We8there.com - Stanley's Corner

Stanley's Corner - Cruise Part 1

Tue, 01 Oct 2002 13:59:47 CDT

The Grandeur of the Seas was underway promptly at 5pm on Sunday although the party had begun much earlier. Dinner was served in the main dining room b...

Stanley's Corner - Who Am I

Mon, 07 Oct 2002 23:07:32 CDT

When I am not working at we8there.com, I have a regular job, something I�ve been doing for over 10 years. I am a television news cameraman. I really...

Stanley's Corner - Cruise Part 2

Sun, 10 Nov 2002 18:50:11 CST

We arrived in Mazatlan the morning of day four of our seven day cruise aboard the Grandeur of the Seas run by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. We had pla...

Stanley's Corner - Happy 2003

Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:19:54 CST

You don�t need me to tell you �it�s a brand new year� unless you have been living under a rock. But just in case you have been living under a rock, I ...

Stanley's Corner - Dungeness crab

Mon, 24 Feb 2003 01:47:09 CST

Here in Northern California, there is a town called Half Moon Bay, this is not a large town, in fact its quite small population is estimated at approx...

Stanley's Corner - Black and White Ball

Fri, 25 Apr 2003 23:41:47 CDT

San Francisco�s premier biennial social event is coming up soon, (May 31st, to be exact!), it�s an event that is sponsored by the San Francis...

Stanley's Corner - Mitchell's Ice Cream, San Francisco

Sat, 31 May 2003 20:34:35 CDT

Maybe you have heard the old saying,�I scream you scream, we all scream for ice cream�, that was a familiar phrase sang by many a child, at least it w...

Stanley's Corner - Welcome Roamin with Riley

Wed, 04 Jun 2003 14:25:45 CDT

Why Breyers Butter Pecan Is My Favorite Flavor, hands down.Why do you like one ice cream over another?Flavor, yes, but what else attracts you to that ...

Stanley's Corner - Crawdad Festival

Fri, 25 Jul 2003 01:34:03 CDT

I read an article that said you should never start an article with there word �I�, personally I think that�s a dumb rule, but to avoid having the writ...

Stanley's Corner - Monterey Blues Festival

Sun, 31 Aug 2003 17:42:06 CDT

The Monterey Blues Festival, ahhhh, just what the doctor ordered. Or was it? I was sitting at my desk and decided to check the we8there.com voicemail,...

Stanley's Corner - Hawaii On a Budget

Fri, 03 Oct 2003 01:30:07 CDT

Is it possible to travel to Hawaii on a budget? How about getting a great deal on some of those travel auctions you read about on websites like ubid ....

Stanley's Corner - Tip Jar Revisited

Fri, 14 Nov 2003 00:21:23 CST

There I am, standing in line waiting to order a burrito, wondering what to write about next. I ordered a Baja burrito (shrimp and special sauce) and a...

Stanley's Corner - Customer Satisfaction

Fri, 14 Nov 2003 00:25:51 CST

A couple of weeks ago, I was in a restaurant and I overheard a conversation. It sparked my curiosity because they were having a disagreement as to ...

Stanley's Corner - Marker Price

Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:49:53 CST

So there you are sitting at a restaurant looking at the menu wondering what you�re in the mood for, the menu is full of great entr�es, you have a date...

Stanley's Corner - 2004

Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:18:34 CST

Wow! It is already 2004, I remember when I was a kid my mother told me that,� as soon as you turn forty the years seem to pass you by�, before you kno...

Stanley's Corner - Airport Screeners

Thu, 01 Jul 2004 01:19:51 CDT

I think I honestly experienced a �Vulcan mind meld�, as I attempted to board a Southwest Airlines flight to Los Angeles recently from San Jose Interna...

Stanley's Corner - Summertime in San Francisco

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 02:10:18 CDT

Ahhhh, summertime is finally here! My favorite time of the year and it is probably yours favorite as well. Since I am in close proximity to no less th...

Stanley's Corner - Coke 2

Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:00:34 CDT

I managed to get a few cans of the soon to be released, �Coke 2�, with a silver and black �C2� posted above the Classic Coca-Cola label, printed verti...

Stanley's Corner - Fre Sutter Farms

Sat, 03 Apr 2004 13:48:29 CST

The other morning, I decided to prepare breakfast and had a taste for a Mimosa, you know Champagne and orange juice together served in a Champagne flu...

Stanley's Corner - Garlic Festival

Sun, 08 Aug 2004 01:53:01 CDT

Can somebody please send me an Altoids; in fact, can you make it an entire can?? I sense that I must have the worst breath in the world, and I love it...

Stanley's Corner - Pikes Fish Market

Thu, 09 Sep 2004 04:31:59 CDT

Ah, Seattle Washington, what a wonderful city. Have you ever been to Seattle? If your answer is no, you may want to rethink your vacation plans, reall...

Stanley's Corner - Quality First

Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:50:04 CDT

There was a now bankrupt company, who thought the faster they added more stores, the faster they could make more money, while this may be true in most...

Stanley's Corner - Bottled Water

Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:43:58 CST

There was a time when someone had a great idea, "how about selling bottled water"? Someone else asked �who in their right mind would pay for something...

Stanley's Corner - Stay at Home Mothers

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:33:02 CST

My hat is off to all stay at home mothers, as a man I really had no idea what it was like to stay at home with a newborn or a toddler until now. I now...

Stanley's Corner - Recycled Gifts

Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:35:06 CST

Thinking back to the days when I attended Whittier Elementary School in Camden, New Jersey, during the Christmas season my class would annually hold a...

Stanley's Corner - The Act of Giving

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:35:20 CST

Wow, what a tremendous act of giving for the relief effort in the Tsunami ravaged regions of Asia, India and the surrounding islands. I could not bel...

Stanley's Corner - Road Trip Part 1

Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:23:04 CST

A road trip is something every person should experience at least once in a lifetime, it allows you the opportunity to see parts of the world you would...

Stanley's Corner - Road Trip Part 2

Sat, 09 Apr 2005 23:06:32 CDT

Continuing our trek up the western seaboard north to Canada, after driving from Burlingame to Weed, California. After spending two days in Beaverton O...

Stanley's Corner - Fast Food

Mon, 30 May 2005 15:41:18 CDT

Can we talk about fast food restaurants for a moment? Or, should I say the lack thereof, don�t get me wrong, there are no shortages of fast food resta...

Stanley's Corner - Attacked at SJO

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 02:31:23 CDT

A while back, I wrote an article about the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), at San Francisco International Airport. I said that TSA stood for �Tr...

Stanley's Corner - Magic Bullet Food Processor

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:19:26 CDT

Most people my age remember Ronco products being sold on television, �It slices, it dices, it even makes julienne potatoes, all for low, low price of ...

Stanley's Corner - Letter to President Bush: Written by Micheal Moore

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:24:35 CDT

This letter was written by Michael Moore, an Oscar Nominated filmmaker and a outspoken critic of President Bush. I just thought I would like to share ...

Stanley's Corner - Cell phone Etiquette

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:36:20 CST

There was a time not so long ago that if you saw someone talking to himself or herself, you would laugh at them or make jokes. Now when you see someon...

Stanley's Corner - Cell Phone Etiquette Part 2

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:52:28 CST

In my previous Stanley�s Corner article, I talked about etiquette when using your cell phone, since it appears that with the proliferation of cell pho...

Stanley's Corner - Litter Tax

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:24:23 CST

BREAKING NEWS: OAKLAND,CALIFORNIA HAS JUST PASSED A FAST FOOD LITTER TAX, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION.........Litterin...

Stanley's Corner - BJs Brewhouse San Mateo California

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:44:25 CDT

When dining out, I tend to reserve my comments until the second visit to a particular establishment. If my first visit to a restaurant was stellar or ...

Stanley's Corner - 2nd day Air

Sat, 27 May 2006 22:25:55 CDT

When you order something that you need right away, you have a few options. Let�s see there is overnight, second day air, three day priority and hand-d...

Stanley's Corner - When in America speak English?

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:31:48 CDT

Illegal immigration has been a topic in heavy rotation in the news lately, some are asking for amnesty for illegal immigrants and some of us are yelli...

Stanley's Corner - Critical Eye Evaluations

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:18:41 CDT

We8there.com launched our Premium Professional service (Excellence in Dining) for restaurants awhile back, and just for the record, this service is no...

Stanley's Corner - Anahiem Holiday Inn

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:19:31 CDT

This is a review that will probably fall on deaf ear�s, in other words before the spiders can add this article to the worldwide web, the Holiday Inn i...

Stanley's Corner - Blue Bayou Restaurant-Disneyland Resort�

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:14:21 CDT

There is a very exclusive restaurant in Anaheim, California. A restaurant that is so exclusive, that you may not be able to get a seat, if you arrive ...

Stanley's Corner - Stanley's Brief Rant

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:09:10 CDT

The John Karr case, in my opinion, is an excellent example of how our legal system is broken. When I say broken, I mean that there needs to be a bette...

Stanley's Corner - Boycott Christmas

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:37:52 CDT

I am on strike, and I want you to join the strike with me. I promise that you will not have to stand on a picket line and I promise that there will be...

Stanley's Corner - New Passport laws

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:56:45 CST

I am a big fan of traveling down south to Mexico or traveling up north to Canada, their both great countries to visit. Since I don�t have to go thr...

Stanley's Corner - Cloned Meat's why should you care?

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:03:45 CST

It�s almost 2008 and it seems we have finally caught up to the future! Soon you will be able to buy cloned meats at your local supermarket. Here�s the...

Stanley's Corner - Make a Wish and help a Child.....

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:25:45 CST

Many children in the world may never reach the age of 20 because they have life-threatening illnesses. These range from sickle cell anemia to leukem...

Stanley's Corner - A new breed of Airline

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:31:15 CDT

Flying has changed so much it�s hard to picture how it was 10 years ago. I remember my first flight: I moved from Philadelphia to Salinas, California...

Stanley's Corner - Transformers the Movie

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:51:43 CDT

Okay, I know I�m kind of dating myself here, but I�m a big fan of the Transformers. I was pretty upset when they killed off Optimus Prime, so imagine...

Stanley's Corner - What your barista won't tell you

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:04:02 CDT

I went to a Taco Bell the other day� ok there I said it, I went to Taco Bell and the funniest thing happened to me, no I didn�t get screwed in the dri...

Stanley's Corner - Fake Reviews ruin websites!

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:33:34 CST

As We8there.com�s popularity continues to grow so does the amount of fraudulent review attempts we receive. We are committed to maintaining a quality ...

Stanley's Corner - Yosemite View Lodge

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:25:45 CST

When you begin your search for lodging near Yosemite National Park you will probably find a ton of misinformation from hotel and motel operators, many...

Stanley's Corner - Camden, New Jersey

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:07:17 CST

I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but grew up in a small city named Camden in New Jersey. When you enter Camden via the Benjamin Franklin Brid...

Stanley's Corner - Pismo Beach

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:58:01 CDT

Every now and then, I like to take what I like to call micro-vacations. Micro-vacations usually last a day or two and are typically to a locale that I...

Stanley's Corner - Has it really been 10 years?

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:39:30 CST

Sitting in a restaurant off the Mendocino Coast and being ignored by the wait staff for what felt like an eternity is how We8there.com was concei...

Stanley's Corner - Barack Obama the "First" Black President

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:16:27 CST

On January 20, 2009, the United States of America swore in its first African American President ever, President Barack Obama�or is it? Some peop...

Stanley's Corner - "Free Appetizer"

Fri, 08 May 2009 09:45:03 CDT

Anyone who manages a business has the responsibility as the �manager� to be aware of what is going on in that business. I will say this again, anyone ...

Stanley's Corner - Gilroy Garlic Festival 2009

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:30:23 CDT

If you are contemplating on attending the 2009 Gilroy Garlic Festival I have a few things to tell you; first off and importantly you already missed it...

Stanley's Corner - Filthy Restrooms

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:00:19 CDT

There are so many different ways to rate a restaurant, you can rate the food or the service, you can even rate the atmosphere, but these are all subje...

Stanley's Corner - Virgin America Airlines

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:24:47 CDT

Whenever I mention Virgin America, the first thing I am bound to hear from a few friends and family who have traveled with them, is how great it is to...