Friday

KONY 2012

Kony 2012 is a film and a campaign by Invisible Children, this video is one of the most important films you will see this year. You will smile, laugh, and be moved tears but please take a seat, and watch. 



Please share this video with your friends, parents and colleagues.
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Spread the word. 
Make Kony famous, support the international effort to arrest him, disarm the LRA and bring the child soldiers home.



Tuesday

Pasteis de Belem


When you arrive in Lisbon, what do you do next?  You drive out of the airport towards the river Tagus. As you get close, you first see the seagulls. Then, you see the Tower of Belem and the Jeronimos Monastery. A marble henry the Navigator leads a pack of explorers, pointing the way to the new world. But that's not why you came here. You came here for a small pastry shop just down the road.




In 1834, the government closed down all Portuguese convents and monasteries. The friars of the Jeronimos Monastery needed a source of income. So, like other religious orders in Portugal, they used ancient recipes to make pastries for sale. The Jeronimos monks made little cups of flaky pastry dough filled with custard and topped with cinnamon. These ' Pasteis de Belem' are little bites of heaven. The recipe hasn't changed since the pastry shop opened in 1837,  only three people who prepare the cream and dough in the 'Oficina do Segredo' (Secret workshop), know the recipe.


I wear:
White dress by Jane Norman
Purple Bag by Prada

These pastries are heavenly bites of cinnamon and warmth. They must be eaten warm and right away, never saved for later. Every coffee shop in Portugal produces  an imitation 'Pasteis de Nata', but none captures the lightness of the dough, the creaminess of the filling. Because there is only one place in the world where you can get 'Pasteis de Belem'.


Antiga Confeiaria de Belem, Rua de Belem, 84-92, Lisbon. Tel 21-363-7423. Email: pasteisdebelem@pasteisdebelem.pt. Click here for website.

Monday

All the red carpet Looks from the 2011 Oscars


The marathon three hour long red carpet was well worth the wait because it brought us some amazing dresses. 
Here are all the red carpet looks from the 2012 Academy Awards red carpet! I've got my favourites, Who was your favourite?
Gwyneth Paltrow in Tom Ford
Glenn Close in Zac Posen
Sandra Bullock in Marchesa
Cameron Diaz in Gucci
Melissa McCarthy in Marina Rinaldi
Natalie Portman in vintage dior
Michelle Williams in Louis Vuitton
Kristin Wiig in J.Mendel
Penelope cruz in Armani
Rooney Mara in Givenchy
Angelina Jolie in Versace
Octavia Spencer in Tadashi Shoji
Miss Piggy in Zac Posen and Kermit in Brooks Brothers
Anna Faris in Diane Von Furtstenberg
Leslie Mann in Cavalli
Louise Roe in Black Halo
Nina Garcia in Jean Paul Gaultier Couture
Penelope Ann Miller in Badgley Mischka
Jane Seymour in Pamella Roland
Viola Davis in Vera Wang
Stacy Kiebler in Marchesa, accessorised with George Clooney in Armani
Emma Stone in Giambattista Valli
Meryl Streep in Lanvin
Shailene Woodley in Valentino
Tina Fey in Carolina Herrera
Jennifer Lopez in Zuhair Murad
Milla Jovovich in Elie Saab
Jessica Chastein in McQueen
Kate Mara in Elie Saab
Mara Rudolph in Johanna Johnson
Rose Byrne in Vivienne Westwood
Judy Greer in Monique Lhuillier
Ellie Kemper in Armani Prive
Berenice Bejo in Elie Saab
Sarah Hyland in Alberta Ferretti