Hit and Miss at the Arlington

Advantages: City centre location
Disadvantages: Expensive, noisy at night times.

...The Arlington Hotel is situated in the heart of Dublin, just off O?Connell Street, and across the river from the Temple Bar area of the city. The entrance hall and adjoining Knightsbridge Bar are decorated like something out of a medieval movie, complete with a faux set of armour. While the entrance and reception are always well lit, the bar is quite dark even during the day. According to the hotel?s website, it boasts 131 rooms, ranging from double rooms to twin and even triplet rooms. On my last visit, we stayed in a twin room. It was lovely and spacious, and there was a TV, en suite bathroom and a kettle (complete with tea and coffee). We had a good view across the River Liffy. At first, we thought this was fantastic - until, of course, night descended. The wind roared the whole night, traffic rattled by, and we could hear...

dr_nightshade 21.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Arlington Hotel, Dublin

Arlington Hotel in Dublin

Advantages: In the centre of Dublin
Disadvantages: Rooms in need of being redecorated

...The Arlington hotel is in the centre of Dublin nest to the river Liffey. I went with my husband and 7 other friends- which ended up with us requiring 3 double rooms 1 twin room and one single- we booked online and took up their offer of the winter madness (this meant by going Monday to Wednesday we would have free breakfast both mornings and one free evening meal for ?99 per person per night) this was available for us all except for the one who booked a single room and had to pay for his meal. Booking for this many people online we were a bit worried that there would be a lot of problems (it's not the same talking to someone on the phone) and when we arrived sure enough only 2 double rooms had been booked but the hotel reception staff were very efficient in getting us another room that would be ready the same time as the others. Then...

glitter-fairy 08.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Arlington Hotel, Dublin

Arlington Road

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..."Arlington Road" is this year's "Breakdown." It's filled to the rim with hard core, high octane tension and suspense-so much that it is almost hard to catch your breath throughout the movie's running period. Fueled with first rate performances and a script that is understandable and clear, this may be one of the best thrillers. The movie starts off with a boy, named Brady Lang, who stumbles down Arlington Rd. with blood dripping from his body. Jeff Bridges, who plays Michael Faraday, a single professor who teachers a course on terrorism at a local university, observes this terrified and injured child from inside his car as he drives by. After realizing the nature of his wounds, he dashes out of his car to help. Michael rushes Brady to the nearest hospital, in result he saves his life and meets some people whom he will soon wish he...

ros145 15.07.2000 · Read review
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A review of the Arlington hotel in Ilfracombe

Advantages: none, apart from politeness of the staff
Disadvantages: I cannot really comment on specific criteria as I have not stayed there

...Arlington Hotel, Ilfracombe Devon. I am afraid I have had quite a poor experience dealing with this hotel. Booked a room with a sea view months in advance with an online booking agent. Received confirmation and map through the post pretty quickly from the hotel. On day of arrival found that hotel car park was full and could only see double yellow lines on narrow adjacent roads, there was no sign on the first car park to indicate that the hotel had an overflow car park which was also almost full except for two spaces with tight access (had to go into hotel reception to be told about the second car park). Parked the car and went to book in, only to find out that they had made an error, had been put in a room with no sea view. The receptionist was polite and said the hotel would allow our dog to stay for free, but obviously...

llbcollins 20.08.2008 (04.09.2008) · Read review
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* The Bunny House *

Advantages: Funny , Plot
Disadvantages: May Send Out Wrong Message To Young Girls!

...Recently I have been swapping DVDs with my friend ; I've been borrowing her 'up-to-date' movies and she's been watching my 'rom-coms'. One of the DVDs which I borrowed from my friend was a film called ' The House Bunny'. The House Bunny is an American romantic comedy film released in the United Kingdom on 10th October 2008. This film stars Anna Faris , (who's previous films include , Just Friends and My Super Ex Girlfriend). Running time of the movie is ninety seven minutes (seven minutes over one hour and a half). Shelley (Faris) is a playboy playmate living a luxury life in the playboy mansion. Soon after her twenty seventh birthday , she is told that she is now too old to be a playboy bunny and so it 'thrown out' of the playboy house. Feeling upset and lonely , she tries hard to fit in with other girl groups , although soon...

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house rules

Advantages: great
Disadvantages: have to wait for next seriwes

...House is a fantastic series and I missed the first one but got in to watching this in the second series, so I rushed out to buy the first series box set and I could not stop watching it, it is so addictive. If you love medical dramas then this is one for you as it's not all your normal diagnosis, each episode goes through a new medical dilemma they have to try and solve and they are not your usual colds and virus's. House is a medical programme with a diagnosis to be made, so each episode has you playing doctor trying to figure what has caused the patient's medical condition. House is an American drama and is about Dr Gregory House played by Hugh Laurie he is a fantastic doctor, unfortunately he does not seem to have the patience for patients, and Dr House is a Doctor who says what he wants and does what he wants regardless of other...

jo_field26 27.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of House

A Wooden Album by Crowded House?

Advantages: 'Woodface' includes some of the most sublime love songs ever written
Disadvantages: It's all a bit much and much the same; the tracks that do dare to be different, don't fit

...Although I will always consider Crowded House to be one of my ?Dad?s bands? I have to say that I?ve developed strong feelings for many of the groups songs over the years. Teenagers are funny like that; we?ll go off on our own tour of music, claiming that Eminem and Dr. Dre are ?da bomb? before realising it was The Beatles and folky bands like Fleetwood Mac and Crowded House that vied for our earphones all along. On a couple of occasions, my Dad has bundled my Brother and I ? along with my Mum ? into the car and driven about two hours away to Nottingham in a vague attempt to educate us in terms of music. By doing so, he was making us watch the Finn Brothers, a song writing duo that have had a fairly rocky past. Neil Finn ? the lead singer and metaphorical leader of Crowded House ? and Tim Finn were once in a band called Split Enz who...

MizzMolko 23.10.2009 · Read review
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Avoid Arlington

Advantages: Solid thriller with good performances
Disadvantages: Average transfer to dvd, awful disc

...Arlington Road is not a bad movie. Honestly there is a lot worse out there. But there are also many other movies which outperform this one. But then that is just my opnion. Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins both put in good performances as neighbours in the same street. The plot is somewhat original - teasers and promotional material asking the punter if they really know their neighbour. Several twists and turns do keep the viewer guessing - but to the brutally honest I wasn't that involved in the film to worry too much about whether or not I had realised what was going to happen. A little bit run of the mill all round I feel. The picture quality is not bad, although a grainy feel to some of the darker sequences, for example when the two couples have dinner together, it is distinctly noticeable. Cheaper dvd players will not have...

petrasol 02.04.2001 · Read review
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Oakleigh Guest House

Advantages: A warming, pleasant atmosphere with spotless rooms and good service
Disadvantages: Decor not particularly modern

...I currently live in Stourport on Severn in the heart of Worcestershire and recently had some distant relatives come to visit for the weekend and we needed somewhere for them to stay as our house just wasn?t big enough to accommodate the whole family. In the end we decided to book a couple of rooms at the Oakleigh Guest House as I had heard good reviews on the place from friends. ~Location~ Oakleigh Guest House is situated right in the heart of Stourport on Severn town centre so is in a perfect location to access all the local amenities. However it is situated far enough away from the main High Street so that you don?t get the noise from the pubs on a Friday and Saturday Night. The guest house is situated on York Street in Stourport on Severn and is situated right next to the canal lock and overlooks the basin and river which...

bexx0907 24.11.2009 · Read review
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The Dead House: Suspenseful.

Advantages: Good storyline, believable characters.
Disadvantages: Unbelievable at one or two points.

...Written by Anne Cassidy. 264 pages. Rating: Young adult and older. Written in third person. Can be bought new on Amazon.co.uk for £4.49, and new and used for £2+ on Ebay.co.uk. I've been a fan of Anne Cassidy's work since I first started reading her books from the Point Crime series. So when I saw this in the library I picked it up and stuck it to the top of my very long, need to finish soon 'to read' pile. The Dead House is about Lauren, ten years ago her mother and baby sister were killed by her father. She is now seventeen years old and has just recently moved back to London, now living a short distance away from her childhood home and her father has spent the last ten years in prison, but when new evidence appears that could prove his innocence. Faced with the startling fact that he could receive a not guilty verdict...

Mistybrook 26.09.2009 · Read review
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