More Lacroix ... Chin Chin and Colour Me Beautiful

The glamourlicious Christian Lacroix Costumier Exhibition, currently on at the National Musuem, is turning out to be one long, delicious affair to remember. In addition to the lavish and spectacular display of theatrical costumes and sketches by the feted French designer, a host of activities have sprung up based on the main attraction.If you...

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Lean and Loaded - Super Slim but Power Packed Gadgets

Good things come in small, thin and lightweight packages - at least that is what the marketers for the latest gadgets are saying these days. If you are constantly on the go and want all your gadgets to fit into your latest Bottega, you simply must check out these two beauties that have just hit the market. HP’s latest notebook, the ultra-thin,...

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Re-Live That "ROMANCE"

Inside story – there are 500 bottles of Romance Eau Fraiche - Ralph Lauren’s new Limited Edition fragrance up for grabs this May in the stores. I loved the original version of RL’s Romance, perhaps just the way that it made me feel whenever I wore it on our “date night” and the fact that “He” chose it for me as a surprise without me blatantly...

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Binge - Mother’s Day Feeds: 21st Century Or Traditional?

The mention of Mother’s Day seems to bring out stereotypical ideas of what a mom should like. Often, traditional meals with equally traditional entertainment - multicourse Chinese dinners with Peranakan pantuns for entertainment, for example. That would work perhaps for our mothers…and indeed, it may not be a bad time to give old mom a treat together...

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This Weekend - Peranakan Museum Turns One…Little Nonya Rocks!

Singaporeans just can’t seem to get enough of all things Peranakan. The highly popular Little Nonya drama serial, which ended its run in January, catapulted homegrown actress Jeanette Aw to fame in her role as the long-suffering Nonya lass Yueniang, winning a generation of new fans for Peranakan food, culture and attire as the blockbuster set in the...

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Breakaway - All You Need To Know About Capella

The latest resort to fling open its super posh, extra large double leaf doors recently is Capella Singapore, perched just beyond the bridge into Sentosa. Just past the roundabout on the right hand side, the turn in towards the hotel is so nondescript ascending the slope that I was surprised to find such an expanse of land beyond. Stretched across a...

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Buys – Food For The Good Of All

On Enjoying TeaIf one cannot indulge in the libation of fermented grapes, then find happy recourse in that of fermented leaves. But do so at the height of elegance, and reject the mediocrity of inferior tagged and stringed specimens ubiquitously boxed in quantity. Not just the leaves but the accoutrements must also necessarily be fine to engender...

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THIS WEEKEND - To the Film Festival and then The Esplanade

A Grand and Celebratory Cultural Injection How about a cultural injection this weekend? Head to The Esplanade Concert Hall at 7.30 pm this Saturday (18 April), for Romantic Fantasy Worlds, in which The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra performs two symphonic masterpieces not to be missed. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a celebration of Mendelssohn's...

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