Vraja’s Kitchen the first complete vegan restaurant offers a unique atmosphere filled with music, one-of-a-kind cuisine that is an “international mix of flavors.” … Before moving, she lived in several countries, including India where she lived and cooked on an Indian monastery as part of her religious duties. By outstretching her arms, she compared the pot she used to the size of the larger counter where the register rests and said how excited she was to be a part of …
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Vraja's Kitchen: SLO's first completely vegan restaurant | Mustang …
Stay in style in Manhattan’s Upper East Side with a special offer from The Mark Hotel . Reopened in the summer of 2009 after a total transformation overseen by designer Jacques Grange, The Mark boasts an impressive collection of art from noted contemporary artists and designers. Just a stone’s throw from Central Park, guests get grub from Michelin-starred chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten ( the innovative menu even covers room service ) and salon services by famous hairstylist Frederic Fekkai at his Salon at The Mark
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Third Night Free in New York: Exclusive Rates with The Mark Hotel
Jetting to Singapore for the Lunar New Year celebrations? The historic Fullerton Hotel – the landmark perched on the banks of the Singapore River– is fêting the arrival of spring with a bevy of packages sure to delight everyone– from gourmands (who will love the Chocolate Buffet at The Courtyard) to spa-seekers (who will find their bliss at The Asian Spa)
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Superb Singapore: Exciting New Offers from The Fullerton Hotel
Mostly, the general rule of thumb in any Indian kitchen, is to respect food and use the resources without leaving too many carbon footprints. When the veggies are used, the new recipes are created to use the stems, peels & seeds. One such recipe, that my grandmother used to make is “ALuchi Dethi”.
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ALuchi Dethi – Taro Stems salad
THIRSTY Teessiders can get their hands on the last drink served before a Saltburn pub called last orders – and help raise a mountain of money for charity at the same time.
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Saltburn pub’s last drink is auctioned to help Teesside Hospice (Gazette Live – Teeside)
The Santa Chiara cloister in Naples can’t strictly be called a cloister, which you would normally consider as a dark, hushed religious area. In the style of the sunny city of Naples, this particular specimen is an open-air cloister, beautifully tiled and decorated in true Campanian style
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Postcards from Italy: Santa Chiara cloister in Naples
From West Seattle Girls’ Softball president Shawn Herrera : Spring is just around the corner — that means West Seattle Girls Softball registration has begun. Through February 21st you can sign your daughter up for this year’s season.
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More youth-sports signups: West Seattle Girls’ Softball
Two metro Detroit restaurants have launched efforts to aid Haiti’s earthquake victims. The La Feast Middle Eastern restaurants in Livonia and Royal Oak will donate 10% of their sales Monday through Thursday to the Bush-Clinton Haiti Fund, says owner Moe Afifi.
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Restaurants join Haiti relief effort (Detroit Free Press)
Pescara ’s new Ponte del Mare, by architect Walter Pichler, is one of those civil engineering feats that combines practicality with tourism appeal. The long bridge offering a cycling and walking path , unites both shores of Pescara’s river. The two paths start together on the shores, and then fork either side of the huge pylon in the middle.
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Touring Italy: Pescara bridge cycling or walking
SINGAPORE – The Miele Guide to Asia’s finest restaurants is written by food experts who know and love the region (www.mieleguide.com). This is a list of the top 5 restaurants in Japan, arguably Asia’s top gourmet destination and where the dining scene is as diverse as it is exciting.
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Dining Out: Top 5 restaurants in Japan (China Daily)
Recently, we were invited to go to a winter menu tasting by a restaurant called Aqua Bar. The only way we would have ever gone was to be invited, since not only is the place out in Pudong, it’s smack dab in the middle of a residential complex, making it near impossible for us to ever have discovered or tried to discover it for ourselves
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Aqua Bar: Fun fusion in an unfortunate location (Shanghaiist)
Denny’s Restaurants are offering their free Grand Slam breakfast again this year. Participating Denny’s Restaurants will serve up your delicious Grand Slam breakfast and all you have to do is show up hungry.
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Tonight’s quiz featured a battle between the musical-knowledge haves and have-nots, with the three top teams jokering superb 2nd round results, and more or less maintaining that lead throughout the game. A crushingly difficult round 8 kept the other teams from making the jump at the last minute.
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Not smarter than an eighth grader, but somehow smarter than me…
(Photos courtesy Bellavita Photography by Deborah Semer ) Though we do our best to canvass the peninsula for the West Seattle Weekend Lineup , we obviously had one glaring omission this past weekend: The Cock of the Block chicken-wing cookoff Saturday night at Alki Tavern . Didn’t hear about it till we got a Facebook note asking, didn’t they see us there and where’s the coverage
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Last set of West Seattle weekend scenes: “Cock of the Block”
Everyone thinks Nathan Fillion (from firefly) subscribes to Cat Fancy, and Lady Gaga refers to all of her fans as Little Monsters, and now I will start calling all of my quizees monsters in an attempt to be more like the Lady herself. Maybe next week I’ll dress up like a crazy rock geode building, or wear a scary lace mask..
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Things I learned from Twitter…
Geek Bowl has come and gone and sadly, the award will not return to New Mexico. No big deal, though. We’re the kind of state that quietly is smarter than anyone, and we don’t have nuthin’ to prove to no one.
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Know What Sucks About Mondays? The Quiz. P.S. It’s Opposite Day
Jumbo Prawn Noodle $10 Well, this is the story. Beach Road Prawn Mee was the best Prawn Mee that I knew about before I started on my blogging adventure. But over the last 3 years, as I tasted the other famous prawn mees around, Beach Road Prawn Mee kept being pushed lower and lower down on my top ten list of prawn mees
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Beach Road Prawn Mee: Order your Prawn Mee with no Tau Gay!
From tonight’s West Seattle Hi-Yu meeting – Jim Edwards just sent that cameraphone photo of the official drawing for this year’s float. We were there two months ago when the theme was chosen , “Dreams Do Come True” – the drawing shown tonight comes from the concepts displayed that night by young Hi-Yu enthusiasts, including Junior Court members: Tonight’s meeting also was scheduled to include a decision on this year’s button design – we’ll let you know when we get word of that
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West Seattle Hi-Yu Festival: Float designer’s 2010 drawing
The evenings were picturesque from the restaurant in the treasure cove restaurant . My experience with the Ayurvedic spa facilities in the club was a memorable one as my body was pampered to the core
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The Kovalam Beach Is Called The Best In India By Most Of The …
At every traffic stop one is stormed by destitute beggars and street vendors trying to eek out an existence selling tissue boxes and other cheap Chinese made knick-knacks. … The Hyderabad of today is dotted with malls, hotels, fancy restaurants, trendy living spaces, software companies and multiplexes….
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A Method to its Madness