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April 3, 2009

Easter Time And Irresistible Chocolate Easter Eggs

Filed under: Chocolates — @ 9:29 am

Spring and Easter bring in their joyous moments. Especially with the Easter festival all the pastry shops and sweet stores get an attractive window display done. The display shelves look pretty and laden with colorful Easter eggs which are hard to miss by.

Well, in United Kingdom too, you have a specialized range of chocolate Easter eggs which taste divine and heavenly ….Attractively packed in gift boxes; they can be gifted to family and friends too.

Well, each chocolatier has its own unique range of chocolate Easter eggs. You need to browse and check around certain stores and check for your self what each one offers. Pick out a cocoa rich chocolate Easter egg or a white chocolate Easter egg. The degree of sweetness varies. If you like vegan or dairy intolerant, you can get special dairy free Easter eggs too.

Tesco’s white chocolate egg has it share butterscotch tidbits within and is for those who really have a sweet tooth meanwhile Sainsbury’s Easter egg is laden with chopped nuts and raisins – quite a regular fare. If you want to try something truly special and handmade, a must check out on the list is the Chouchoute, Birmingham whose Easter Eggs are handmade and do have French touch to it. They come attractively packed too so you can always gift them to your special friends.

Are you still looking for something still more special or suitable for corporate gifting, you can always try out £18.99 priced stem ginger and dark chocolate organic truffles from Booja Booja – they are packed in hand painted wooden eggs specially flown in from Kashmir. In the similar price range, you could also try out L’Artisan du Chocolat Eco Chick Egg which contains a chocolate egg made from Peruvian beans within pastel colored shell which very well resembles an egg of the wild bird.

You can yet check out the top of the range eggs which could cost almost £25, pricey enough!! The Charbonnel et Walker Rose and Violet Plain Chocolate Egg which as the name suggests contains Classic rose and violet creams inside a plain chocolate egg. Another chocolate egg in the same category is the Amedei Chocolate Egg filled with House Dark Truffles from William Curley – A whiff will suffice and you will make your decision to buy… Simply smells heavenly and lets your Easter spirits soar high.

The well made and decorated Easter Eggs look pretty enticing and tempting that all the diet plans and resolutions go for a toss. Even you feel like grabbing and savoring them just like a little child who savors it with relish and great sense of satisfaction, not bothered about the calorie count. Well, enjoying a chocolate Easter egg naturally preps up your mood and you begin to feel happy.

Barbie Dolls : 50 years and Still Going Strong

Filed under: barbie dolls — Tags: , , — @ 9:26 am

Barbie is a pretty doll which is loved by one and all. With lovely dresses, matching accessories, hair style et al, Barbie’s wardrobe is up to date and she stays always in fashion. It does not come as a surprise to have an entire Barbie doll collection as a prized possession by mothers and daughters alike. A must pass on Legacy… maybe the best gift a mother could give to her daughers – her Barbie Dolls.

Introduced for the first time in 1960s, followed by her pet horse Dancer, her sister Skipper, and her friend Ken, Barbie has her share of friends and family too. When she turned sixteen a special edition of Kissing Barbie was introduced. And today, Barbie has become net savvy with a prominent figure on the social networking site, the Facebook where she interacts with 80,000 friends.

Barbie is one toy which has a presence in many countries … so she is truly international and a world celebrity. Well, it’s pretty normal for girls to build their collection of special Barbie Dolls and related products ranging from beach wear, dresses, makeup accessories, bed room furniture, kitchen furniture, and beach set and so on.

As she celebrates 50 years of existence, special events and celebrations have been lined up all over the world. Worth mentioning are the specially dressed up 50 Barbie dolls by Roksanda Ilincic and Danielle Scutt. Priced at £179.99, Barbie is dressed up in a pink skating dress while make up cans made by Stila cost £50. Marking the occasion is a specially published coffee table book which is full of pretty and mesmerizing pictures of Barbie – a prized buy for those who can afford it £500.

Amongst some worth mentioning events lined up for the occasion are Malibu Dream House party in Malibu, 50th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C. Colette, a fashion boutique, Paris will host an exhibit for Barbie doll photographs taken by Karl Lagerfeld and also on display will be vintage dolls, a pink customized FIAT car is currently being designed in Italy while a 6 foot tall birthday cake with a Barbie theme will be on display at the First Fleet Steps, Sydney. Also on the anvil is the opening of an exclusive Barbie store in Shanghai, China. Hamleys, UK is all set to broadcast a holographic movie of Barbie past and present on the largest projection screen in entire UK.

To sum, it up for all of us here, young and old Barbie still is

My Best Friend Barbie
The Ultra Chic Girlie
Blue Eyed and Blonde
Pretty and most Envied
Precious and Loved
By one and all

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