My mom said she read a local restaurant review and it did horrible. Ive been there and I like it and that review means nothing to me. Also I would give a new restaurant a chance too even if the review was bad. How about you?
This kinda goes along with this question but do advertisements for products you already know exist (like pepsi for example) make you buy the product anymore?

i can’t read.

What was it like?

yeah I had to go to one for some theatre history appreciation class for general education. It was really homo (no offense to anyone)

What is required when you write a restaurant review? I am starting to cover local restaurants for the school newspaper, but have no idea what I should include in the article. I figure address, hours, price range, but is there anything else I should know? Thanks!

Write about the entire experience. Start with where you dined, when, decor, price range, type of of food, how the service was, how the food was and if you felt it was a good value, if you would recommendthe establishment, is it more for couples, families, singles do they have a bar, how the atmosphere is, is there music, things that make the experience positive and hopefully not negative. Be sure if you do encounter negative things to give the management a chance to resolve and be sure to include the resolution.

I want to get started exercising. I love walking and hiking, but only when the weather cooperates. I also have a 1 1/2 year old, which rules out biking. I HATE jogging, and I prefer when the exercise has another point to it besides the actual exercising (like entertaining my daughter, or getting somewhere). Does anyone have any advise or tips on finding good kinds of exercise?

Well you could always go to these new exercise classes that a lot of gyms are offering where you bring your child with you and you work out and do some fun little things with your baby. http://glycocarn.com/ may also have some really great tips for working out with your child.

I’m visiting Paris in June and I’m interested in eating in the Eiffel Tower Restaurant in the evening. Has anyone been there? Is it good? worth the money? Any recommendations? What are the prices for drinks like?

And any other useful tips for Paris would be good.

There are reviews for the restaurant here: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187147-d719141-Reviews-Le_Jules_Verne-Paris_Ile_de_France.html I haven’t eaten there myself when I’ve been in Paris because there are so many other excellent choices.

I am a new vegetarian. By new I mean, I have only been vegetarian for 2 months.

I have a cousin who is coming over for a visit. She will be staying with me for 10 days. Thing is, she absolutely refuses to eat any vegetables, she have always been like this since we were kids so it is nothing new.

The thing is I do not know what to cook/serve/make so that we both would enjoy it. The vegetables that she does eat are cucumbers, potatoes and mushroom. That’s it. I really at my wit’s end. I’m still figuring out this vegetarian thing and she’s making it very complicated.

Any help/tips/suggestions from veteran vegetarians?
Added details:

We’re both are students. I am currently studying abroad in Australia so she is here for a visit seeing that she never been to Australia. So eating out or ordering pizza everyday is not really an option cause you know….

Students = dirt-broke-most-of-the-time

If you are being nice enough to take her in then she can eat what you offer or she can go pick up what she wants to eat on her own. It’s your home, don’t feel obliged to change the way you do things for anyone else.

That said, if you do decide to cook almost anyone will eat pasta with red sauce. Cook veggies in a second pan to add to yours and let her have it the boring way. It’s cheap, easy, and feeds both of you.

When dining out, are you frequently guilty of the "verbal tip"…meaning you received good service, were given everything you needed, told the server they gave you good service and thanked them, and still tipped ten percent?

If so, can you tell me the reason behind this? Servers are taught in training that if they give good service, they will receive the standard 18-20%, and if they give bad service they will receive 10% or less. So during the times in which the server did a good job, knows he/she did a good job, and the customer has nothing bad to say against the service, what is then the reason for the 10% or less?

Thanks for the help in advance
I think the problem is this statement: "Servers are taught in training that if they give good service, they will receive the standard 18-20%"

There is no law or anything else besides custom, to make people tip. Tipping is voluntary, nothing forces people to do it.

The economy is bad, so people may be tipping less because they have less money to spend. People from different areas of the country tip more or less, depending on what the custom is in their area. Tipping in the U.S. and Canada is not the norm in other countries - in some countries, 10% is considered a very good tip and in yet other areas - tipping is not expected or even looked down upon.

So to "teach" a server that they will get a certain percentage from every customer is just building false hopes.

However, in the long run (over all your customers) you will find that is what the average is going to end up being - 18% or so, depending on where you are at and what kind of service you give and what kind of place you work at.

I use Yahoo Local and Yelp. Are there better options?

all these are pretty good options.

urbanspoon
citysearch
zagat

for my english class i need to make a newspaper article and i was going to do a restaurant review. I was wondering if anyone knows a good way to start one. I am doing a restaurant called the Standard Grill (downtown NYC), if anyone knows what it is. Thanks!

Start reading some of the millions of restaurant reviews that already exist, and develop your style from example.

I study in a college where i should not talk to girls,not allowed cell phones,not allowed to bunk classes…..Ts really boring for me to sit and take notes during the class hours….can u suggest some ideas or tips?

No jokes please….

Instead of merely sitting and taking notes passively, why not sit up and challenge the lecturer with some questions that will liven up the class for you as well as for the others?

Get involved with the topic! Read up a bit on your own! [Ask the lecturer the topic in advance: that should keep him/her also on her toes!]

Your present college activities (Talking to girls, using cell phones, bunking classes) are all the boring, well-worn things that have already been explored by thousands of other students before you.
Be innovative: do something which will not only shake up the class but also benefit you in the long run.

Depending on the subject [History-- make some notes from Google, download charts/ pictures and surprise the class. If the subject is Engineering, check out www.howstuffworks.com, and see graphical pictures of a Radar, Sonar, or the working of a car's carburettor.] Shock your teacher out of his wits!
You will become the best student + be most interesting to the girls! How about that??

Finally, to make classes "entertaining", don a joker’s hat and start cracking jokes! You will surely entertain!