A gift for my birthday, I don’t know whether to love it or hate it. Yes I still have mixed emotions about my new Apple Watch. Why? For so many reasons. But let us start first things first. Undoubtedly the Apple Watch is beautiful. Personally I have a thing with oversized square-shaped watches and my dream watch is …
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Dear Mr. Examiner, I didn’t know anything about you before you came to Bahrain as an examiner for the Rock and Pop examinations but I had to check out on your music, especially since you failed my son on his drums' exams. All I can say is I really admire your work, and in no …
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Paradise does exist. It's a tiny little dot laying in the middle of the pacific ocean. Mortals call it Maui, Hawaii. I'm back in town but I left my heart there. What to do... Life is a beach. Maui's beauty is irresistible and our stay at Alejandro's studios in Haiku- Pauwela was beyond enjoyable. You …
Where houses are abandoned, nature takes over and paints the town in summer's golden hues. It's time for reflection, time to love and feel loved, time to reunite with mother nature. This is roughly the idea behind Maria Galati's photoshoot who chose Zoe Manousaridou as her model to capture the sense of freedom one experiences when in interaction …
More and more fashion houses and online stores realize the power of cinematic art as a way to showcase their collections. Sometimes the results are astonishing. SSENSE and System Magazine present Hercules & Love Affair's new video for "I Try To Talk To You" ft. John Grant. Directed by David Wilson and styled by Simon Robins, the …
Update on our previous post: Homer Anatolian??? Epic Fail !!! Bahrain Economic Development Board has quietly updated its Press Release with regards to performance "Troy" by Turkish dance company "Fire of Anatolia." The updated version which you can find here reads: "poet Homer". The same in Arabic. Although the word "Anatolian" was erased for Homer's ethnicity …
Homer was a Greek poet. No doubt about it. So was the Trojan horse, Greek. Right? This afternoon I received a press release from Bahrain Economic Development Board with regards to the performance of Turkish dance Company "Fire of Anatolia" in view of Bahrain's Spring of Culture on the 28th and 29th of March. I …
It's one of my favorite online shops, if not the first on my list. Not only because of their top brand selection, or their easy to navigate and shop website, or the super fast transit time of my buys from their warehouse to my door. There is a WOW factor about this shop that makes …
"Spring-Summer Pieces Are Brought to Balletic Life in an Interactive [brilliant may I add] Short". (source: www.nowness.com). The best combination of two of my favorite subjects: contemporary dance and fashion. Louis Vuitton, Kenzo, La Perla, Maison Martin Margiela, Bottega Veneta pieces fly and dance along with the performers from London’s Sadler’s Wells Theater. I am sure many …
In a brilliant video concept for her song "Nouveau Parfum", Hungarian singer Boggie is undergoing a virtual make-over with the help of photoshop. The result is astonishing: The girl of next door is transformed into a beauty goddess, a star, a model. Food for thought: Is this the "perfection" we seek in our everyday lives? …
