♥ What the heck is a 5 Heart Rating? ♥

"A real life is not getting what you want; the achievement, the privilege, too, is knowing what you love." ~ Marisa de los Santos


5 Heart Rating was created with the intent to bring only positive attention to people, places, and things in this world that have made that extra effort to be the very best they can possibly be.

After Life

I love Ricky Gervais. And I love the new series After Life on Netflix. So clever. So well done.

Panasonic Low-Noise Ionity Hair Dryer

This is by far, THE best hair dryer on the planet! Okay, I'll admit, this is a very subjective blog and of course there's no way I could have tried every single hair dryer in the world, but I've tried a ton. In hotel rooms, inns, Airbnbs, my own, friends', etc. and this one is better than them all. Like men, there have been hair dryers in my life with some of the qualities I look for, but none of them have ALL of the characteristics I feel necessary to be the best of the best. Except Read more [...]

Andrea Bocelli Live in Concert

This is going to be a very short blog. My daughter and I flew to Chicago to see Andrea Bocelli in concert for my birthday. He performed at a venue with horrific acoustics and sounded like a voice from heaven. All I really want to say is, if you have the chance ever in your life to see him live, go. Don't hesitate. Just go! Since it was, other than Michael Jackson in concert, the highlight of my life's live concert experience, I filmed this. Not a fan of filming during a concert but Read more [...]

Scott & Co.

I would be remiss if I were to leave this beautiful city without doing one or two or ten 5 Heart Ratings! Let's start with the very first experience I had dining out alone, sitting at the bar. I didn't realize it was happy hour and didn't really take advantage of it but heard all about it from a 35-year Martha's Vineyard chef sitting right next to me. He and his wife were on a Southwest USA road trip and were currently visiting Tucson. The couple next to them had just become engaged. Read more [...]

Dean Schneider

If you had told me I'd be blogging about a "Swiss-Boy" living in South Africa with wild animals I myself would not have believed it. Not only am I excited to share this guy and what he's doing with the world, but even though I am as busy as ever right now, I just had to take a moment from my day to give him a 5 Heart Rating. Where do I begin... A few months ago my animal-loving, well just loving in general, daughter, started talking about this guy and his animals and life. Read more [...]