A food, drink and floral show celebrating the best of Northern Ireland’s produce will take place at Belfast’s Botanic Gardens this month. Related Stories Banknote printer woes cost £35m Sales jump 10% at budget hotel chain Cultra Manor set for £3m revamp UK house prices edge ahead by 0.2% Coca-Cola plant ‘will bring benefits to Northern Ireland’
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Food and drink show gets blooming better
Francesca Inaudi bares almost all for GQ ; the Italian actress who hit the big time with her role in Napoleon and I a couple of years ago is now in Venice to present her latest movie Noi credevamo or We used to believe. In the GQ interview, Francesca spoke out for women and said that it’s a real shame there are no more women in politics! This is why- she continued – things are going down the drain! Source | GQ Francesca Inaudi in topless su GQ
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Italian actress Francesca Inaudi goes topless for GQ
India’s most celebrated Master Chef, Sanjeev Kapoor has joined hands with corporate multi-brand entity, Better Value Brands (BVB) to launch the country’s first global chain of Indian restaurants , called “Indii.” This Rs. 100 crore joint venture plans to ..
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According to some rumours Leonardo Dicaprio wants to buy a villa in the Aeolian archipelago . After spending his summer holidays there, the actor can’t forget the enchanting beauty of the landscape and hopes to get back to that corner of paradise as soon as possible. Source | Gds.it
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Leonardo Di Caprio eying Sicily home
First, we received this West Seattle Crime Watch report e-mailed by Melody : Our neighbor on 13th Ave SW has his car stolen sometime on Sunday evening. It was found on 11th Ave SW in good shape– and nothing went missing. The cops said this was the 7th car in the last week to have been stolen within a 4-block radius of 13th and Henderson.
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West Seattle Crime Watch: Car-theft wave
RICHMOND — Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) will unveil a proposal Wednesday to impose a 4 percent tax on restaurants and bars as he tries to make up for $260 million the state could lose in taxes and profit if Virginia privatizes its liquor system, according to several sources familiar with the plan
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Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell to unveil plan for a bar and restaurant tax
Despite a tough loss for Virginia Tech on the football field, restaurants in downtown Blacksburg saw a bump in business for Monday’s action.
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Restaurants in downtown blacksburg cash in on monday’s season opener
Cameras with interchangeable lenses are becoming all the rage for photographers who want a more compact, lightweight alternative to a digital SLR. We’ve collected the best examples available.
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Reviews Roundup: Best interchangeable lens cameras
Is Vietnam the Right Destination For Adventure Travel? Posted: 06 Sep 2010 08:18 PM PDT By Tracy Barb An exciting experience from any dangerous situation is called “Adventure”
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Is Vietnam the right destination for Trekking-Hiking or Mountain Walking?
AROUND TOWN — dineLA Restaurant Week approaches (sweeeet!) and so far the participating restaurants include: Waterloo & City , Lucques , The Little Door , Culina , The Tar Pit , and Starry Kitchen . Rumor has it that Bouchon will be onboard as well
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EaterWire: dineLA Announces Initial Restaurant Participants, Sushi Ike Changes Ownership, MORE!
Third Street landed its very own outpost of the NYC sweet spot Magnolia Bakery just about two months ago, and now Mags has partnered with the Ron Herman store at Fred Segal on Melrose for a Fashion’s Night Out pop-up . This coming Friday try Magnolia’s specially created devil’s food cupcake with meringue icing on offer both at the bakery and at Fred Segal.
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Pop-Ups: Third Street landed its very own…
I took this cake to a friend’s house the other day. I wasn’t sure if I would be in the mood to bake anything and was prepared to purchase one instead. The day before we were going for the dinner, I checked with her what she was cooking.
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Honey Orange Walnut Cake- Great for Rosh Hashanah
DRINK-driving offences in the Albury area are set to soar past the 100 mark before Christmas.
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Albury drink-drivers close in on a grim total
Thank you for the article on Sept. 3 about nonprofits and restaurants teaming up as a way of fundraising.
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Many restaurants active in helping nonprofits
2nd Annual NYC Dumpling Festival with Dumpling Eating Contest Sept 25 NYC 2010!!! Ok I love dumplings. I’ve blogged about various places to eat dumplings (jiaozi) in China as well as here in NY , and of course recipes on how to make homemade dumplings . Who doesn’t like dumplings
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2nd Annual NYC Dumpling Festival with Dumpling Eating Contest Sept 25 NYC 2010
While awarding one star to newish pizza restaurant Fornino Park Slope , Sam Sifton responds to Jeffrey Steingarten’s accusation that he and other New York Times staffers have a Brooklyn bias and celebrate restaurants there unduly: Mr.
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Beefs: Sifton Responds to Steingarten’s Accusation of Brooklyn Bias
Phone: 323-662-7698 Status: Opened Saturday Kokomo Cafe’s (Beverly Blvd.) claim to fame was its turn as the Peach Pit on tv mainstay 90210, and this week, just in time for 09.02.10 , Kokomo unveiled its second location, K2 , on W. Sunset
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OPENING ALERT: Old School, New School at K2 in SiLa
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. 1) Upper West Side : Per a tipster, the long-vacant space that was formerly Monsoon at 81st and Amsterdam Ave is “showing signs of life.” It’s going to be a branch of NYC Thai chain Spice [PLYWOOD] 2) East Village : EV Grieve snaps a shot of signage for Cafe St. Marks, the upcoming FroYo and tea spot that’s taking over the old Red Mango space, thus continuing the never-ending cycle of FroYo and tea on St
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The Plywood Report: Spice, Casa Havana, Percy’s Tavern, and More Coming Soon
Besides Black Swan, the most talked about film at this year’s Venice Film Festival has been Casey Affleck’s documentary, I’m Still Here.
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Early Reviews: Casey Affleck, Joaquin Phoenix’s I’m Still Here
Eben Freeman , the bartender who made a name for himself at wd~50 and later at the subterranean bar at Sam Mason’s restaurant Tailor , has a new NYC job. According to the Feed, after promoting “Cocktail All-Stars” around the world, launching a line of bar carts, experimenting with cocktails flights , and doing a TV appearance here and there, he has settled in as the (this is a real title) ” director of bar operations and innovation ” at Michael White’s Altamarea group
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Partnerships!: Eben Freeman is Director of Boozy Innovation for Altamarea