Fourth of July

Hope everyone had a happy Fourth. I spent the early morning downtown with Alan’s friends and we spent the actual day of at the pool in the sun. I think a full day in the sun zapped me because I slept for 12 hours last night. I can’t remem (read full article)

Some how during these pass few months things has just turn hectic for me thatI have actually forgotten that my luvly blog had turned 3 years old on 29th May.Happy Belated Birthday Luv….I remembered it only this morning while I was baking a cake (as (read full article)

285. An Award For Me

Thank you to my dear blogger friend TK for awarding me this cute award 'The Most Friendly Blogger' award.TK, mak isah feels appreciated and very honored to receive this award from you.Thank you.p/s. For every mothers and children as well as their b (read full article)

Post 204: Everything better than I'd hoped - garden progress May 2010

I've finally returned to bloggerising after my holidays and making it through the Ash Cloud.  In a news update of all things:1) I managed to stand up at least for a little while water-skiing. Unexpected!2) The Ash Cloud just resulted in our havi (read full article)

Five Minutes Peace

My husband bought me the sweetest book for Mother's Day, Five Minutes Peace. A mother elephant with three young children tries to find her five minutes peace. As you can probably guess she never gets it, so funny & so perfect!   I hope all (read full article)

Happy Mother’s Day! Some Lighter Fare for You

Dateline, Lebanon: The Israeli-Lebanese War took another nasty turn yesterday, with an escalation of more than double the previous situation. No, I don’t mean the usual war, with ordinance flying around in large, energetic chunks. This is much (read full article)

Blueberry Macadamia Financiers

I'm loving spring. It's probably the only season I consider to be so full of hope - I'm loving how green everything has turned, the expectations of summer and the dreams of beach holidays. What I'm loving most, however, is the (read full article)

Blueberry Macadamia Financiers

I'm loving spring. It's probably the only season I consider to be so full of hope - I'm loving how green everything has turned, the expectations of summer and the dreams of beach holidays. What I'm loving most, however, is the (read full article)

Happy Spring!

Looks like we're finally going to have Spring in New York and hopefully its here to stay! I'm a bit late in extending my Spring holiday wishes to you all, but nevertheless, I hope you've enjoyed whatever celebrations were on the menu for you last we (read full article)

Did I mention? I love Brunch

I think breakfast might be my favorite meal. I love Easter because we get to do Brunch instead of  dinner and I get a chance to change things up a little. My sweet hubby said it was the best Brunch he's ever had, bless his heart :)   I have t (read full article)

Happy Easter Holidays

I hope you have all had a lovely, relaxing Easter and not eaten too many of those tempting Easter treats! An extra day off work today – woohoo. The perfect opportunity to show off your gardening talent (or not – it’s so easy my cat could do it! (read full article)

Coffee Friday - Easter!

Happy Coffee Friday everyone! I am just stopping by really quick to write this post because I had to share a "Coffee Friday picture" .... but I've been SOOOO INCREDIBLY AND WONDERFULLY BUSY that it's kept me away a little bit... (The days have been S (read full article)

Tiramisu hot drink

Three weeks ago I started to see many of Tiramisu recipes here and there. Foodgawker, Tastepotting and other food websites were full of Tiramisu’s pictures, recipes and ideas! I was surprised at that time ”all people craving for Tiram (read full article)

Palm Sunday

Happy Palm Sunday ;)Palm Sunday In Christianity, the first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter, commemorating Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It usually includes a procession of members of the congregation carrying palms, representin (read full article)

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

So I’m really cheesy. Really cheesy. The more overtly festive and celebratory I can make my life, the better. This includes wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day. I’m actually contemplating wearing my super cheesy green IRELAND shirt t (read full article)

Teriyaki Sauce

We used (my sisters, brother and I) whenever we disagree on where to eat, the typical answer would be MAKI.  Maki, is a very well known Japanese restaurant in Kuwait. Nowadays, my sisters make the long way short by ordering home delivery and enj (read full article)

Thompson | First Choice | Europcar - A Bad Experience

I have just returned from a family holiday to Fuerteventura that I booked with Thompson Holidays, bronzed, fatter and quite tired after a fun filled time with my wife and three young kids. The flight over with the youngsters was hard work though, and (read full article)

Toblerone hot chocolate

I remember that when I was a child, five or six years old, I used to adore Toblerone chocolate so much. Whenever we plan for an abroad vacation, I get very excited! Not for the sake of visiting a new place, no this was secondary on my list at that (read full article)

Cookies ‘n’ Hot Chocolate

My food photography instructor, Ron, was very happy with my performance in the first assignment.  In fact, not all the three submitted images were great. One of them was a total mistake, but the other two showed “outstanding work” as (read full article)

Eat this, Valentine’s Day

Many days have passed since I snuggled into hibernation in the kitchen cabinet. I dreamed of holidays and family, and everyone was so happy to see me in my dream. By the end of this dream, I was devoured by love and plastic forks, but it was worth it (read full article)