| Coffee mugs for everyone | | Posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 11:07:57 AM by Kate Grant | Coffee mugs are like t-shirts. There's nothing you haven't seen on one.  Coffee mugs designs come in many shapes, sizes and colors, and, believe it or not, some people even v will collect anything these days...) Coffee mugs make great presents or souvenirs from a place you visited on your travels, or from a special event.
Coffee mugs that were made for Charles and Diana's wedding, are now considered collectors items. Funny or humorous coffee mugs are often given as birthday gifts to older men, but even grannies are not exempt. It's nice to put a unique, handmade coffee mug on display, if you have glass doors on your cupboard.
A custom made personalized coffee mug is a great stoking filler for each member of the family on Christmas, preventing wars breaking over what mug belongs to each one, And if you are a cat lover, you'll love a coffee mug with a picture of this elegant creature.
But the greatest gift of all, when it comes to coffee mugs, and especially if you love drinking coffee, is a large coffee mug, to give you a double dose of the dark brown liquid.
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| | | Heaps of Tut stuff to remember him by | | Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 12:49:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | Visitors to the King Tut exhibit opening tomorrow at the Franklin Institute Science Museum will be asked to look, but not touch. It's strictly hands off the 130 golden and bejeweled ancient artifacts on display in the eye-popping exhibit - the items unearthed from the boy king's tomb are between 3,000 and 3,500 years old, after all. But when people stroll into the gift shops, Egypt will be at their fingertips. Cartouche jewelry, canopic vases, beaded headdresses, gilded vanity mirrors, wine glasses, scarab jewelry boxes, and lots and lots of children's toys will be waiting to be bagged up and carried home. Because this particular exhibit is expected to attract at least one million people to Philadelphia now through September, there will be two stores open to souvenir hunters.... | |
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| | | Show and its star radiant with the glow of acclaim | | Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 2:49:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | -- The color that jumps out at you on the "Ugly Betty" set is orange: construction-barrel orange. Everywhere you look in the offices of Mode Magazine, you see orange flower vases, filing cabinets, pencil holders, coffee mugs, lamp shades, picture frames, folders, chairs and walls. There's just no escaping it on soundstage 11 of Hollywood's Raleigh Studios, where the hit rookie comedy films those many scheming-and-dreaming office scenes. But while orange may be the predominant color, the glow on this set early Tuesday morning was positively golden. That's because, the night before, "Ugly Betty" won the Golden Globe awards for best comedy series and best actress in a comedy or musical series. The second of those golden statuettes went to America Ferrera, who also has won viewers' hearts as Betty Suarez, the sweet-natured, hard-working and down-to-earth Queens girl working at a high-fashion Manhattan magazine.... | |
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| | | Silly Moments for Starbucks in 2006 | | Posted Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:48:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | It's that time of year when we look back over the best and worst moments of the previous 12 months. There are probably plenty of candidates for the worst retailing debacle of the year, but one incident jumped to mind for me -- probably because I'm a Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) shareholder and therefore pretty sensitive to wrong turns the retailer might make. Back in September, Starbucks had to pull an email campaign that had gotten out of hand. What had started out as an offer for free drinks for Starbucks' employees' friends and family in the southeastern U.S. had turned into a viral campaign that was spreading far and wide over the Internet. So Starbucks had to eat a little crow and discontinue the offer, leaving some fans out in the cold when they tried to redeem their online coupons.... | |
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| | | A world in one country | | Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 2:50:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | You don't have to hop on a plane to experience exotic offerings. Matthew Krouse, Niren Tolsi and Shani Raviv go in search of slices of life from faraway places.WOT'S WHATThe Abyssinian Restaurant3rd Floor, 539 West Street, DurbanWalking up the three flights of stairs to The Abyssinian is a bit like wandering on to the set of the film Seven, only the light bills have been paid. Situated in a hostel/hotel catering mainly for Ethiopians and Eritreans, The Abyssinian serves honest, cheap, good food (a bill for four people came to R42) and buzzes with mainly Ethiopian men, who are usually around the pool table. The balcony overlooking the Russell Street cemetery provides one of the best dining views in Durban. Mealtimes are a communal ritual and the food comes on large trays, layered with njera (soft bread) and whatever you choose off the menu: beyaynetu (a selection of vegetable dishes - lentils, curried potato, sambals, et cetera), tibs (beef strips fried with onion, chilli and a red pepper spice, bee bere) and doro wot (chicken cooked with eggs).... | |
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| | | BCPL Bone china and stoneware Products like Mugs, Dinner Set and ... | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:50:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | Incorporated in 1993, the BCPL group is a leading manufacturer and exporter of Bone China and Stoneware products from Delhi NCR, India. With a decade of experience, BCPL Group has established itself in the international market and is exporting its products to UK, US, Australia, European and Middle East countries. Our products combine bold and innovative designs to provide an extensive range of products. BCPL has put in its sustained and deliberate efforts towards presenting latest state-of-art technological improvement in quality and services. Our company produces fine bone china capturing the spirit of elegance and sophistication. The company has set its targets for substantial exports to mark the global presence and to achieve this the company has been participating in International exhibitions and Trade fairs.... | |
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| | | At Starbucks, coffee comes with new decor | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:52:30 AM by Blog57 Team | | At a coffee shop in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood, Bridget Barnes snuggled into a navy chair beneath a row of vintage windows. The dark wood, living-room-style rug and fireplace mantel made her feel like she was in "an old Beverly home," the 25-year-old preschool teacher said. But Ms. Barnes was actually at a Starbucks. The new design approach -- which includes preserving antique touches when the chain opens in old buildings -- is part of a push to make Starbucks Corp.'s stores more locally relevant as the Seattle chain sets out to eventually have 40,000 stores across the world, more than triple its current total. The proliferation of the company's stores has prompted a small number of cities to block it from opening out of concern the chain will erode the local character. Arroyo Grande, Calif., last year restricted Starbucks and other so-called formula businesses from opening in its historic downtown after hearing the chain wanted to come there.... | |
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| | | All I know is what I read in the newspaper | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:50:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | If you happen to be reading this in the paper, as opposed to reading it on a computer monitor, then you might be interested to know you are participating in a hands-on activity that has been around since sometime in the 1500s. Thats when, according to my exhaustive research which means I Googled it the first newspaper came off the first press somewhere over in Europe. And when, almost certainly, somebody found something in it to write a letter to the editor about. I dont know about you, but I love reading the paper. In fact, my first voyage each day is out into the dark front yard to pick up the two that we subscribe to. Then, while the coffee is making, I take out the sections that dont interest me. I have no head for business or finance (my literary agent and my banker will concur here), so those sections get yanked.... | |
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| | | Elliot recalls D-Day, Bulge | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 6:53:56 AM by Blog57 Team | | It takes a brave man to jump off of a moving train as it passes his hometown. It takes a brave man to hitchhike 25 miles up to the next city to visit the all-female school.It also takes a brave man to risk his life for almost four years, half a world away, as a part of the largest war in history. John Elliot is a brave man. An 84-year-old Chester native and an accomplished storyteller, Elliot spends many of his mornings at Gene's Restaurant recalling, among many other tales, the time he spent from 1942 to 1945 serving in World War II.A group of about 15 men gathers in the earliest daylight hours to begin their morning with warm eggs and grits, - most tend to stop talking and sip out of their steaming coffee mugs as Elliot begins one of his stories.“You better bring your lunch if you want to listen to John's stories," his friends say.... | |
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| | | 'Wake Up Breckenridge' returns | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:55:25 PM by Blog57 Team | | BRECKENRIDGE - Six local coffee shops will be distributing free mugs and coffee courtesy of Breckenridge Ski Resort this Thursday from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Returning for its fourth consecutive year, "Wake Up, Breck" is designed as a huge thank you to the community for showing resort guests incredible hospitality all season long. Members of Breckenridge's management team and resort employees will be on hand to distribute 200 free mugs and coffee at each location: Starbucks, Clint's Bakery & Coffee House, Cool River Coffee House, Petal and Bean, Helen's Coffee Cart at City Market, and Daylight Donuts. To jumpstart the 2006-2007 winter season the mugs will be stuffed with coupons from local businesses to generate excitement for Breckenridge's opening day the following day, Friday.... | |
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| | | Book News: Authors change tactics to sell their books | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:50:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | With thousands of new titles every year, selling books is getting as competitive as running for Congress. New marketing approaches are in order. Some writers are pushing their books the same way politicians pump their candidacies -- with online video segments on such popular sites as YouTube.com Among the Net set is Michael Connelly, creator of the Harry Bosch crime series. His latest, "Echo Park," was hyped before publication last month with a 10-minute video shot at a Los Angeles apartment building mentioned in the book. The video "sharpened excitement" for the book, Connelly told the Los Angeles Times, and helped sales the first week after release. Other books taking the video approach were "The Mystery Guest," a memoir by French writer Gregoire Bouiller published in August, and "The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid" by Bill Bryson, released last month.... | |
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