Star Clippers operates three of the world’s largest and tallest sailing vessels. Visiting ports often untouched by larger cruise ships and offering passengers the activities, amenities and atmosphere of a private yacht, Star Clippers is recognized as one of the premier specialty cruise lines. The ships currently sail throughout the Caribbean, Mediterranean, the Baltic and Costa Rica…
PINASarap: Assorted Veggies, composed of steamed okra, manggang hilaw, singkamas, kamatis, itlog na maalat and bagoong. (Photo by: Che Paulite)
Asian Festival at George Mason University – 2012
The “Asian Festival” is 2 Day FREE cultural event…
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Fairfax, Virginia–This year, the 9th Asian Food and Tennis Festival is celebrating the Year of the Dragon on July 21 to 22 in this county. To add more fun and enjoyment for families, Festival Committee official George Duangmanee has announced an extension of two additional hours on July 22, Sunday.
The Festival is a two-day, FREE admission event to promote greater understanding of the Asian countries and cultures. It takes place on July 21, Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and on July 22, Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. It is open to the public.
The Festival will again be held at the George Mason University Main Campus here in Fairfax. “It is spacious, convenient and provides us with a larger footprint to showcasing different Asian countries at the same time,” he said. “Attendees can also park their cars in the parking lot next to the Festival site.”
This year’s theme is “The Year of the Dragon,” where spectators will discover the Dragon lord of the heavens and rain maker’s representation in their own cultural and heritage in four different showcase areas: Heritage India, It’s More Fun In Philippines, Image Of China, And Amazing Thailand.
The Festival will showcase all-day prized money tennis tournament, stage performances, contests, interactive demonstrations, children interactive area with carnival rides, and games–as well as “Destination Asia,” where Asian embassies and organizations exhibit their cultures, arts, and cooking demonstration.
The Festival will have over 200 multi-cultural vendors and exhibitions, featuring 35 multi-cultural food and product vendors. Among them are Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Laotian and Philippine cuisine and handicrafts.
This year, the Thai Tennis Organization in America (TTOA) will again partner with Singha Beer and the United States Tennis Association Virginia to bring this exciting Festival to Asian American families and the general public. Media partners include Manila Mail and Asian Fortune.
TTOA works with several Asian American Associations to introduce Asian cultures to the local community. It also aims to promote tennis growth and encourage young people to broaden their horizons through scholarships. TTOA, a proud member of the USTA family, was the recipient of the 2004 Organization of the Year Award by USTA Mid-Atlantic section and the USTA Virginia District.
For more information, please contact George Duangmanee at info@asianfestivaldc.com or Bing C. Branigin at bing@asianfestivaldc.com.
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Fabulous Vodka was set up by Chris Spiller, a well known and much respected name in the spirit industry. Chris is the brainchild behind numerous high-end spirit-based beverages and has provided his expertise to many brand owners for 15 years.
Seeing many of the products he had helped to develop on the shelves of supermarkets up and down the land, Chris decided it was time to go it alone and launch a product of his own.
First off the production line was “Caralicious”, a caramel vodka that wowed Christmas shoppers in Reading, Henley and Chris’s home town of Marlow, where he is based. As hoped, the free samples offered converted into sales and Chris shifted over a thousand bottles in December 2008 – despite the credit crunch, with many people buying a bottle for themselves, and another as a present.
Caralicious was joined in July 2009 by “Krol Kazimiersz” a Polish potato vodka which is smooth, creamy and fantastic straight from the fridge, on ice, with a slice of lime or lemon. Then in September 2009 a brand new gin was distilled, “Perivale Dry” is light, delicate, citrussy and smooth, designed specially to make the perfect G & T, or Martini.
The Fabulous Vodka Company is small friendly business, with a dedicated tasting panel made up of family and friends who put in hours of strenuous tasting work to ensure the continuing quality of our products. The Fabulous Vodka Company will be developing more products for release throughout this year, once the tasting panel are feeling a bit better.
The Fabulous Vodka Company offers a full product design and development service to brand owners wishing to have their own branded alcoholic drinks.
All of The Fabulous Vodka company’s drinks are made without compromise, using the finest ingredients and the best methods and practises. Our products are rigorously tested and tasted to ensure the highest quality and best taste. Our commitment to you is that we will not sell something that we wouldn’t drink ourselves. The Fabulous Vodka Company encourages sensible drinking.
Caralicious Caramel and VodkaCaralicious is a blend of natural caramel and finest vodka, and although originally designed to be an after dinner liqueur, it has proven to be extremely versatile.
Perivale Dry GinPerivale Dry is a full strength gin, specifically developed to make the perfect gin and tonic, which for me equates to one third Perivale Dry Gin, two thirds good fresh Indian tonic water, ice and a slice of lemon or lime.
Krol Kazimiersz Potato VodkaKrol Kazimiersz Vodka is distilled in Poland from potatoes, it is brought to England by tanker at high strength (96% alcohol) where we blend it, reduce its strength and turn it into the finest vodka in the UK.
Oak Aged Vodka Cask OneFabulous recently released “Cask One” vodka. We were confident that it would be well received, but we’re staggered at the response to it! Unfortunately we have now run out of “Cask One”, so keep an eye out for news on “Cask Two”.
Xerot Premium VodkaCalled Xerot, (pronounced Hero) our new vodka is the best pure grain vodka I’ve tried. There are strictly limited quantities of Xerot, so it will not be here for long!
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Luxury travel show Ultra Eye visits Buenos Aires and spends two evenings with two of the top “secret restaurants” – including our own, Casa SaltShaker, and one owned by friends, Casa Felix. My writeup of that particular dinner at:http://www.saltshaker.net/20071112/a-gem-of-a-dinner
