Cafe Maurice

I think these would make pretty accents in the kitchen:

Do you know you can actually make those kinds of decorative tiles? AMACO/Brent is a leading store and educational site about pottery, ceramic glazing and other crafts. You can learn how to make
art glazes in bisque ceramic tiles if you want to. They have the best products and able teachers. You can even buy ceramic kilns – complete with an Excel EX-365 round kiln, furniture kit and accessories.

I have always been a crafty kid but got lost with my use of hands when I discovered computers and the internet. I hope I can go back to being artsy soon.

I have been such a bad correspondent in my main blog, haven’t I? I know this has been such a lame excuse but I have been extremely busy. If you know what I do for work, you would understand that it is something I need to be aggressive and be on my toes all the time. We have some big goals this year and now is not the time to rest on our laurels, among other things. The free time I have I have been spending catching up with a first love: reading, scrapping, or living vicariously though seasons of House. The husband and I are addicted to the show. Since I have a kid who thinks she owns the DVD player I can only watch when she is asleep so whenever the husband is at home, we literally stay up all night watching as many episodes as I can.

It makes me want to buy some suits at Scrubs and Beyond – they currently have a sale on koi scrubs. You can choose from koi uniforms or stylish surgical scrubs and even go wild with stripes with veterinary scrubs. You can even just buy the koi scrub pants. Medical personnel have never looked this good!

Can you imagine a world without labels? How will we able to read road signs, grocery items, know the sizes of clothes, shoes and bags?  Labels range from the simple tags to big folders that come with instructions. They come in nameplates, overlays, tags, vinyl, plastic – name it, labels have been printed on it.

Data Graphics Inc. is an ISO certified company the makes Custom Labels. Lest you think Custom Labels are all for common places and things, think again. Industrial labels need to be quality-tested. They need to be a Custom Label – complete with the manufacturer’s logo, warning sign and other important information it needs to have. Labels like these come in large rolls, multiple sheets, individual pieces, multiple label sets and kits, pressure sensitive adhesive or mounting holes for windows and difficult surfaces. Available finishes include transparent, brushed, metalized, reflective, tamperproof, fluorescent or phosphorescent.

I have mentioned travelling in my earlier post. Travelling is one of the best bets when looking for some rest and recreation and the beach is the number one place to go to when vacation starts. The Caribbean is a famous place for beaches. Breezes Resorts have an all-inclusive resort there too. You
can get an all inclusive Caribbean vacation package with their amenities:

• All meals, from breakfast buffets to dinner feasts.
• Even late night snacks. All you can eat, all the time.
• All drinks, from soft drinks to top-shelf premium brands.
• All entertainment.
• All tips & gratuities.
• A host of land and watersports and top-of-the-line equipment.
• All hotel taxes and airport transfers*.
• And MUCH, MUCH MORE!

Actually, all Breezes Resorts offer those amenities. They have resorts in Curacao, Brazil, Panama, Bahamas and Jamaica. Jamaica houses their base resort, winner of resorts awards, while an all inclusive Bahamas vacation is very popular with Americans due to its close location off the coast of Florida.

You might want to try get an all inclusive Brazil vacation package too. I have always wanted to go to Brazil. It is the only country I know which has rain forests, waterfalls, Breeze Buzios is located 100 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro and has been a longtime playground of the rich and famous. You can experience full star treatment there! Or you can try Breezes Costa do Sauipe – it is right in the heart of one of Brazil’s most exciting tourist destinations, just an hour north of the former capital city of Salvador. There’s always something going on, but you may just find yourself hypnotized by the ocean views.

A few friends went to the recently-concluded Travel Expo three weeks ago hoping to find some great deals on travel packages for their summer getaway. Summer is in full-swing and people are just waiting for school classes to end to be able to travel with their families. I personally need to plan where we should go this year. Last year, we were able to manage one summer getaway. I want for us to have one, for us family.

If we can just afford it, who would not want to try the all inclusive vacation packages that are being offered by Breezes Resorts? They have a line of resorts in Jamaica, Curacao, Panama, Brazil and the Bahamas so you can never go wrong. In the Bahamas alone, Breezes Resort is nestled on the best beach – Nassau’s Cable Beach so you are assured of the best beach shore and the best resort!

If it’s going to be just you and your special someone, it is recommended you go to Runaway Bay Jamaica. It is located an hour away from the city of Montego Bay and once you arrive in the resort, you are greeted by quiet coves, endless beaches and shady hammocks around every corner. You are assured to get some peace and quiet, without being too far from the fun and action. Negril Jamaica
houses Breezes Grand, however, the flagship resort of all Breezes resorts. It is a multi-awarded resort, receiving the AAA 3-Diamond Award, Conde Nast Travellers Readers Award for “Best Resort” for Caribbean and Latin America.

They have an early booking bonus too! Book by February 17, 2010 and save up to $770 per couple on seven-night/eight-day getaways through August 31, 2010.

The white sandy beaches along the Riviera Maya in the Caribbean have always been a favorite spot for destination weddings and now with the Karisma Hotel built along prime secluded properties, it makes the most favored spot for any vacation, especially with launching of a new concept of Karisma Hotel called “Gourmet Inclusive”. It is an entirely new concept that caters to sophisticated world travelers who have already come to expect and appreciate the fine details behind a good dining experience. Yes, everything is included. But no, this is not your ordinary inclusive fare, service or locales. Their cuisine is served in sleek and sensual sit-down locales and fashion-forward bars. You won’t find a buffet table here (except for kids-they like them). What you will find is cooking that meets the standards of the best restaurants, prepared in a way that will excite and surprise the senses. Special touches include bars equipped with real swings or hanging beds, bars with iced tops to keep drinks frosty cold, tequila lounges with 30 artisanal tequilas on offer, private-label wines from vineyards in Argentina’s Mendoza Valley chosen and offered as they would be in the best restaurants by experienced sommeliers.

Banapple’s version (slice P65/whole P480) has two layers of dulce de leche ensconcing ample and thickly sliced cuts of banana atop a buttery graham cracker crust made pleasantly gritty from the white sugar. There’s the requisite swath of whipped cream and then a deviation from tradition with shards of dark chocolate as garnish.

~ From Dessert Comes First

I love Banoffee pies, the only one that passed my taste was Starbucks’ version. Now Banapple surpassed Starbucks! I love how they present their cakes too, with matching pop displays – it makes me want to try ALL their cakes!

We got to have the lucky opportunity to taste Conti’s Mango Bravo last weekend. Friends bought two large cakes of it at our party. It really is a good tasting cake, but it needs to be frozen because it tends to melt easily. It melted while we busy talking about anything under the sun from auto insurance quote comparison to designer bags.

There is a reason why this cake takes a bright page in their menu:

Admittedly their best selling cake, Mango Bravo did not disappoint. But since we wanted to taste other cakes in the menu to learn more about them, we ordered different slices. We should have ordered one whole Mango Bravo cake though!

1) Turtle Pie 2) Mango Bravo 3) Moist Chocolate Cake

We went to Conti’s to eat their infamous Mango Bravo but we also ate dinner and it was a truckload of sweets after. That day will go down in history as the day I might have had indigestion – really!

I had the usual Chicken Roulade:

I should have gone for pasta since I ate (a lot of) rice for lunch already. I do not need any more carbs (nor human growth hormone!) that day.

This was linguini pesto with shrimp.