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Life of Pi by Yann Martel
I'm not going to review the book as I'm still not sure what I thought about it.

But did anyone else find it funny when: in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, that huge blue mass of water that goes on for miles and miles, and Pi is floating on that mass of water, just a speck, and he's blind and he bumps into another lifeboat with a blind solitary survivor?

What are the odds?

posted by reviewer @ 1:40 PM 0 Comments

Anger Management
This is a bad movie. Jack Nicholson is bad, and Adam Sandlar is boring. Worse than that, it is just a terrible juniour high school movie.

I felt no sympathy for the gentle Dave Buznik (Adam Sandlar), who ends up in intensive anger management therapy as prescribed by the courts for the third time. Dave goes through the stages of anger management as prescribed by Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson). Each scene and therapy session seem totally unconnected making the whole movie unbelievable and childish. When Dave finally got a backbone, I was just willing these two characters to knock each other unconcious with their anger and their ridiculousness. The catch can all be learned at a Yankee's baseball game.

I've wasted enough time getting through this movie and writing all of a half dozen lines for this review. Don't make the same mistake as I did; skip this one and stare at your wall for two hours. I promise it will be much more entertaining.

posted by reviewer @ 11:26 PM 0 Comments

Planning a wedding in Kamloops?This is a little off the topic, but I do have a few recommendations for people planning a wedding in Kamloops,BC. I used many vendors to help me prepare for my wedding day. Three in particular stood out and still do stand out for me. The first is our florist - Paula at Flowers by Valleyview along the TransCanada Highway out in Valleyview. Paula not only provided the flowers, but also did the set up and clean up on the wedding day of both St. Andrews on the Square and the reception hall at the Coast Canadian Inn. Nothing was too difficult for her. While other decorators wanted to nickle and dime us to death, Paula just gave us one price that included flowers, set up, clean up and all the extras (what others consider rentals) to decorate the tables and the rooms. We spent for all of this what I had expected to spend on flowers alone. Besides that, her flowers were beautifully set and fresh. The second vendor is Lenny Olsen. He was the dj for two of our parties. He was professional and able to work with a variety of musics and requests. At one point, it seemed his equipment was about to blow out; yet, he handled this little problem quickly and with ease. He was really able to add a lot to each of our parties. The third vendor I want to mention is the Coast Canadian Inn located on St. Paul Street in downtown Kamloops. They served up an excellent buffet dinner. Our dj who also cooks at the Coast Canadian Inn made up a great lasagne. Everyone told me they had had seconds and thirds and the dessert tray was wiped out before I even got to it. Not one complaint was heard about the meal. The drink prices at the bar were also very reasonable. I'm not much of a drinker myself but I don't think any drink was more than $4.00. Their reception room is very well kept. There is no worry about flatware, dishes or table linens...everything is provided...(unlike some halls where you have to rent everything right down to spoons to stir the coffee). The cost per head was very reasonable, especially since we held the reception on a Sunday. All three of these vendors went above and beyond what I expected. Much thanks to them and my sincere recommendation for their future use.

posted by reviewer @ 10:26 PM 0 Comments

Milestones
Kamloops, BC
The decor of this restaurant is really one of the nicest of any restaurant in Kamloops. Its modern interior allows for seating in booths, at the bar or in pub style seating. The service is generally efficient and friendly although I find some of the female servers a little on the severe side. My husband loves this restaurant while I only like certain things on the menu. One of them being the smoked turkey club sandwich. It comes with all of the club sandwich usuals. But what makes this sandwich different is that it comes on cranberry sourdough bread. I only wish that they would go much lighter on the mustard mayonnaise. Of course there is a choice of soup, salad or fries. Cold fries at Milestones are better than hot fries served at many of the restaurants around town. Believe me this is a compliment from the one who thinks that the only reason to eat french fries is for the ketchup. This sandwich is $8.99 and served only on the lunch menu. It really is a good reason to stop for lunch at Milestones.

posted by reviewer @ 1:36 PM 0 Comments