June Check In
Howdy all ... over the next few weeks you are going to see some changes on Jasmine's Gallery. I am in the process of tweaking the site, and hope to have some new content online for you soon. You may have noticed that the main page has already changed. Please let me know if you like it, or especially if there is something I am doing you don't like. I aim to please. Last time I mentioned that I would be writing the odd review here ... this time, I have two new reviews, and I hope you enjoy them!
Review: Disney Pixar's Cars
I'm not a movie junkie. I hate the whole "theatre experience". But recently some friends asked me to join them to watch Disney/Pixar's Cars. I decided to go mainly because I was intrigued by the casting. Any animated feature with Larry the Cable Guy as a redneck tow truck, George Carlin as a hippy-dippy VW van and Paul Neuman as an aging race car would have to be funny, even if the whole idea of car racing was a mystery to me (the mystery being why people would pay so much money to watch roaring billboard, but I digress).
Cars is an all-round great family adventure movie, with something for everyone. A great message, lots of action, and delightful characters that will really get under your skin. It's so good to be able to take the whole family for a movie that makes a positive statement about friendship and sportsmanship.
At the end of "Cars" I noticed a touching tribute to Joe Ranft. When I was telling my friends that they have to go to this movie, I learned that Joe was a friend of my good friend and mentor, Ross Quinn. Read his tribute here.
Review: The Thane FlavorWave
This little toy came to my awareness when I went to visit some friends recently. It was witting quietly in a corner of their kitchen. I'd been using an indoor grill and was tired of the smoke and cleaning hassles. So when my friends explained that this lovely little toy cooked from the top down using halogen lights, I was intrigued.
I ordered my FlavorWave as soon as I got home. When it arrived I ripped apart the packaging and threw in the first available piece of meat I could get my hands on, a cheap cut of roast. I put it in one of those oven-ready plastic bags, tossed in a few potatoes and veggies, and cooked it for a mere 45 minutes ... and it came out beautifully.
I have cooked salmon, steak, and hamburgers in my FlavorWave and I love it. The clean up is so easy ... in the case of my roast, virtually no washing. There is never any smoke. Meat cooks almost twice as fast as other methods. And all the fat from steaks, hamburgers, even bacon, drips off the grill into the glass bottom, and stays out of my diet.
News on the Gallery: I have added a couple new designs in the Slogans/Messages section, and there will soon be a section of content for Adults Only. I have included a Listing by Product section, and there is now a "CoupleWear" section of products designed for two!
Review: Disney Pixar's Cars
I'm not a movie junkie. I hate the whole "theatre experience". But recently some friends asked me to join them to watch Disney/Pixar's Cars. I decided to go mainly because I was intrigued by the casting. Any animated feature with Larry the Cable Guy as a redneck tow truck, George Carlin as a hippy-dippy VW van and Paul Neuman as an aging race car would have to be funny, even if the whole idea of car racing was a mystery to me (the mystery being why people would pay so much money to watch roaring billboard, but I digress).
Cars is an all-round great family adventure movie, with something for everyone. A great message, lots of action, and delightful characters that will really get under your skin. It's so good to be able to take the whole family for a movie that makes a positive statement about friendship and sportsmanship.
At the end of "Cars" I noticed a touching tribute to Joe Ranft. When I was telling my friends that they have to go to this movie, I learned that Joe was a friend of my good friend and mentor, Ross Quinn. Read his tribute here.
Review: The Thane FlavorWave
This little toy came to my awareness when I went to visit some friends recently. It was witting quietly in a corner of their kitchen. I'd been using an indoor grill and was tired of the smoke and cleaning hassles. So when my friends explained that this lovely little toy cooked from the top down using halogen lights, I was intrigued.
I ordered my FlavorWave as soon as I got home. When it arrived I ripped apart the packaging and threw in the first available piece of meat I could get my hands on, a cheap cut of roast. I put it in one of those oven-ready plastic bags, tossed in a few potatoes and veggies, and cooked it for a mere 45 minutes ... and it came out beautifully.
I have cooked salmon, steak, and hamburgers in my FlavorWave and I love it. The clean up is so easy ... in the case of my roast, virtually no washing. There is never any smoke. Meat cooks almost twice as fast as other methods. And all the fat from steaks, hamburgers, even bacon, drips off the grill into the glass bottom, and stays out of my diet.
News on the Gallery: I have added a couple new designs in the Slogans/Messages section, and there will soon be a section of content for Adults Only. I have included a Listing by Product section, and there is now a "CoupleWear" section of products designed for two!
posted by Brandi Jasmine at
10:20 PM
