a getaway from the hustle and bustle. Free wifi but no phone signal in our room (this was a plus for me no work phone calls!) stay here and eat donuts in the morning time! Fitness and pool open early at 6am! Les merVirkelige gjesteanmeldelser
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Nice place except when we went to use the jacuzzi tub there was a huge clump of hair in the water intake...and not hair from you head!. We noted that on the customer comment card. We weren't expecting to be reimbursed in any way but we were hoping for an acknowledgment of our note. That is why I waited 2 months to write this comment. Obviously they […] either don't read their comment cards or really don't care as long as the money continues to come in.. Jim H. Dubuque, Ia. Les merVirkelige gjesteanmeldelser
"Love the Ashbrooke"
The hospitality of was perfect and delicious muffins were provided every morning. I am concerned about this awesome hotel because it is in definite need of update. Otherwise it is perfect.Virkelige gjesteanmeldelser
"The Ashbrooke in Egg Harbor, WI"
My husband and I spent Labor Day weekend at the Ashbrooke and were delighted with everything the hotel offered. The grounds were beautiful, the management was pleasant, and the room was clean and comfortable.Virkelige gjesteanmeldelser
"Great Anniversary Getaway!!"
The service at the front desk was helpfull and friendly. My wife and I were very impressed with the grounds and upkeep of the building ( very clean). We are used to staying at chain hotels when traveling with our kids, so the elegance of the grounds and cleanliness of our suite was noticed and well appreciated. The pool area was nice and the pool was […] clean. The exercise room was the only disappointment about the Ashbrooke, the room was big enough but the equipment was very outdated. Our grande suite had a nice 2 person whirlpool tub, a two sided fireplace and flat screen tv, very nice. We look forward to another weekend away in Door County and a wonderful stay at The Ashbrooke. Les merVirkelige gjesteanmeldelser
"Door County's Best Property in Egg Harbor"
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