Baby Sugar Spice
Baby Sugar Spice
Throwing Baby Showers For A Friend - How To Tips
Baby showers are celebrated when a newborn baby is expected. Usually close friends and family of the mother conduct this party. These events involve a lot of gift giving and so a family member might find it a little awkward to host a Baby Shower.
These party's are usually conducted one or two months prior to the baby's birth or just after the birth of the baby.
Invitations must be symbolic of the baby's birth. You can always get ready-made cards from card companies but it would be much more special if you choose a design and then custom make it.
Like any standard invitation, the baby shower invitation should include details like the invitee's name, date, time and venue of the event, the host's contact number, the party's theme, and, if known, the gender of the baby.
Invitations should be sent out at least a month in advance. This will give enough time for the guests to pick out suitable gifts and make other appropriate plans for the special day.
If the party is going to have a theme, then it will mainly depend on the baby's gender.
For example, if the baby is a boy, a sailboat theme would be a good idea. You can set up the whole place with big and small boats of all types. The cocktail punch bowl can also have a boat themed centerpiece. For these kinds of themes, the important thing is to highlight the name of the baby, which can be done using an object like an inner tube to suite the occasion.
If the baby is a girl, an excellent theme would be a cookie. This may be attributed to the poem that tells us how girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Girls usually like tea parties, so it will resemble one with cooking recipes and teacups and jars with various food items like peanuts and chocolate chips. A giant cookie can highlight the girl's name.
There might be the event of the parents not having decided a name at all. This is not all that bad an event. The parents can get ideas on names through the assistance of the baby shower. Letters of alphabet can decorate the place while games can be prepared that can get people to think of prospective names.
There is also the type of parents who would not like to know the baby's gender until it arrives. Many others try to keep the guests in suspense. One commonly used idea is that only people of the same sex as the baby can be allowed in. the ultra sound can be played and all can sit and find out the baby's gender together.
Another fun activity can be to make the guests play a boy or girl quiz. The questions are prepared such that the baby's gender will be determined.
There are many themes and ideas that can make the baby shower an event to truly remember. Good planning and just a little bit of imagination can make your baby shower a great success and it will be remembered for a long time.
At any rate, the host can plan alone, take help of friends, or seek professional help.
About the Author
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Brown Sugar Café Bistro: A touch of zest
Whenever you hear that a restaurant is owned by the chef himself, you can be sure to expect pretty high standards from his cuisine. However, to hear that it is owned by Yuan Oeij, the food-loving entrepreneur who started the private dining chef business “Chef for Hire”, the expectations that people will have are definitely anchored well above the bar. Since its opening just a few months ago in November 2006, Brown Sugar has grown to attract a steady casual dining audience, but also gained popularity as a choice destination for hosting elegant dinner parties that have left many talking long after their meal.
- Neatly tucked away from the prying eyes of the River Valley crowd, Brown Sugar is a quaint little dining space that seems somewhat out of place in the midst of the Stardus Clubhouse. However, step through its frosted glass doors into a room of muted mood lighting cast over simple furnishings, and diners will be set right at ease. Following the theme of its name, the restaurant is appareled in soft cappuccino brown cushion seats that line the mirrored walls, together with cream-coloured tables and a subtle imprint of flowers on its pristine white walls. With a soft and casual ambience, it is effortless to simply relax in its cosy interiors.
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One thing to note about Yuan's restaurant is that every dish comes out tasting incredibly fresh, with abundance in using healthy ingredients like fruits and vegetables to tease out the tastes of the European dishes.
While many restaurants can have their selection of salads, the signature in this restaurant is the carefully layered Salad of deconstructed apple, walnuts, brie cheese drizzled over with a tangy apple balsamic dressing ($13). Rather than mixing everything up, the technique of this salad serves more to let the diners savour an assortment of tastes that changes with each layer, which was an interesting attempt although not as spectacular as I had hoped. However, the grilled squid salad ($13) that came served over a bed of arugula, olives, orange and Mediterranean vinaigrette is definitely a good recommendation, as well as alternative to start your meal off on. The orange slices added a delightful zest to this appetizer, and complemented the sweetness of the squid and the spices of the salad harmoniously. Those who Must Have their soups will do well to order the Cappuccino of Porcini Mushroom ($10) that is fragranced by truffle oil and delightfully bittersweet in its taste.
While the starters were noteworthy, less so could be said about the main courses which I feel could use a lot more tweaking. The signature dish of Baby spinach-stuffed chicken leg with spaghetti puttanesca ($19) was not well balanced in its tastes as the flavour of the chicken was too subtle, as compared to the ambrosial spaghetti. Similarly, the Hand-chopped Wagyu burger ($28) was a disappointment, although the piquant mushrooms that glazed the top of its steak afforded some saving grace to this dish.
As for desserts, Brown Sugar sure knows how to end it off on a sweet tune to put you right back in favour of them. You will not go wrong with the Sticky date pudding ($12). Soaked in aromatic brown sugar butterscotch and cheekily topped off with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream, the pudding crumbles upon touching the tip of your tongue! Another praiseworthy selection includes the Tarte tartin of pears ($12) that is paired off with a generous scoop of honey and fig ice-cream. With a light and fluffy crust that enrobes the honey poached pears, be sure your senses will be pleasurably numbed after just a few bites of this luscious creation.
- Approachable and sure of everything that runs in Brown Sugar, the restaurant manager Mr. Pandian was precise in his explanation of the food served, and showed commendable professionalism in his service. Guests will do well to ask him for any recommendations or assistance if they are unsure of what to order for their meal.
To pay a reasonable price for such a comfortable ambience, it is pleasing to know that a restaurant like Brown Sugar exists. Coupled with pretty good food, it is almost effortless to feel a sense of positive inclination toward this unpretentious restaurant. While adventurous, some of its dishes do show signs of requiring more adjustments to its tastes. Perhaps give it half a year to a year more – it should have perfected its recipes by then.
About the Author
Bubbly and outspoken, Hildra enjoys self expression in both speech and literature. An Arts graduate from the National University of Singapore, she has always enjoyed writing with an adventurous edge to distinguish herself from the rest. Hildra enjoys sports, golf, sailing, windsurfing and all other activities out under the sun.