MY PHOTO FOR THE DAY - DAR HAMAD RESTAURANT

I am back to posting an interesting photograph for the day from my collection of incessant captures. This photograph is of Dar Hamad I took a few months back when I went out for lunch with a friend. They serve delicious contemporary Kuwaiti cuisine. I'll be doing another post on our dining experience. 

The interesting architecture of this villa styled restaurant is designed to resemble 'Sandook Mubaiyat', meaning dowry box, which is gifted to the bride during her wedding. Dar Hamad is located close to gulf road, very close to Marina Mall bridge.

NOVEMBER 15 IS I LOVE TO WRITE DAY!

Did you know Tuesday, November is 15 is I Love to Write Day! Those very close to me would know how absolutely fond I am of writing. It one of the most joyous things to pursue and undeniably rewarding to the soul. 

SOME MORE SUPERMOON PHOTOS

Everyone by now would have seen the Supermoon yesterday. I posted some pictures last night in my blog from what I captured.

This evening, we decided to go up the terrace and see the supermoon again  while its still super duper 30 percent bigger and 14 percent more luminuous as yesterday, before it begins to wane in the next few days. So here they are. Enjoy!

SUPER MOON OF MONDAY 14 NOVEMBER

Did you see the spectacular Supermoon  today which is 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter. The last time earth experienced such a supermoon was in 1948. And the next occurrence will be in November 2034! So we didn't want to miss it. 

In the early evening just after sunset, we headed out first to the Boulevard and then to Salmiyah park near Sable and Mr. Baker, to witness the supermoon. It appeared so huge and so close in relation to the houses and trees, before it rose higher in the sky and appeared much smaller, but more luminuous. So the right time to experience was early evening around 4.45pm  to 6 pm where it feels the moon is literally 'hanging low' from the sky. We had a great time admiring the huge over sized moon. Reminded me of the scene from 'Bruce Almighty' where Jim Carrey pulled the moon way close to earth to impress his sweetheart. Well this wasn't that ridiculously close like in the movie but appeared impressively very close, which was beautiful, flooding you with many coveted picture postcard moments. 

If you missed today's super size effect of the super moon you could experience nearly the same thing if you are outside before 5pm tomorrow with your cameras and mobiles and treat yourself to a visual feast. 

I took these photos with my hand held Nikon camera. A camera stand would do more justice. However, enjoy!

WEAVING STORIES BY SADU HOUSE, LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

Yesterday being the last day, we attended the much talked about 'Weaving Stories' , a week long exhibition by Sadu House.  The highlight of the exhibition was the fascinating contemporary panoramic installation of artistic contributions from local and international artists woven onto a large loom,  to honor the textile arts of Kuwait. The installation comprised of  72 pieces of varying techniques such as crochet, quilting, embroidery, macrame, fabric painting, knitting, traditional sadu weaving and so on to tastefully convey stories of Kuwait, it's landscape, culture, heritage, cityscape, the desert, flora and fauna, seascape, sea life, dhow, renowned landmarks and structures. Workshops were held throughout the week for adults and students registered for learning the art of weaving. 

Two big looms saw the visitors having an  interesting interactive session on simple weaving. A basket of colorful  yarns and wool were placed for anyone to try their hand on how to weave. With a little guidance from volunteers, almost every visitor made his own little weaving story on the loom. In the photos, you can see my tiny woven piece in grey, blue and red towards the end. My first experience in simple weaving!. This has made me so eager to do a tapestry on a small loom for starters. 

Trying my hand at simple weaving

That's my tiny woven piece!

THE GARDENS PERFORM - AN AMAZING NIGHT OF PROSE, POETRY AND MUSIC AT 360 MALL

I got to see a gathering of some of the gifted poets and writers who recited their beautiful work at 'The Gardens Perform', an amazing night of Prose, Poetry and Music at the Vertical Gardens,  360 Mall on Saturday 12 November.  Poem recitals were in English and Arabic which were purely the work of each artist himself/ herself. This event was organized by 360 Mall, as part of the annual Nuqat Conference. 

A variety of poems ranging from saving the environment, musings on Arab women's empowerment, a teacher's reflections on the institute of education, love poem about food, the beauty and joy of color blue as opposed to it being attributed as a color of sadness, a chef's secret behind his delicious Ratatouille owing to his mom's home made recipe, and many other inspiring, thought provoking and soul stirring poems were rendered. You will see them enlisted in the event program photo. It ended with a musical band singing a few timeless songs concluding with Lionel Richie's song 'Hello'. What a lovely finale!

Some photos from the event