Fully Booked

REVIEWED BY: Ann Currie

MY RECOMMENDATION: YES

AMAZON SUBSCRIPTION PAGE: Fully Booked

WEB ADDRESS: www.fullybooked.biz

BLOG'S DESCRIPTION: Events with an edge! In New York. Parties, press events, launches, shopping events and more! Trends in the party scene. And lifestyle tips. For those who are not invited. Get invited for free!

MY REVIEW: Bored in New York? No idea what to do? Where to go. . . here's your answer. This blog gives a daily post with a description of the event, the location, the time, and any other relevant information, often including a picture. Frequently web sites are listed and, although you cannot access them from the Kindle, you do have them for later reference. The events are interesting and run the gamut from the Fancy Food Show, a book signing at Williams Sonoma, Food & Wine from North Carolina, gallery openings, and happenings at Whole Foods just to name a few.

RECENT ARTICLES:

• Wedding Salon and Dylans Candy Bar
• Pistachio Hot Chocolate
• Back Stage at New York's Fashion Week - Designer's Andy and Deb
• Beard on Books

Lifestyles : Miami

REVIEWED BY: Ms. Cairo

MYRECOMMENDATION: YES

AMAZON SUBSCRIPTION PAGE: Lifestyles : Miami

WEB ADDRESS: lifestylesmiami.blogspot.com

BLOG DESCRIPTION: Have you ever wondered how people in Miami have so much money and live such extravagant lifestyles, while the rest of the country struggles?

Miami, for many reasons, doesn't seem to get hit as hard during the recessions The United States periodically endures. Want to know why?

The Real Estate Market is stronger, Jobs are plentiful, and Money seems to flow like rivers in this beautiful and cultural city... Want to know why?

There is no "1" reason. But we know the secrets.

There is lots of information on Real Estate, Educational Institutes, Lifestyles of The Wealthy, Culture, History, Landmarks, Notable People, Parks and Recreation and How You Can Afford to live like the wealthy even on a modest income.

Lifetsyles : Miami walks you through the lifestyles of the many wealthy and super-wealthy people who live in Miami and explains how this flourishing city remains one of the most desirable places to live, despite it's sordid history.


OUR REVIEW: Another blog written by people who actually live and work in the city about which they are writing, I also recommend this blog highly for anyone who wants to visit Miami in the future or who is thinking of living there. You get a real sense of the city and the people from these well written and informative blog entries, not to mention learn a lot of history!

RECENT ARTICLES:

• Miami Entrepreneurs: William D. Pawley (1896 -1977) an article on the man who helped bring Claire Chennault’s Flying Tigers into being, among other things!
• WMPD Community Service – an article on West Miami Police Department Community activities, (Bike Safety annual training) with lots of photos
• Miami’s Top Restaurant – the Palm
• Miami’s Top Real Estate Agent – Audrey Ross of Esslinger Wooten Maxwell, Inc, Realtors
• The 2010 Real Estate Market

Hawaii Vacation Blog

REVIEWED BY: Ms. Cairo

MY RECOMMENDATION: YES

AMAZON SUBSCRIPTION PAGE: Hawaii Vacation Blog

WEB ADDRESS: www.blogcatalog.com/blog/explore-hawaii

BLOG DESCRIPTION: An adventure blog to guide you to all the hotspots on the islands of Hawaii. Hop onboard and follow the tracks of the Trailblazer Travel Book authors.

OUR REVIEW: Ah, how I’d love to be in Hawaii right now. It’s not in the cards however, so the Hawaii Vacation Blog is a nice substitute. It’s written by people who actually live in and have traveled throughout all the Hawaiian islands. (Just as a point of interest, the Big Island of Hawaii is not actually the one people think about when they think of Hawaii, that’d be Oahu, on which is located Honolulu. Just in case you don't know that!)

RECENT ARTICLES:

• Staying on Oahu
• Guide Me (uninformative title for an entry about the Big Island
• The Once and Present Place to Be – Mauna Lani Resort
• Lyon Arboretum – it’s grrreeat!
• Some enchanted evening article on the Fairmont Orchid Hotel

My Life A Bit South of Normal

REVIEWED BY: Ms. Cairo


MY RECOMMENDATION: YES

AMAZON SUBSCRIPTION PAGE: My Life a Bit SOuth of Normal

WEB ADDRESS: www.abitsouthofnormal.com

BLOG DESCRIPTION: Every once in awhile I stop and ask myself, "I don't think everyone lives this way." In fact, "I don't think anyone else lives this way." I have an ordinary existence with an insane extraordinary cast of characters. When I think about it, I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. Yes, folks it's all true, and it could only happen in the south.

MY REVIEW: The author of the blog, who updates it every couple of days, is a 50-year old southerner who lives in the Deep South. I believe this means, South Carolina. (I’m from Minnesota, for all that I currently live in Virginia.) Most regions of the US (or indeed, of any country) have different traditions, menus and so on, as does every generation. (I’ve read about collards in books, for example, but I’ve never felt the need to dine on them. Sufficient to know that in the Deep South they are still a traditional dish!)

If you’re interested in people, you’ll enjoy these entertaining and amusing, and culturally-instructive anecdotes.

RECENT ARTICLES:

• The Dollar Store
• I Don't Fry Chicken
• Pet Names
• Pass the green beans and the pot, please.
• Starving Children in China