The Dakota hotel: cheap hotel in the heart of San Francisco

Advantages: Cheap, clean and location, location, location!
Disadvantages: old-fashioned, elevator from hell

...In 2007-2008 I lived in San Francisco for work for 4.5 months. The first two week I spent in the Dakota Hotel, in search for a spot of my own. Dakota hotel caught my eye for a number of reasons: the price and the location. Normally, you'd have to rob a bank or two to stay in a hotel in the heart of San Francisco for two weeks. Luckily, Dakota offered an attractive rate for long-term stays. I thought it would certainly be worth a look, given it's excellent location. Location You see, location is undoubtedly one of Dakto Hotels strongest points. This hotel is situated on 606 Post Street, approximately 2 blocks from Union Square. In the street itself, there are a number of restaurants and a small supermarket. The hotel is on the edge of what are considered to be the good neighbourhoods in San Francisco. Two blocks down, you...

hetvuurtje 19.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Dakota, San Francisco

North Dakota: 'follow the trail of legends'

Advantages: Wide open spaces
Disadvantages: the weather, mosquitoes

...I feel the weight of responsibility, writing the first review of a whole state, but I shall take a deep breath, flex my fingers, and have a go. I ended up there to do a postgraduate degree (long story) and lived there for two very satisfying and enjoyable years. ********TRAVEL Plane - You can fly into one of North Dakota's little airports: Grand Forks International Airport is a shed (a very nice shed) outside town that gets its fancy title from the weekly flight to Winnipeg, Canada. Personally, I quite like to fly to Minneapolis (see peteshone's splendid review of that city) because it's a darm cheaper: currently around £520+ at expedia.co.uk from London in June, as against its cheapest price of nearly two grand to go to Fargo and back (although you could find that cheaper I think). Train - is my prefered mode of transport into ND...

dakota196 15.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of General: North Dakota

2002 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab SLT Plus.

Advantages: Not too big, not too small. Spacious, nice look, handles great, and much more.
Disadvantages: Only averages about 17.5-19.5 gallons/mile. Very common truck in the U.S., because lots of people love them.

...I'm a 20 year old female that wanted to purchase a truck, due to living on gravel roads. That's not the only reason, I've always preferred trucks over any other vehicle. When I began my research for a new truck, I started out wanting a Chevy or a Ford. Since I'm a young, small female, I thought I should go for a small truck. Based on size and looks alone, I don't care for the small Chevy S-10, or the small square Ford Ranger. Dodge hadn't even crossed my mind until my father suggested it. When I researched the Dodge Dakota, I knew it was for me. It's a bigger truck than the Chevy S-10 and Ford Ranger, but it's not a full size F150 or anything. I made my decision and financed a Dodge Dakota on Sept. 10, 2002 for $25,000 at 0% A.P.R. for 60 months. It had 0 mileage and I've broke it in well already up to about 13,500 miles. I...

MissCrys 31.03.2003 · Read review
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Review of Dodge Dakota

Dakota's Funky Fives.

Advantages: Made me think more about myself.
Disadvantages: Same as above!

...Brand new challenge from dakota196. I suggest that if you also complete this challenge, then you leave a message for Emma in her GB. (And read her version too since she's the creator!) ***5 things I can do*** ~ Listen. I can be a good listener for anyone, but I detest talking about myself. Why am I doing this challenge then? Somehow, writing things down about yourself is much easier than saying them out loud, and this is hardly deep and meaningful stuff here! ~ Make a fish pie turn out different every week. An easy meal to make for the children, putting in whatever is at hand on that particular day. ~ Do a mean Dalek impression. "EXTERMINATE!" ~ See too much light through my eyelids! I like it to be super-dark when I go to sleep. My 3 year old son has inherited this from me. He loves the dark! ~ Twist...

lipsalve 14.12.2005 · Read review
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Review of Everything that starts with F ...

Dakota's Fabulous Five!

Advantages: The questions are quick
Disadvantages: I got carried away with my answers...

...This is dakota196's fabulous challenge. It's been spreading round here like wildfire and since the lovely Tadders named me as one of the 5 Ciao members she'd most like to see complete this, well, how could I say no? ***5 things I can do*** i. Swear in multiple languages. I can verbally abuse you in French, Italian, Greek and, of course, English. Currently trying to learn a few naughty Chinese words too! ii. Copy Monet paintings. Obviously on a much smaller scale. I haven't done any painting since leaving school where I got A* in Art purely by copying famous paintings. I would really love to get back in to painting one day. iii. Cross one eye. I was born with a lazy eye that has a tendency to make me go cross-eyed when I'm either very tired or very drunk. When I'm neither tired nor drunk you wouldn't know I have a lazy eye...

baby_uk 16.12.2005 · Read review
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"You make me feel like the one"

Advantages: You get 2 CD's for the price of one
Disadvantages: Have Stereophonics lost the edge they once had?

...Following the success of Stereophonics fifth album "Language Sex Violence, Other" and their 2005 World tour, Live from Dakota was born. ~Why bring out a live album now?~ Many fans on the Stereophonics official forum website requested for a live album for years, to include tunes that showed their progression as a band from the days when they signed up to V2 right through to how we know them today. Due to personal circumstances, following the departure of one of Kelly Jone's best mates, the original Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable, this had to be postponed until Kelly Jones and Richard Jones had found a suitable drummer Javier. Javier wasn't to replace or considered as a replacement to Stuart but Kelly (singer) and Richard (guitarist) couldn't survive alone. They had borrowed Steve from the Black Crowes to support them...

promotions_lass 09.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Live From Dakota - Stereophonics

Dakota196's Five Things...

Advantages: You get to learn some random facts about me
Disadvantages: I'm a bit odd

...Read mo79's version and couldn't resist having a stab at this great challenge from Dakota196. I've just read the original version and mine seems to be a lot more long winded. Apologies in advance if I bore you! I do tend to go on a bit! ***5 things I can do*** Sing. Well all my friends tell me I can anyway, though I'm hardly the next Celine Dion. Mind you, who would want to be? Write. I'd like to think that my 7 years at uni' have paid off and that my English skills are reasonably good. They need to be for the line of work I'm in, but I often have bad days! No doubt you pedantic ciaoees out there will find some faults here and there. You could start with the fact that 'ciaoees' isn't really a word! Dance. I trained in ballet and modern dance from the age of 2 until I was 14. Obviously this is not something that is handy in...

Tadders 13.12.2005 · Read review
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Review of Everything that starts with F ...

The Dakota Five are innocent, okay

Advantages: I swore I'd given up challenges
Disadvantages: I lied

...Personally, I blame Iain (Soho Black) rather than Emma (Dakota 196) for this one. Or maybe Sue Magee. Okay, Emma issued the original challenge, but I was steadfastly set to resist it, until I read Iain's response. Mostly, his answers were both true and entertaining, but we all go off the rails from time to time, and his derailment on this occasion was to suggest that I should complete the challenge, as being "possibly the only person on Ciao who could take this on and write all his answers in verse without making a mess of it". In point of fact, I am far from the only Ciaoist to inflict my verse on the site, and I certainly wouldn't regard my versifying as mess-proof, but I have to confess he had me tempted with his Mephistophelean flattery. My next line of defence was that I had long since exhausted the categories both...

torr 03.01.2006 (04.01.2006) · Read review
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Review of Limmericks

Hey, Dakota! Gimme Five!

Advantages: The questions do make you think
Disadvantages: I don't like thinking!

...I'm not a big fan of Challenges or of the Ciao Café in general. But I'm struggling with my enthusiasm and motivation for writing at the moment as seeing as how it's been about 9 months since I posted anything in the Café and more than a year since I completed a challenge style opinion, I figured I'd give this a shot. Besides which, I've been asked to do so by two other members, so I guess it couldn't hurt. A slightly more normal service is to be resumed shortly. That may come as a threat to some and a delight to others. But that's how it's going to be. For now, however, here's Dakota196's bunch of fives? ***5 things I can do*** Provide good customer service. This might not seem like something to be too proud of, but it seems that so few companies worry about it these days, being too busy to save money by off shoring...

Soho_Black 19.12.2005 · Read review
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Review of Everything from 0-9

Dakota Fanning - star in the making

Advantages: You won't be bored
Disadvantages: You won't want to leave your seat until the end

...Wealthy parents in Mexico City are gripped with fear as child after child is kidnapped (24 taken in 6 days), Samuel Ramos (Marc Anthony) and his wife Lisa (Radha Mitchell) are compelled to find a bodyguard for their daughter Pitta (Dakota Fanning). Enter Creasy (Denzel Washington). Samuel Ramos is worried for his daughters welfare, has kept her away from school until a new bodyguard can be found for her. Due to financial difficulties he feels he cannot afford to hire, but without a bodyguard he cannot renew the insurance on her. His lawyer Jordan (Mickey Rourke) convinces Samuel that he should hire a dead-beat bodyguard, renew his insurance and then get rid of the bodyguard. It is a simple plan that would allow Ramos to renew the insurance policy. Creasy, an ex CIA assassin, is haunted by his past and an alcoholic. He enters...

Spongebob2 19.05.2005 (20.05.2005) · Read review
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