Q: positive

A: Dearest Tang, (Please note: This is not another letter to my vag, even though Tang is, in fact, a euphemism for vagina.) I am writing to thank you for making sure my taste for sushi is at least a LITTLE appeased. Now, sushi in Edinburgh is prohibitively expensive (my favorite phrase). Like, I could probably get a flight to Spain for 20 on Ryan Air and buy sushi while I'm there and come out spending less than I would have had I gone out for sushi in Edinburgh (as long as I didn't bring luggage). Still, your weird little lunch box prices (under 10) that combine a teeny tiny bit of sushi with a bunch of other Japanese delights makes me feel full and happy and my hunger for raw fish satiated. You also came down and asked what I thought about the new Bento Detox box, that I obviously loved because I basically licked the plate clean. And you're super for that, even if you just asked to be nice, I appreciated you pretending. Your brown rice skills are superb, as are you. Thank you for my lovely meal, steph

Q: negative

A: When Qwest discontinued Choice TV which I loved, it was the dilemma between DIRECTV and Cox. While DIRECTV would offer me a bundling discount with Qwest (we can't have Cox internet for some reason my husband understands), I hate the whole 2-year contract deal and their unwillingness and inability to answer a simple question. Call them and you'll get someone who knows nothing except how to present a sales pitch. So Cox and their overpriced service won. First off when I called to inquire about setting up service, I asked about incentives. I gotta hand it to the guy, he didn't pitch me the merits of Cox. Instead he told me Cox isn't big on incentives. At least he's honest. He offered me a small discount for the first 2 months and agreed to free installation when I asked for it. However, he couldn't set up the order and put me on hold. When he came back he told me his supervisor confirmed they could offer the discount or free installation, but not both. I ended the call and went to their website. The website had a promotion of a bigger 2-month discount AND free installation, but ALL the promotions listed expired in May or June. I did the instant live chat and asked why they can't manage to update their website. They had a web sales person call me and I got the promotion which really hadn't expired. She did tell me you have to go through web sales to get the specials. Stupid. So we needed cable cards which have to be professionally installed. The guy arrived at 2 pm and left at 8! After the first couple hours, he called a second guy over. The two of them together couldn't get them to work. They called several other people before they had it working. But as it turns out, the free Variety tier is not on. So now I have to call again to make sure I don't start getting billed for it 2 months from now. And I'm also prepared for a bill for the "free" installation with some convoluted explanation. But I can cancel any time, and that's a plus!

Q: negative

A: This is a very cute place--it's clearly not a chain-restaurant type of place that seems to be so frequent here in Scottsdale. My wife and I sat outside for dinner this past Saturday night, and with the heat lamp, it was perfectly comfortable. We really liked the environment--the faux candles (which seriously looked really nice), the flowers, the fire, etc. The food, however, leaves much to be desired. I had the mussels, which I found to be not very fresh. Sure, we're miles from the coast, but even in California, we get mussels in from Prince Edward Island, so I just think these were a bit old or worse, not even live. The broth was tasty, but a bit ruined by the really fishy taste that comes from less than highly fresh seafood. My wife had the foie gras--overall, it was quite good, but slightly overcooked. For the main course, i had the lamb. I had requested medium rare, and it came back well done--there wasn't a bit of pink in the center anywhere...this was a bit disappointing--a french restaurant that had the temperature way off. So, i sent it back, and this time, just to be safe, i asked for it to be RARE. And the second time, there were two pieces of lamb--one piece was cooked rare, but still cold in the middle (so i suspect it was from the fridge before they cooked it), and the other piece was well done again! It was a bit bizarre and straight out of a Gordon Ramsey Kitchen Nightmares episode. I mean, seriously, if you've blown it in the kitchen the first time, wouldn't you show a bit more care the 2nd round?! Use a thermometer like the rest of us! And to top it off, they didn't even take the lamb off the bill. Granted, they gave us a free dessert, but in retrospect, a much classier move would have been to take it off the bill, ensure the manager personally apologized AND offer free dessert. This is one of the first times that Yelp has let me down--an average of 4.5 stars usually guarantees something great. In this case, it wasn't even close. Don't even get me started about the wine...and the server's recommendation.

Q: positive

A:
Every time I leave this nail salon, I'm super happy with my mani/pedi. This place is super clean, nice salon, family owned and operated. Parents are super nice, but I like the son or daughters to do my gel manicure. Gel manicure and reg pedicure comes to $60, and I go every 3 weeks so that's not bad. I live in LA and have a nail place in cali, but I prefer to wait to go to Rose nails. I even take my boyfriend and he gets a manicure w/buff for $15. I would def recommend to a friend.