K-Cup Concoctions: Timothy’s White Hot Cocoa and Bosco Berry Blue Syrup

As if I don’t have enough keeping me busy with the K-Cup Challenge, I thought it high time I expanded my K-Cup franchise a bit.  I had read about, and then recreated for myself, a Green Mountain Mocha-type drink by mixing their Espresso Blend with their Hot Cocoa.  Joe Siminovich as Shoffee.com tipped me off [...]

The K-Cup Challenge: Gloria Jean’s Black Gold (Extra Bold)

This makes the 3rd review of Gloria Jean’s Coffee from a sampler sent to me by K-Cup Challenge sponsor OneGreatCup.  I have thus far, to put it mildly, been less than enamored with the Gloria Jean’s brand.  If nothing else I’ve learned that maybe K-Cup variety packs are the way to go because, when the [...]

The K-Cup Challenge: Green Mountain Summer Symphony

The 2nd of two special limited edition summer blends the kind folks at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters sent me, the Fair Trade Organic Summer Symphony blend, is more of a traditional light roast than the previously reviewed Raspberry Rhapsody.  You won’t be overpowered by fruit aromas and fruit flavors.  Instead, what I’ve got in front [...]

Qwowi in Alaska - A Day in Fairbanks

While we’ve thoroughly enjoyed most of our Holland America Alaskan Cruise Tour so far, a day spent in Fairbanks leaves plenty to be desired.

The paddle wheel of the boat that took us to the Indian camp. Shutter set to 1/10th to try and preserve the motion.

Only one picture today as we didn’t really take [...]

Luxurious Lush - a new bath tub and efforts to ‘go green’ equal a love affair with Lush

Like so many 30-something women, I own a host of bath and body products, which clutter my bathroom more than I’d like to admit.  However, in my recent efforts to become more mindful of “going green” I have truly taken stock of all of the products in my home, including the bathroom.  Obviously, it is [...]

Qwowi in Alaska - The Road to Denali

We left Whitehorse yesterday and set out on 2 days of what’s really little more than a means to get us where we need to go.  We spent last night in Beaver Creek, a town that consists of a hotel, a gas station, and the houses of the people who work in the hotel and [...]

The K-Cup Challenge: Caribou Mahogany

I found a surprise on my porch the other day from my friends at Shoffee.com.  I was expecting a few more boxes of K-Cups as part of Shoffee’s continuing support of the K-Cup Challenge.  What I wasn’t expected was a box of Caribou’s new Mahogany blend.
Overall I’ve been very satisfied with the Caribou Blend and [...]

Qwowi Golf Review - Fiz Golf Club and Ball Cleaner

Back in early May of this year I wrote a quick preview of the new Fiz Golf…well, let’s call it cleansing foam for golf clubs and golf balls.  As you may recall, I pointed out that while I’m personally not a big fan of cleaning, and therefore not a fan of cleaning products, I was [...]

Qwowi in Alaska - Kluane National Park

A two hour bus ride brought us to the edges of Kluane National Park (part of the Canadian National Park system).  The scale of the park is absolutely amazing.  There are no roads into or through the park, despite the fact that it’s roughly the same size as the state of New Jersey.  A substantial [...]

Qwowi in Alaska - Skagway and the Yukon Territory

We spent this morning in the town of Skagway.  Most unfortunately our helicopter flightseeing and trip to the dogsled camp on a glacier was canceled.  Apparently helicopters, heavy clouds, and mountains make for a nasty mix.  The wife is very disappointed as it was the trip she was most looking forward to.  On the plus [...]

Qwowi in Alaska - The Cruise Portion Winds Down

Internet access has been sketchy since we left Vancouver so this is really the first chance I’ve had to post anything since we hit open water.
The ship itself is smaller than I envisioned. There is no huge pool, no long walks from one end to the other. We seem to see the same [...]

The K-Cup Challenge: Coffee People Kafe-Lua

Normally I try and rotate my K-Cup Challenge posts between my sponsors so that one doesn’t get any more attention than another.  It seems like the fair thing to do, and I hope it keep my sponsors reasonably happy.  That’s all well and good, but when things go horribly awry, as they did with my [...]

Qwowi Golf Review: The Digital Shield

It’s always nice when a product, any product makes the transition to previewed at Qwowi.com to actually reviewed at Qwowi.com.  Such is the case with The Digital Shield.  Billed as the golf glove for the other hand, Game Theory Inc. President, Justin Salomon was kind enough to send us a sample of their rather unique [...]

The K-Cup Challenge: Green Mountain Raspberry Rhapsody

Love them or hate them for it, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has a habit of releasing limited edition seasonal blends.  You may recall one of my first reviews was of Green Mountain’s Golden French Toast Blend.  Well, if you’re craving a cup of it now, take heart, you’re probably only 4-6 months away from it [...]

Qwowi in Alaska: Day 1 Vancouver

We took off from Albany a little after 6AM this morning on a tiny little 18 passenger Beech 1900D turbo prop.  No real issues as both our flight out of Albany and our flight into Vancouver pretty much arrived on time.
As is often the case with air travel, however, things turned out a bit less [...]

Qwowi is going to Alaska

I’m leaving this morning for a two week getaway to Alaska.  The bags are packed and the dogs have been sent off to stay with friends and my well-armed neighbor is holding down the fort.
By the time this posts we should be well on our way to Toronto and then on to Vancouver where we’ll [...]

Catalog Choice Changed My Mailbox

I love buying online, but the one downfall is being put on catalog lists. Seems my address has been sold to a lot of vendors selling everything from window blinds to cheesy pet toys.
I went away for two weeks last year and the post office had to give me a box to carry my mail home. 75% were [...]

The K-Cup Challenge: Coffee People Chai Coffee

My sample of Coffee People Chai Coffee was provided by Ken Rhodes and the good people at OneGreatCup.net.  Ken sent me a few boxes of Diedrich, Coffee People, and Gloria Jean’s to try.  The Chai Coffee blend came out of a Coffee People flavored coffee sampler, and gives me the opportunity to sample a few [...]

The K-Cup Challenge: Caribou Sumatra

Our good friend’s at Shoffee.com were kind enough to provide us with the sample of Caribou Coffee’s Sumatra Blend (the subject of this review).  I enjoyed the sample of Caribou’s “Caribou Blend” so much that I asked Joe at Shoffee to send me more from the company…well that, and if I’m really going to review [...]

Qwowi Golf Review - OGIO Nexos Golf Bag

From what I gather the Nexos was intended to be OGIO’s flagship stand bag for the 2008 season.  Originally slated for an early Spring release, the Nexos has been, to put it as kindly as I can, a bit slow to find its way to market.  For those of you who’ve been lusting after this [...]

The Flip is Video at its Best

With a new niece, everyone is jockeying for photos at family gatherings. I usually switch between my pocket-size Canon and an old video camera, the kind that uses those miniature tapes. It was time for an upgrade.
The glowing reviews for the Flip seemed too good to be true. It’s tiny alright - nearly the same size [...]

The K-Cup Challenge: Newman’s Own Special Blend Extra Bold (from Green Mountain)

My sample of Newman’s Own Special Blend (Extra Bold) is the last of 3 samples sent to me by my friends at Keurig.  As you may recall, I wasn’t a fan of the Gloria Jean’s Hazelnut that they sent me, but the Tully’s Kona was a top 5 coffee (so far anyway), and if I’m [...]

Sipping on Sanpellegrino Limonata

Given an intolerance to caffeine, my beverage choices are severely limited. Water, water, ginger ale, water.
When I was out for pizza with a friend the other day, I spied a Sanpellegrino Limonata on the counter. I was intrigued! One sip later and I was hooked.
This lemon fizztasticness is decadent and delicious. With 31g of sugar and 150 [...]