Pizzetta Cooking Competition

Care to compete in Pizzetta's cooking competition & get your dish featured on their menu?! Head to Pizzetta or Prime & Toast to apply now! Hurry because they are collecting the applications Sunday the 25th!

All Things Sweet, Cute and Christmassy at The Chocolate Bar

Adorable!

Happy Holidays cupcakes can be ordered in regular or mini size, in all the flavors The Chocolate Bar offers. Decorated cookies can be made with sugar cookies, chocolate cookies or gingerbread cookies.

TO ORDER: 22253396

PRICES:
-Cookies .750 fils each
-Cupcakes
Mini KD 1.500 each
Regular KD 2.000 each

http://thechocolatebar.com.kw/

Www.Punchbowl.Com: A Super Easy, Non-Irritating E-Invites and Occasion Cards Website

My fav new fab, free website of the month for all savvy hostesses (hopefully that must be me too now :o) is http://www.punchbowl.com/. For sending out lovely e-invites and cards to guests and friends. The invitees can RSVP immediately and you can view/manage/print out the guest list and see who's attending and who's not, a to-do list, pot-luck list and more. It's too darn cute!

We Are Toast!

As you may already know it's a constant battle to get my darling babygirl to do her homework. So revising for end of term exams was excruciatingly painful. I was sure 'we' would fail year 4. But bless her cotton and polyester socks - she did pretty well. She was so pleased with herself especially when she handed me the Term 1 Best Speller certificate and said to me very smugly, "And it's laminated!" :OD

So yesterday, we were off shopping early morning but she had forgotten to get the money off her Dad that he had promised her. I told her not to wake him but she explained to me that it's ok, he likes her to wake him up. Knowing that my husband can be a bit grumpy if woken up I asked how she wakes him. She said she kisses him on the head and says I love you Daddy. So I agreed to let her try. She held on to the bedroom door ready to enter, swung her hair back, looked at me and said, "Showtime!."

See what I mean we're done for - and she's only 8 :O( 

Chai Al Daha @ Sadu House - A Fabulous Review with Lovely Photos by Ansam518

Beit Al Sadu organized a Chai Al Daha (morning tea) last Monday as an open day to welcome designers, textile enthusiasts, and everyone interested in Kuwaiti traditional weaving.

It will be a weekly event taking place once a week; day time and evening time the following week and so on.


Dana I and went together… we’ve been invited to almost all events, so we would always arrange to go together – she’s a great friend + amazing company Lucky me


The reception area is spacious and calm… love the arrangements of seats – some are on display for sale




The staff of Sadu House were serving Arabic coffee nonstop – and it taste SO GOOD! I had like five cups, the last two I asked for them to be filled up!


In the reception area they displayed some of the items available at the house for visitors to view, read, and know more about them


This piece is made by the talented Hussam AlRushaid! The patterns on it is painting… but it was with 3D effect… as if it was embroidered on the tin itself


Lots of books on display about weaving in Kuwait and in other countries
 

Some of the new colors – used in weaving at Sadu House




A display of the sources of natural dyes… such as pomegranates, henna, saffron…


A piece made with those natural dyes


I have also noticed their newly designed calendars for 2012…. this time they are selling them for KD3… money goes to support Beit Al Sadu itself, which is a non-profit organization and the weavers that work there


Show your support and get one… you can find them in Sadu House Gift Shop, 52 Degrees, and The Scientific Center… I hope we can find more vendors that are willing to help out and sell it for them


May of course




Moving on… Dana and I were walking around when we saw our friend Mrs. Bibi AlSabah.. who took us into a tour with all the details of the house itself.




Let’s go have our Chai Al Daha now… shall we?


The gathering was in the open area on the other side of the house… right next to their Gift Shop


I believe it is also the same area where you can register for workshop and talk to the staff in their office…. check out the display on this table, Children Workshops pieces


Tea on charcoal braziers – perfect for this weather


It was a nice gathering with lots of guests from all around… Kuwaitis, non Kuwaitis, males, females…. very friendly atmosphere and the staff/volunteers are so kind and helpful






Loved the display of items… check out this basket made of palm fronds – Khous (سلة خوص) used for fresh mint leaves to go with your hot BBQ tea


That’s the covered area part were we sat in and discussed many things….


Lots of yummies served for everyone there; rahash (sweet sesame/tahini squares), darabeel (dry Kuwaiti style cinnamon rolls), samsamiya (sesame squares), cheese rolls, za’atar mini pies… and more


The covered area we sat in was decorated with the modern colored sadu piece


One of the weaving ladies






We also met one of the gentlemen there who is an expert in making those baskets


He said he would always travel to Bahrain to get fronds from there and his sister would modernize those pieces with crochet…. just like this piece next to him





Oh and this is the Sadu House portable gift shop to look for when in 52 Degrees and The Scientific Center… or any events they participate in Love the design




For more on Sadu House or Beit Al Sadu you can check out their website (link) – LIKE their Facebook Page for updates and/or follow them on Twitter @SaduHouse.


LWDLIK - Many, many thanks to Ansam for allowing me to share these lovely pics and repost this here.  My hope is that more people will visit and enjoy the very lovely Sadu House.