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Last weekend I passed by Nespresso’s Store in 360 Mall to see if they have anything new and they did! They have the new Coffee Variations for 2012 with three new limited edition flavors: Macademia Nut, Hazenult, and Coconut!
Well, apparently some wishes do come true! I’ve been wishing that we have more advantage and loyalty cards for various shops and restaurants in Kuwait (post) (post) and a few days ago my wish came true in the form of a
We were invited the other day to a preview tasting of the newest eatry in K-Town, The Gathering Bistro. Located in Salhiya area right opposite Salhiya mall.
We were invited by the Avenues to a sneak preview of the soon to be opened new sections of the Avenues: The Prestige Section, The Old Souk Section, and The Soku District section. So on Friday afternoon we were all gathered up in the Grand Avenue and at
Good morning! Did you drink your cup o coffee yet? Crazy about coffee? Then I have some excellent news for you. If you’ve been a fan of my blog from the begining you might remember that in 2009 I wrote a postabout an expensive $11,000 coffee machine that produced the most amazing cup of [...]
Dear fellow Kuwaitis, there is no need to lug tins of Garrett’s Popcorn on the plane home from Dubai for their first branch in Kuwait is now open in The Grand Avenues! I tried to take enough pictures but many
Of course we had to try The Cheesecake Factory yesterday! After all its located right at the entrance of the Grand Avenue and its huge and
We were invited by M. H. Al-Shaya Company yesterday to attend the bloggers & media tour of the newly opened Grand Avenue, or what else is known as the Avenues Phase III extention. The tour was due to begin an hour before the official opening of the
Around three weeks ago I was invited to attend a new weekly event held in Napket Kuwait every Wednesday night which is the Jazz night. Every Wednesday Napket in the Avenues transforms so its guests can enjoy their meal in an
The other day I received a beautiful invitation from a newly opened nail parlor in Kuwait, Candy Nails. The design and color theme of
I received an email yesterday and the sender was “Kuwaitna Government“. A tad confused, I was skeptical at first. Its not every day that you get an email from your government on your personal email. However, it was indeed an email from our government with a personal message from the Minister of Commerce! [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNPrzfqbihQ[\tube] A personal invitation from [...]
Yesterday I was invited by Al-Shayaa company to rediscover the recently re-opened Dean & Deluca store in the Avenues. Being a fan of D&D who missed the place badly when they closed down for renovation meant I
Yesterday night we were invited by Lenôtre Kuwait to attend an event celebrating Preston Bailey who is in Kuwait for the upcoming and much anticipated Celebrate Expo. Preston Bailey, if you don’t know him already, is a
One day last week an invitation arrived in a form of a miniature pizza box. It was an invitation for the opening of the second branch of Upper Crust Pizzeria in United Tower Kuwait City. Upper Crust, if you didn’t
I remember when Marie Claire Kuwait was first published I was beyond excited given that its one of my favorite international magazines. After reading the
Zafaf Magazine has a new annual subscription offer with Rasha Al-Hejailan, the author of the “The Women in My Life” cookbook I’ve posted about before (post). If you subscribe now with Zafaf magazine for one year, you will get a copy of The Women in My life which is a very heartfelt cookbook created by [...]
A very long time ago, back in the early and mid 80′s, we enjoyed drinking soft drinks for two reasons: the taste of course and for the bottle caps. You see, most of the time there were
The Fragrance Kitchen is holding its first photography competition starting from 1 September 2012. If you think you have what it takes and want to participate then you should go for it. For more details you can click on the picture above to enlarge it or visit The Fragrance Kitchen’s website (link).
We were invited last week to attend a sneak preview of the newest IMAX 3D movie in The Scientific Center, To The Arctic.
I received an invitation to attend Chef Adoola’s Ramadan book signing last Friday in souq sharq. I couldn’t make it because I had plans that evening but I really really wanted to get a copy of the cookbook given my slight obsession with books in general and fondness of cookbooks in particular.
The other day during Tea after futoor time I received a bag from BreadTalk containing a selection of their new line of pre-packaged bakery treats be ready sold in
A few days ago I received two big brown bags chock full of baby blue boxes from a new bakery in town, The Pastry Shop.
I received the link to this video by its director Ahmed Hajji Ali Yesterday afternoon and I have to say the moment I read “Sameer Sa3eed” my eyes started watering at once. I can still remember Al-Arabi winning the Amir Cup in 1992, me eating spaghetti with cheese and watching Sameer Sa3eed running around the football [...]
Ramadan does not feel like Ramadan until the Lgaymat day arrives. Lgaymat day is the day when you have the most amazing most delicious Lgaymat ever delivered to you and you eat them first thing at futoor and want to
My dear friend and fellow blogger M3a 7amad Qalam sent me a big fat gooey chocolate cake named after him from the Chocolate Bar.
