DENNIS THE MENACE

ECO FASHION - BAGS FROM RECYCLED NEWSPAPER

Eco Fashion is a growing with new ideas and trends and two days ago, I had posted pictures of bags and wallets I saw at the Gift Shop of Detroit Institute of Arts in Michigan. Well I came across some more interesting, actually nice looking bags made out of repurposed newspapers, coated with biodegradable cellophane to make the bags and purses water proof by 'Ecoist'. Visit their website for more details. You can even order your own eco fashion bag made from newspaper online.

Visit Ecoist website Here

On thursday when we were walking around in the Salhia Complex, we walk into this shop called 'Mosaic' and to my surprise, I found 3 small purses that was made out of magazine pages, comic book pages and stickers. 'Mosaic' is on Mezzanine 1 (contact 22996435).  Here are the pictures I took of the 3 purses I saw. They are quite simple looking compared to the ones I saw on Ecoist website.

The ones herebelow are  Newspaper collection handbags by ECOIST

RAINBOW - A SPECTACULAR EXPERIENCE IN DETROIT

Don't we all enjoy seeing a rainbow. What if the rainbow is seen not in the sky, but when water from the fountain rises up and you can see it in the rising waters. Now that was one spectacular and unusual experience we had in down town Detroit and my son was able to capture it on his mobile. Each time the water rose high in the fountain, we could see the rainbow. Let me share that beautiful experience through this picture.

This picture is taken before the rainbow was visible in the rising water

Look at the right side of the fountain, can you see the rainbow?

Now the rainbow is more clear in this picture (right side of the fountain). Isn't it beautiful?

ARE YOU FUN TO BE WITH?

Are you fun to be with?
1. Yes, totally
2. No, not really.
3. With close family and friends  with whom I can be myself with
4. Only with friends
5. Children find me fun to be with
6. I am full of fun, I find myself entertainting people with unlimited doses of humour. I am so comical, no one takes me seriously.  Hahahahahahaha
7. I think I am boring

 What answer would you choose?

DREAMS OF KUWAIT - A BEAUTIFUL ART EXHIBITION HELD AT AL M. GALLERY

We visited the beautiful art exhibition 'Dreams of Kuwait' at Al M. Gallery on Thursday. The paintings depicted the life, culture, tradition and heritage of  Kuwait in the past. The art exhibition took us on a beautiful journey into Kuwait's past...when life was simple and different. Most of the participating eminent artists are born in the 40's and 50's and is able to give an of how life in Kuwait around 40 to 50 years ago through their art work. Kuwait today is hugely different from the Kuwait of the 50's,  60's or 70's. Every painting had a story to tell about Kuwait's past, that highlights the great talent and abilities of the participating artists. The themes chosen, colour schemes and artistic expressions are amazing, as each artist has his own style through which he communicates with the viewers, sharing various stories and messages through art. There were oil paintings, acrylic, pastel and other medium of art. We had the opportunity to meet the owner of the gallery, Mr. Khaled Al Asfour, who explained about the artists, paintings and the gallery. Its a beautiful gallery located in Salhia Complex (Gate 4, mezzanine 2, establishment 16).  The exhibition ends today, however being a Saturday, one can call and fix an appointment to attend it.

Contact : 22996447

Al M. Gallery Facebook page : Click Here

Here are some pictures I took at the exhibition:

SPEAK KINDLY

Decline from foul or polluting language, evil words, unwholesome or worthless talk.Speak kindly; May your words be graceful to those who hear it.

DREAMS OF KUWAIT ART EXHIBITION AT AL M. GALLERY

DREAMS OF KUWAIT, being held at the AL M. GALLERY, is an exhibition comprising of paintings and works of art by 13 eminent artists depicting Kuwait, its culture, people and traditions. The exhibition has been extended upto Saturday 24 September. Art lovers and enthusiasts, you still have an opportunity to visit the exhibition, if you has missed it.

Location: AL M. GALLERY, Salhia Complex, Gate 4, Mezanine 2, Establishment 16
Contact: 22996447
Timing:  Sunday-Thursday 9 am-1pm and 5pm-9pm; Saturday visitation by appointment

(Via www.artkuwait.org - Visit their website for more details)

Photo credit : www.artkuwait.org

MOTHER'S LOVE - IN PICTURES

My son sent me these beautiful pictures that depict Mother's love for her child. The pictures say it all!

ECO FRIENDLY BAGS AND WALLETS FROM RECYCLED NEWSPAPER

These unique eco friendly bags and wallets are made from recycled newspapers. Nice!  isn't it?

 Pictures of the following bags and wallets below were taken at Detroit Institute of Arts - Gift Shop.

Wallet made of recycled Newspaper

How the wallet looks from the inside

BRIEF MOMENTS IN LIFE

TATA NANO ADORNED IN 4.6 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GOLD AND GEMSTONES

Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata, unveiled a Nano car - made with gold and silver, and studded with precious stones - worth a whopping  Rs.22 crore (4.6 million U.S. dollars) in Mumbai on Monday September 19.

Tata Nano, world's most inexpensive car that promotes comfort, safety, high on fuel efficiency and low on emissions has been converted to world's most expensive car with all the gold, silver and precious gems.However not for sale - the fully functional car is a 'unique branding and promotional initiative by Goldplus Jewellery', part of Titan Industries.  The regular Nano Car costs Rs.1.40 lakh  ( U.S. dollars 2903). Initially, Nano had Rs.1 lakh (U.S dollars 2073) price tag at its launch.

The Goldplus Nano Car is billed as the world's first ever gold jewellery car and celebrates the 5,000 years of jewellery making industry in India. The car's body is made with 80 kg 22 carat solid gold, 15 kg silver, precious stones including diamonds, rubies and other expensive gemstones.

The Goldplus Nano Car will travel to all the Goldplus showrooms at 29 locations in India.

KUWAIT SHERATON HOTEL AND TOWERS WIN WORLD TRAVEL AWARD

At the prestigious World Travel Awards, held on September 16, in the Middle East category, Kuwait Sheraton Hotel and Towers emerged a winner as
* Kuwait's Leading Hotel and
* Kuwait's Leading business Hotel

World Travel Awards is the most prestigious, comprehensive and sought after awards  in the global travel and tourism industry. To win a World Travel Award by a process involving 183,000 travel tourism and hospitality professionals across the globe is the highest accolade a company can receive. (World Travel Awards website)

For full list of winners in Africa, Middleast, Europe and Indian Ocean, click on this Link

BENEFITS OF WALKING BAREFOOT ON SAND

With the modern lifestyle, it's mostly children who walk or run around barefoot only to be reminded by parents or older siblings to put on their shoes or sandals - afraid that their little feet would get hurt or become dirty. If you observe children, you will find in them a natural desire to walk barefoot. This desire is there is some adults too. So you find some people walking barefoot inside their homes. However, most of us are used to home slippers at home and our choice of footwear when we leave home.

It's so important to connect to nature. We are all so much an integral part of it and why not try out the different feel and benefits of walking barefoot on sand when you go to the beach. Try walking on the dry sand. It's a different feel compared to walking on bare ground. You can feel your feet go deep into the sand, as you walk,  a lovely feeling. This is a good exercise, that strengthens calf and foot muscles. It's very relaxing and soothing too, actually quite therapeutical. According to a book called 'Earthing'  by Martin Zucker, you would experience the flow of the earth’s electric energy connecting to your physical body, which has been scientifically proven to promote healing and create a deep sense of well-being within us, when we walk barefoot. It's called 'Grounding'. Connect directly to earth through your barefoot and enjoy the health benefits, all for free offered to us by earth.!