21/100 Once Upon a Time (TV Review)

Once Upon a Time(2011-2012)
Adaptation of classic fairy tales
ABC

Summary:
Fairy tale characters are stranded in the town of Story Brook by the evil queen. Can Emma Swan save them?

I am writing this review as I sit here watching my DVR of the season finale. This is an amazing episode - action packed, culmination, tense, on the edge of my seat. I have been faithfully following this series each week and really enjoying how they unveil their adaptation and interpretation of the classic fairy tales. There is even one Alice in Wonderland character in a cross-over sort of thing. Lots of license taken in this show as it pushes the boundaries of fantasy and story telling. Each episode builds the story so you really have to watch from the first to understand it. Start from the beginning and watch it unfold. It is like reading a very well written story...with themes and story lines that intersect.

Really good television. Like, the best!

TV show web page:
http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/once-upon-a-time

Overall rating:
Excellent television and truly interesting adaptation of classic fairy tales

Recommend:
Highly!

Warnings:
None. Very dramatic if that gets you going.

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22/100 Cream (restaurant review)

Cream (Ice Cream Sandwiches)
Berkeley, CA (near UC campus)
Restaurant review

Basic info:
Hand made ice cream sandwiches - you pick the ice cream and the cookies and they make you a fresh made sandwich right there. Cookies are 65cents, Sandwiches are 2.00.

Oh the smell of cookies baking. You walk into this place and that is what you smell. They are always baking the cookies, have them cooling on their rack. This is the place to go for ice cream sandwiches. It is the full customizable ice cream sandwich. They have many cookie flavors and lots of ice cream flavors, you tell them what you want and they assemble your ice cream sandwich. You better eat it fast because the cookies are still hot and will melt the ice cream. I am serious. So good.

Today I had the macadamia nut and white chocolate cookies with french vanilla ice cream. I split this with a friend from work and it was perfect.

Sometimes I go in there and just buy a fresh baked cookie. Hot and delicious.

This is a great place and the prices are cheap! A great deal!

Website:
http://www.creamnation.com/


Over all rating:
Delicious and yummity!

Recommend:
Always!

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23/100 Fashion Police (television review)

Fashion Police
E!

Summary:
Analysis of Hollywood and fashion trends.

This show is my guilty pleasure and it totally relies on the wit and comedy of Joan Rivers. On this show they rip apart the media appearances of Hollywood celebrities and I mainly watch this to hear what Joan Rivers is going to say. She is cutting, intelligent and downright funny. I laugh my way through this show. And honestly, she really does have a good sense of fashion. This show works because Joan Rivers is amazing, quick as lightning and totally sarcastic. Yes, this is my guilty pleasure. They cover all the awards show and analyze those outfit by outfit. That is totally fun to watch.

Repeating segments are - "Bitch Stole My Look", "Street Walker or Celebrity", ADsanity, "Guess Me From Behind" and other very funny things. They really do make it upbeat and fun.

Guest celebrities make appearances and other regulars are - Guiliana Rancic, George Kotsiopoulos, and Kelly Osbourne (Ozzie Osbourne's daughter, not really sure what she knows about fashion).

TV show web page:
http://www.eonline.com/news/fashion

Overall rating:
Satisfies voyeuristic tendencies

Recommend:
Sure, if you like this sort of thing.

Warnings:
Dishy and about fashion. Humor.

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