I'm a Yelp-er

One of my favorite sites online over the years has been Yelp. Yelps helps people find restaurants, businesses in their area and not only that it helps you find places to try if you are out of town. I have used it for years but it never occurred to me to sign up for an account. So finally I signed up last Friday. I have been having fun rating and reviewing businesses and restaurants I have been to. I find the site to be very helpful in recommending new places to try or businesses to check out. Hubby found Moses' daycare on Yelp because a person we knew wrote a high review. So we took Moses in and he has been loving that place ever since. Yelp is sort of the same idea as Facebook you collect friends and you can read their reviews and lists. You can give feedback on their reviews and nominate them for awards. Who better to trust then your friends' opinions when it comes to spending your money? Anyhow, I really love this site. I went through and 'bookmarked" several places I have eaten in LA and on my travels around the world. You can make comments for each place which I find to be beneficial because I am always trying new places and I am always thinking I need to remember the place for brunch or I need to remember this for the next time I have a large group. You can bookmark places you want to try too. The only bad thing is the list function. It only lets you make lists from your reviews. I wish they let you make lists from your bookmarks. Cuz, I would have fun putting together my favorite sushi places or my favorite lunch spots without reviewing all of them. The site is really helpful when you have company in town too. I am always eating out and I am always saying I should take people here when they come. But of course whenever we get visitors I can't remember the names of anything. So Yelp now helps me keep track of restaurants, businesses and products that I like. I have already written six reviews in the last few days. It's so much fun!