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203 W Ctr St Promenade
Anaheim, CA 92805
(714) 808-0974

Home Economics  

Categories: Kitchen & Bath, Home Decor

5.0 star rating
4/4/2012 First to Review
Cool little eco-friendly home living store.  Great if you're looking for a thoughtful gift or picking out something unique for yourself.  Great location along Anaheim's up and coming Center Street Promenade.

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23052 Lake Forest Dr
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
(949) 470-0014

Orange County Mattress  

Category: Mattresses

5.0 star rating
4/2/2012
Dieter was polished, very well informed, genuine and quick.  No BS and felt like we were working together to find the best bed for my girlfriend and I.  Other sales people we met at competing stores got all high and mighty with their fancy mattress knowledge.  I can only endure so much worthless mattress jargon from people who don't know what they're talking about.

Dieter did an excellent job really listening to what we were saying and clearly understood what would work best for us.  He earned our trust very quickly.

I was stoked to see that OC Mattress has developed their own line of organic cotton mattress and that they have a strong interest in the recyclability of a used mattress.  I like being able to buy products like mattresses that do not contain toxic materials.  Who wants to sleep on something that's decreasing your health, right?  Also love that the people who made the mattress we purchased were not being poisoned when they constructed it.   We ended up getting a higher end mattress, but it was impressive to see a mattress with organic cotton for less than $1000.

We picked up a Oeko Tek Certified mattress by Aireloom.  Made with bamboo fabrics, sustainable forest lumber and is 100% recyclable.  The mattress was even built locally in Rancho Cucamonga.   Very happy customers!

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75 Yerba Buena Ln
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 243-0299

Tropisueño  

Category: Mexican
Neighborhood: SOMA

3.0 star rating
3/14/2012 1 Check-in Here
Food was good, but the cafeteria style service was ridiculous.  Why this place is not using waiters to sell more food, drinks and improve customer satisfaction is beyond me.  Very strange set-up and was uncomfortable enough for me that I wouldn't go back.

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1441 Avocado Ave
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 644-7104

Bikhazi Henry B, MD  

Category: Ear Nose & Throat

1.0 star rating
3/14/2012
Confrontational, inconsiderate and dated.

Seemed like his Doctoring skills stop with prescribing big pharma products quickly.  Like the previous yelper, I try and stay away from taking something potentially harmful that I may not need without fully understanding what's causing the problem and eliminated alternative solutions.

I made an appointment to have my ears checked out.  Staff was ok, but they did seem like they were on edge.  Probably from the Doctor's personality.

While in the patient room, my door was open as was all of the other patient rooms.  For about 15 minutes I heard Dr. Henry Bikhazi belittle a very frustrated patient.  I got to hear about the patient's poor financial situation, lack of insurance and what's wrong with her.  Privacy anyone...?  Doctor was rude, short and belittled the patient with "sweetheart" comments and a condescending tone of voice.

When he got to me my door was also left open.  First impression was a grumpy, old man who's tired of people not following his exact words as law.  Sorry, but your beat-up old maroon fleece vest with dog hair all over it isn't exactly a pillar of confidence for your patients.  Whenever I detailed what I was in for or questioned using prescriptions he quickly moved into some sort of power trip.  I asked something like, "this doesn't sound like a healthy product".  "What is healthy?", he responded in a condescending tone of voice.  Yeah, let's have a philosophical debate over what healthy means instead of just talking through this together.  He got frustrated when I'd question his advice or product recommendations and just rudely moved on without reaching a solution.  He wanted to quickly look at my ears and nose, tell me everything that's wrong with me and prescribe a bunch of crap that I doubt will help fix anything.  Sounds like I was going back and forth with him for a while, but I was with the Doc for no more than 15 mins.

He's from a different time and needs to retire.  No longer serves the healthcare community adequately for my standards.

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16161 Brookhurst St
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
(714) 531-2030

Xanh Bistro  

Category: Vietnamese

4.0 star rating
3/11/2012 1 Check-in Here
Food and service was great.  Was pleased with some of the fun new flavors and takes some what seemed like more traditional dishes.  Evolved, it has.  If you like tea, I highly recommend their lemongrass tea.  Highly addicting.

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2 New Montgomery St
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 512-1111

Palace Hotel  

Categories: Hotels, American (New)

3.0 star rating
3/11/2012 1 Check-in Here
I really wanted to like this hotel more, but it just wasn't meant to be.  Location is excellent, much of the decor and architectural elements are easy to appreciate, but overall it was a let down.  The Sunday brunch was rough.  $28 bought you a seat in a beautiful room, but very sub-pair food to nipple on.  Felt like the hotel could make some changes that would maintain the hotels historical significance and improve my experience.

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270 Bleecker St
New York, NY 10014
(212) 924-6664

Risotteria  

Categories: Italian, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian
Neighborhood: West Village

5.0 star rating
3/11/2012 1 Check-in Here
Incredible hole in the wall with so much character.  Food and service was excellent.  My favorite NY restaurant so far.  Wine, pasta and dessert all left me wanting more.  Plenty of gluton free choices too.

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191 Sutter St
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 264-8824

San Francisco Architecture Walking Tour  

Category: Tours
Neighborhood: Financial District

5.0 star rating
3/11/2012 1 Check-in Here
Walking tours are my favorite thing to do in a new town and it was an even greater treat to go on one with an architectural historian.  I hope Rick is able to add on to his tours and expand where they take place.  In a City like San Francisco there's just sooo much to see.

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300 Valley St
Sausalito, CA 94965
(415) 339-8930

Aurora Ristorante  

Categories: Italian, Pizza

4.0 star rating
3/11/2012 1 Check-in Here
Delicious with excellent service!  Bicycled across the bridge and stopped here before checking out Sausalito.  There's one other highly rated Italian restaurant down in Sausalito, but Aurora was the only one with gulton free pasta available.  Recommendations from our waiter were excellent.  Food was great.  Could only have been better if it had a view.

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2106 S Union Ave
Alliance, OH 44601
(330) 680-8025

Bliss Restaurant & Catering  

Categories: Caterers, Italian, Modern European

5.0 star rating
1/20/2012 First to Review
Really fun new restaurant with gluten free options including cluten free pasta.  There was only one dish that's escaping me that they were not able to do gluten free.  All food was delicious with good sized portions.  The place isn't huge so if you have a big party, I suggest calling in reservations and they're ONLY OPEN Tuesday to Friday from 5-9pm.  Probably because they're busy catering during the weekend...?  The place is small and only seats about 15-20 happy diners.  Nice place for a romantic date or to celebrate something special. Show owner comment »

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