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Archive for March, 2008
Miley Cyrus is Given a Peace Necklace – From a Paparazzo!
Mar 29th
Miley Cyrus received a necklace with a peace sign charm on it. And the gift-giver? A member of the paparazzi! Wonder if that will help him get preferential pic opps?
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| Miley Cyrus showing off her new peace charm necklace! Source. |
Here are some other cool peace sign necklaces, charms and jewelry to check out…
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Archive Design Peace and Love Brass Charm Necklace |
Blu Bijoux Chinese Peace Necklace |
| $50.00, Archive Design peace and love brass charm necklace. Three brass charms suspended from a 25 inch brass ball chain. The charms include one brass circle pendant with a peace sign, another circle pendant with the word love and a small brass hart. The two circle pendants measure 3/4 inch and have an antique-look finish. | $20.00, Blu Bijoux chinese peace necklace. Gold plated necklace featuring three charms, including the word “Peace”, a disc with the Chinese symbol for peace, and an Austrian crystal encrusted peace sign. The charms hang 3/4 inch long from an 18 inch chain with a 2 inch extension. Necklace fastens with a lobster claw clasp. |
And, here are some high-end options from Heavenly Treasures:
Peace out.
Strange, Strange Delicacies
Mar 28th
Think you know an adventurous eater? Give them a true test with these exotic, epicurean delights from Edible.com …
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Green Crocodile Curry – This curry has been made in Bangkok especially for Edible to a traditional Thai recipe. It contains fresh farm raised Crocodile meat and fragrant vegetables, herbs and spices. It is cooked so all you need to do is open the can, heat and it is best served with steamed jasmine rice.The sale of this product helps the conservation of Wild Siamese Crocodiles in South East Asia which are critically endangered! |
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Giant Hornet Honey – This honey is collected in a farm on a remote Island in Southern Japan, from Giant Japanese Hornets. The hornet is placed on a needle to enable the enzymes in its body to be released into the honey. The honey is very fluid and tastes delicious, somewhat like honey that has been mixed with port or brandy. The Giant Japanese Hornet is the largest species of wasp in the world, and it contains special enzymes in its body which are reputed to increase strength and energy levels. Giant Japanese Hornets have one of the most incredible stamina’s of any living creature and this stamina can be temporarily passed into the system of those who consume it. |
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Lizard Wine – This Brandy like liquor is produced by steeping Rice Wine in a clay vat full of Tokay Gecko Lizards and Ginseng. After a 12 month fermentation process has taken place, the liquor is then strained resulting in this green colored drink. Consumption of Lizard Wine is said to ward off evil and to improve vision! |
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Mopani Worms – Mopane’s are a staple part of the diet in Southern Africa, they are harvested twice a year and sold in the local markets.The mopane worm is the brightly colored caterpillar of the Emperor Moth. It gets its name from living on the leaves of the mopane tree.The worms are hand picked or shaken off the trees.The local collector’s squeeze the Caterpillars to remove their bright green ‘guts’ and then they are cooked in a cauldron of salty water until the water has evaporated, they are then dried in the Hot African Sun. Their protein content is three times that of beef, weight for weight, and they are traditionally cooked in a stew containing tomatoes and onions.The biggest worms have the best flavor as they contain more fat ; the texture is similar to tofu or soya meat and they taste a little like dried fish, but they seem to soak up the flavor of whatever they are cooked with. Mopane’s can also be eaten as they are as a snack like, ‘jerky’. |
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Detoxified Uncooked Scorpions – Just rinse in cold water then they can be either fried in oil for 15-20 seconds till crisp and served with a sweet chili dip.Or you can bake them in the oven on 170 degrees till dry and crisp then toss them in salt and pepper as an interesting movie snack or party appetizer! |
If you’re lucky, your gift recipient will share!
Give a Baby Bunch Bouquet to an Expecting Mom
Mar 27th
A friend of mine was looking to buy a gift for her pregnant co-worker but she didn’t know what to get. She didn’t have access to the registry, she didn’t want to spend too much and she wanted it to be something unique but useful.
In one of the local stores we came across this cute bouquet called “The Baby Bunch”. The baby bunch is a “bunch” of clothes rolled up and designed to look like a flower bouquet. They have different colors, different sizes, different seasons and they even offer organic clothes.
The prices start around $29.95 for buckets and $49.99 for bunches but you get a complete set of clothing and it is put together beautifully. The medium yellow bunch is probably my favorite but the winter bunch is adorable too. They also offer “Thanks a bunches” for your friends who aren’t pregnant.
The Baby Bunch is definitely a cool and unique gift that your friends will be sure to love. Heck, I love them and I am not pregnant! Someone send MsGift a thanks a bunch!
>> Read more gift ideas for expecting mothers
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George Clooney Gave Friends 100 Favorite DVDs
Mar 26th
George Clooney enjoys watching movies. And so do most of his friends.
For Christmas 2005, he gave each of his closest friends 100 DVDs – George’s favorite movies from 1964 to 1976. You can watch George discuss his favorite movies on the AMC Channel.
Here’s the list of movies:
- Alfie (with Michael Caine)
- Alice doesn’t live here anymore
- All the president’s men
- Alphaville
- American Graffiti
- Badlands
- The Bad News Bears
- Bang the Drum Slowly
- Blazing Saddles
- Blow-Up
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Bound for Glory
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Cabaret
- The Candidate
- Carnal Knowledge
- Cat Ballou
- Catch-22
- Chinatown
- A Clockwork Orange
- The Conversation
- Cool Hand Luke
- The Day of the Jackal
- Deliverance
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Don’t Look Back
- Don’t Look Now
- Dr Strangelove
- Easy Rider
- Everything You always wanted to know about Sex but were afraid to ask
- The Exorcist
- Fail Safe
- Five Easy Peaces
- The French Connection
- The Front
- The Godfather
- The Godfather Part II
- The Graduate
- The Great Gatsby
- A Hard Days’s Night
- Harold and Maude
- High Plains Drifter
- The Hot Rock
- I am Cuba
- In Cold Blood
- In the Heat of the Night
- Jaws
- Jeremia Johnson
- The King of Marvin Gardens
- Klute
- The Ladykillers (1955 version)
- The Last Detail
- The Last Picture Show
- Last Tango in Paris
- Lenny
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
- The Lion in Winter
- Little Murders
- The Longest Yard
- The Long Goodbye
- A Man and a Woman
- Marathon Man
- M*A*S*H
- McCabe & Mrs Miller
- Mean Streets
- Midnight Cowboy
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Murder on the Orient Express
- My Fair Lady
- Nashville
- Network
- The Odd Couple
- The Omen
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- Paper Moon
- Papillon
- The Parallax View
- The Party
- Patton
- The Pawn Broker
- The Producers
- Rosemary’s Baby
- Serpico
- Seven Days in May
- Shampoo
- Sleeper
- Smile
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- The Sting
- Straw Dogs
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
- Taxi Driver
- The Thomas Crown Affair
- Three Days of the Condor
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Wait Until Dark
- The Way We Were
- Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf?
- Young Frankenstein
- Z
For your movie-lover, consider creating your own movie gift basket.
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Get Your Kids a Penguin Umbrella
Mar 25th
Waddle Waddle Waddle! Just thinking about penguins makes me laugh. They are cute, fun to watch and pretty much loved by all, especially children.
I came across this adorable penguin umbrella at the Penguin Place. I have never seen anything like it and I have to imagine that any kid would love carrying this around…heck, I would love carrying this around!
Here is what they have to say:
“This cool kids penguin umbrella is so cute, your kids will be looking forward to rainy days…Perfect for waddling kids 3 to 12 years old.”
The umbrella only costs $11.95 (a deal in my eyes) and can be ordered through the Penguin Place website.
