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Buzz on Singapore Orchard Road as Ion rents hit $80 psf Luxury retail rentals enter unfamiliar territory with new benchmark By ARTHUR SIM (SINGAPORE) A new benchmark for retail rents on Orchard Road has been set at Ion Orchard with tenants paying a base rent of up to $80 psf per month. This is 60-80 per cent [...]

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July 9, 2008Super-prime Orchard mall rents hit record $54.40 psf5.3% increase qoq is highest of all retail micro markets tracked byCBREBy ARTHUR SIMCHANEL, Gucci, Louis Vuitton are big brands that scream 'highfashion' on Orchard Road.But lately, the screams are more likely to be the painful result ofrising rents.CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) said that super prime retail space - definedas space facing Or

Singapore Super-prime Orchard mall rents hit record $54.40 psf 5.3% increase qoq is highest of all retail micro markets tracked by CBRE By ARTHUR SIM   CHANEL, Gucci, Louis Vuitton are big brands that scream ‘high fashion’ on Orchard Road. But lately, the screams are more likely to be the painful result of rising rents. CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) said that [...]

Kayu Evo 2574 killed a cabby & passenger at OG: Fatal accident at Orchard Road that occurred on 6th July. anyone saw abv accident in OG on sat nite? young punk wanna haolian infront of gf ..crashed onto the turning taxi and the taxi flipped a few times before landing roof first onto the pavement.. there's a passenger in the taxi... both of them died on the spot.. while driver of the evo had slight

For Rent - Orchard Scotts - District 09 - Singapore Apartment Condo Listing- 02.06.2008 TY : [C]ondo [D]uplex [H]iRise [L]oRise [T]ownHse [P]enthse [W]alkUp [M]asionette TNR=Tenure, DT=District, BDRM=Bedroom, AREA=Built-In, STR=Storey, Price $K=In Thousand Price are subject to changes , please call (+65) 91002985 for lastest update Type — C District — 9 Estate — ORCHA

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You won't believe what you will get with this beautiful home! Huge back yard with Trex deck and railing, hot tub, 25' above ground pool and much more! This 4 year old, all brick home has a beautiful

Job Vacancies :Growing Across The PacificNew Career Opportunities at the New Pan Pacific OrchardSuperbly located just off Orchard Road, the new Pan Pacific Orchard Hotel is the latest addition to the Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts, a leading hotel management company with a portfolio of 16 hotels and resorts throughout Asia and North America. This stylish city haven exemplifies the Pan Pacific bran

Job Vacancies :Cathay Organisation is a leading company engaged in the business of entertainment, leisure, lifestyle and property management services. It has subsidiaries under its name such as Cathay Cineplexes Pte Ltd, The Orchard Entertainment Centre Pte Ltd, E2Max Centre Pte Ltd, just to name a few. With its mission to provide quality products and services to customers in Asia, Cathay is exp

Custom built home on the water at this price---WOW!!! Check it out- Home is 2400 sq.ft., not including walk out basement (3/4 finished). Beautiful entance to vestibule, oak trim through out, 3.5 bath

right after i took the morning pict of smiley megan, joelle took another shot of smiley megan... i think megan really really very the happy wor... hey, look, that pinky care bear... oh, so you're ringing lor... hmmm, since you're ringing, i think i should say "hello?"... ok, i'm lame... thanks for the pinky care bear... :) alrighty, all set and ready to go gai gai lor... i think meg

CapitaMall Trust buys Singapore The Atrium@Orchard for S$840m SINGAPORE: CapitaMall Trust (CMT) has bought The Atrium@Orchard office development for about S$840 million. The Atrium@Orchard is a commercial development comprising two Grade A office towers and some ground floor retail space. CMT said the purchase from the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) will be funded by a mix of debt [...]

After reeling from the shock of construction sites along Orchard St. just south of E. Houston, as noted in the previous post, I calmed down long enough to enjoy the less disrupted blocks farther south. Some places of note, including a few art galleries, an increasingly more visible part of the Lower East Side landscape, listed from north to south:• Charbon Epicerie: a convincingly French cafe; t

Walking the block of Orchard St. south of E. Houston early this afternoon, I started experiencing not so much the anticipation of discovery as the anxiety of place. The buildings that I thought were along in here were no longer here, and in their stead were some new buildings and construction sites of buildings yet to come. I'm having a hard time remembering what the old places looked like, and I

8×10″, Golden Open Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com if interested in this painting. This painting was started last week on location in the apple orchard at Lasdon Arboretum in Somers, New York. I was about a half hour away from completion when thick clouds moved in and it started to rain! I [...]

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How To Join Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollOr checkout Green Thumb Sunday on Technorati Blossom in the orchard Over the last week with the weather improving several of the fruit trees in the orchard are coming into blossom. The first to show was the Williams Pear. Then the Braeburn Applefollowed by the Kidds Orange AppleThe Morello Cherry And finally the Red Fallstaff Apple. All the rest of the trees are now into leaf and well worth a visit. One of the things on the 'to do' list, is to make an information board so that visitors can tell what type of fruit grows on each tree. Over in the wildlife area we have been working on removing grass that has taken over in the flower areas, as you can see from the picture their was quite a bit of grass and now that it has been removed al

For Rent - Orchard Scotts - District 09 -Singapore Apartment Condo Listing- 30.04.2008 TY : [C]ondo [D]uplex [H]iRise [L]oRise [T]ownHse [P]enthse [W]alkUp [M]asionette TNR=Tenure, DT=District, BDRM=Bedroom, AREA=Built-In, STR=Storey, Price $K=In Thousand Price are subject to changes , please call (+65) 91002985 for lastest update Type      —  C District  —  9 Estate    —  ORCHARD SCOTTS, BLK 3 #03 Area      — [...]

$15,000/acre! Are they insane? This is your tax money going into ripping up perfectly good trees, because they put in too many to begin with. And they’re just going to make the same mistake again. What a terrible waste. :-( – Hat tip to an anonymous Ontarian.

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As i remembered ,Orchard road is a Shopping heaven which is full of different kinds of shopping malls..But when i reached there,the 1st things i thought was ,Pavilion and Star hill Is better..Easy to go ,easy to get!So In the Morning ,we went to Orchard and had our Breakfast there...On the way to MRT ,i saw a cute cafe that sells a lot of SOYA Bean dessert ,The shop name is "MR Bean".. It is Cute ,so just bought a Soya Bean Ice cream from them ....Hmm,The Ice Cream .............................Not that nice....Ngek ngek...The Mr bean Cafe...Cute Right ??YA ..............Act Cute with the Soya bean Ice cream...i admit ...But the ice cream not nice,just leave it for DD ,he had to finished this Ice Cream...hahahaThen we started shopping at Orchard ,Went to TAKASHIMAYA ....This shopping centr

April 5, 2008 Orchard makeover starts in 3 weeks' time New pavements, street furniture, lighting and plants will appear on Orchard Road soon. The $40 million facelift for Singapore's shopping belt begins on April 28, with works being carried out in sections. The project is expected to be completed by next February. Copyright © 2007 Singapore Press Holdings. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement & Condition of Access Singapore Real Estate and Property updatesEastLiving.com.sgContact Stuart Chng: (65) 9691 9907Email: stuart.chng@eastliving.com.sgEastLiving - Singapore Property and Real Estate DBSingapore Real Estate and Property updates EastLiving.com.sg Contact Stuart Chng: (65) 9691 9907 stuart.chng@eastliving.com.sg EastLiving - Singapore Property and Real Estate DB

Orchard in SpringAbout This Painting:Media: acrylicSize: 8 in X 6 in (20.3 cm X 15.2 cm)Price: $100,unframed + $5.00 s/h in the USAHow to Purchase:send me an email SCROLL DOWN to see my current auctions

Apple Orchard in Spring Impressionist PaintingAbout This Painting: It seems I've stumbled into a new series of paintings! I love going to the orchard to pick fruit, starting with strawberries in June, blueberries in July, (also raspberries and gooseberries) August is for peaches, September apples and pears, and finally pumpkins in October. I've been doing this for years and years and I've accumulated quite a few photos of the orchard, which is what I'm working from at the moment. But as soon as the weather gets warmer I'll be packing up my paints and heading there for some plein air painting. I think the new series will be called Orchards and Vineyards, as there are some beautiful vineyards I can go to also. We'll see where this goes because I have it in the back of my mind to perhaps do s

Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction. Often the surrounding area is known as Orchard and associated with the road. The immediate vicinity of Orchard Road, Orchard Planning Area [...]

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Developing an orchard is a long term investment and should be regarded it with extra caution. The waiting period sometimes takes one, for several years to wait before the plant bears fruit. You should understand that whatever profitable fruit variety you are going to plant you should always choose for the right planting materials [...]

Have you seen Fiona Xie running in bikini in Orchard Road, the most crowded place in Singapore?She was filming the show "The Champion" (任我遨游), an idol drama by Mediacorp. It was telecast in 2004. The show stars Taiwanese idol Toro, Yan Xingshu, Qi Yuwu, Julian Hee, Jeanette Aw, Felicia Chin, Fiona Xie and Joyce Zhao, all young actors and actresses. This show also marked Jesseca Liu's acting debut. It received one of the highest viewership rate during the telecast of the show, especially since there were a few semi-nude scenes such as Qi Yuwu stripping on-screen and Fiona Xie and other members of the Flying Fish running down Orchard Road in their bikinis.The series mainly dealt with the trials and travails of a Singaporean swimming team, the Flying Fish (飞鱼队, which could be a

Prog Related-United Kingdom "MAGNA CARTA is an English ‘folk’ band, formed in 1969 in London by Chris Simpson, Lyell Tranter, and Glen Stuart. They were part of the early progressive wave, but without really fully stepping into the progressive realm. Magna Carta’s music is largely inspired and influenced by the folk of Simon & Garfunkel, focussing on soft and gentle acoustic music, often with a

Usually I won't drive all the way down to the old Ampang Village area just to get some YTF. But that day I was picking up some stuff for work, and thought it might be nice to actually eat some YTF in the real place itself. Even though some might say Orchard View is not the original shop that served YTF, but they do look the most organized.This lady is preparing Sui Kao - for frying / soup. You know they are good when they openly prepare their YTF infront of you. It means you get them fresh, and hot.The kitchen staff busy frying those sui kaos, and yong tao foos. This place is very organized. They have a system for , sending food out from the kitchen, and a system to validate your order when you pay. These fellas should actually document their system and patent it. Its like they run everything with a SOP in mind.Thats what I ordered, a 10 piece assorted platter of YTF (in other words 10 kin cham cham, lol). What can I say, their fish paste is quite alright, really can't find

For previous Soap Opera Sunday posts, click here.All my love for you I now confess.Will You Marry Me?your answer______________Now it should be pointed out that I had more than one option if I didn't want to break the rhyme scheme. For one hilarious moment I considered saying "I guess." But quickly (like .3 of a second quickly) decided I didn't want that to be the story that got told for the rest of our lives. So. I said yes. And all amused opened the ring box, which was full of little plastic rings, pink and blue, set in a piece of foam.They were ring moulds. And I got to pick the mould I liked best. For something that important, that I'd have for the rest of my life, he said he wanted to make sure I really, really loved it. And he would make it for me.If I'd known how, I probably would have swooned right there and then.I found out later that his romantic nature was greater than I realized. The night before he proposed? He formally asked my parents for their blessing. Ye

For previous Soap Opera Sunday posts, click here.Two weeks later when he was in town taking an exam, he asked me a rather odd question. He asked would I like to read a book with him? I said not really. I had a day of touristy activities planned for us and couldn't wait to drag him out to all my favourite places in Vancouver. He insisted though (Neil's good at that), and so I found myself seated next to him in my parent's family room being read this book:I was more than a little mystified, especially when I saw that he'd put yellow post-it notes over all the words and written in his own.It's him, Tim. It's him, Tim. Tim it's him. That Tim-it's-himThat Tim-it's-himI do not like that Tim-it's him!Is it time to marry Kim?It is not yet time, Tim-it's-himIt is not yet time to marry Kim.Is it time, then or now?It is not time,then or now,The time's not come yet anyhow.It is not yet time, Tim-it's him.It is not yet time to marry Kim.Well, is it hard to be apart?Do you love her with

Just for the record, shopping challenges the brain and contributes to positive self image. That is why theory have shown that women tend to live longer than men: they shop more.Whether it's for clothes or groceries, shopping is a simple way to summarise what's good for the brain. It combines three elements that allow the brain to function better: staying physically active, challenging the brain and maintaining a positive self-image.See, women go to the mall, and they have to walk around a lot, oftentimes carrying heavy bags. Secondly, they have to make a lot of decisions: 'I have to compare this price with that . . . will this particular piece fit in my home?' blah blah blah. When they're all done, they really feel good about themselves, like they've accomplished something.On the other hand, men are at home sitting in front of the TV trying to help (their football team) along, and that doesn't do any of the three. I don't know about you whether to believe it or not. Hello, this

#0925 Orchard Larger Image. There is something quite nice about not having to face the complete new. One I will complete this whole project, and within it some, at least of the smaller frames, such as doing every flower in our garden.

For previous Soap Opera Sunday posts, click here.Soon though, I wasn't thinking about the stars. And not just because he'd swept me up in his arms again. I was completely overwhelmed by my attempt to panic and kiss at the same time. I had forgotten his name. Fortunately when we joined the crowd later on (about an hour later?), a gal who obviously knew him well bounded up, shouting "Neil! What's up?", pointedly taking notice of our melded hands. I was a bit flustered trying to take in her arched eyebrows while simultaneously attempting to form a new neural pathway (labelled Neil) through sheer force of will.He introduced me to his friend Julie, who pointedly asked if I was his girlfriend. Now, I may have been the shy, socially challenged type, but her tone of voice and body language simply radiated annoyance. An outsider? Nabbing the hottest bachelor in the area? She was not impressed. His response placated her somewhat though."Not sure yet," he replied casually, with a smile and a

Upton Massachusetts new home under construction ~ Just listed 10 Orchard Street ~ Listed at $619,900 ~ Listed by Bill Gassett, RE/MAX Executive Realty.          Terrific New home in Upton Massachusetts located on 1.98 wooded private acres. Now is the time to customize this rare new construction on quiet country road. This home has many features and amenities. You are welcomed by a beautiful two story foyer which is flanked by formal living and dining rooms with crown moldings and hardwood floors. The spacious kitchen is slated to have a light CHERRY kitchen with center island, GRANITE tops, and hardwood floors. The family room is directly of the kitchen with a brick fireplace and access to a Mahogany deck. The second floor has three spacious secondary bedrooms as well as a lavish master suite. The master bedroom is located over the garage which creates a very comfortable space. The master bath features a whirlpool tub and a se

For previous Soap Opera Sunday posts, click here.When we stepped outside, I saw him immediately, standing on the edge of the fray, very, very obviously waiting for me. It was a heady sensation. We danced. Together. In a group. Together again. I don’t know what music was playing, or how many dances we danced before he took me aside.“I have something to show you...,” he whispered.I'll admit to being a bit hesitant at this point. Once the excitement of doing something I'd never done or even dreamed of doing had died down, I was left feeling a little ashamed. As prudish as it sounds, I felt like a hussy!What I neglected to realize of course is that hussies don't blush, and I'd spent so much of that night doing so that my cheeks literally ached.He took me by the hand and lead me away from the crowded thrum-thrum-thrumming of the dance. The music faded as we walked, and the quietude of the late summer evening descended upon us like a gift. He lead me to a small hill overlooking

For previous Soap Opera Sunday posts, click here.It’s kind of funny the way memory works. There’s so little rhyme or reason to it. I’ve often wished I could reach into my head and rewire things. Really, it could be so much better organized in there. I have these incredibly vivid memories, startling in the richness of their detail, that have absolutely no relevance to my life whatsoever. Zilch.I’m not certain what happened after Neil’s interest in kissing me was rewarded with an answer of “Not yet.” I don’t remember the look on his face. Though that may be because I was to embarrassed to look at it. I don’t remember what his immediate response was.Somehow, we ended up sitting next together under an apple tree. There was no rustle of leaves, because they were freshly fallen, still suffused with a life slowly ebbing away from them. It was dusk, and the sun no longer pierced through the boughs above us. Dark seemed to be falling so very quickly. I’d lost an hour or two

It seemed like a great idea. A couple of friends from work with boys the same age, getting together for an afternoon of apple-picking. We found a date that worked for everyone, the weather forecast called for sunshine and mild temperatures. The only problem? No apples. Thank goodness somebody thought to call ahead the day before we went! I guess with the gorgeous weather we’ve been having, all the pick-yer-own orchards have been picked clean. After checking with a handful of places, we decided to try Cannamore Orchards because not only did they have some pre-picked apples available, but they advertised a bunch of fun activities for families. And that’s how we discovered another of Ottawa’s hidden treasures: Cannamore Orchard. It’s about a 40 minute drive south-east of the city. Personally, I’d never heard of it, but then, we’d always done our picking at Kilmarnock Orchards. While Kilmarnock is gorgeous, Cannamore offers some great stuff fo

For previous Soap Opera Sunday posts, click here.Now back in his single days, Neil was a pretty smooth operator. Before I was quite sure what was happening, I'd been ushered into the orchard. Yet, even though I was caught up in a severe case of social awkwardness, I managed to spare some attention for sight.The play of light through the canopy of the fruit trees surrounding us was almost mesmerizing. Here a shadow, there a rapidly shifting patch of sun. All with that muted green glow of backlit leaves. Fall was settling in slowly there, a gradual encroachment rather than the rapid rush I was used to back home. For the most part we were enveloped in cool greenness, but our feet, carefully placed to avoid the slimy squish of fallen fruit, kicked up showers of yellow and brown.It’s lucky for Neil I was a little smitten with him by that time, or he would have had a harm time catching my attention.I managed to ask questions about the orchard and what sort of work he’d done there in the

For previous Soap Opera Sunday posts, including the Prologue to this entry, click on the Soap Opera Sunday label at the bottom of this post.It started with a speeding ticket. I still giggle every time I look through my photo album and catch sight of the picture I took of the cop with his tripod mounted radar gun. It’s a fuzzy picture, taken as we were driving (oh so slowly) away. I don’t remember much else about the trip. Not the music we listened to, or the conversations we must have had. It was a five hour drive (and Jo’s speeding was balanced out by the time it took to receive the ticket), and however I poke and prod at my memory, I can’t conjure up those hours. We were late arriving to the orchard. Most of our church congregation had finished lunch and started drifting off towards the dense cluster of fruit trees, picking gear in tow. Jo grabbed a quick lunch while I allowed my aversion to mayonnaise to deter me. My poor starved self suffered little over this thoug

Previous Soap Opera Sunday EntriesSometimes when I’ve nothing in particular to do, which sadly is pretty darn often, I muse about my life, and the odd twists and turns it’s taken. Not that it felt twisty and turny at the time. Mostly it felt like I was ambling on in a more or less straight line. I’m looking forward to when scientists transcend GPS and get into all the funky trans-dimensional stuff. Then I’ll plot the events in my life and they will yield a print out full of zigzags and loopty-loops. Straight lines are for people who have some vague idea as to what they’re doing. Mine was always a fairly aimless existence. Being aimless, I was easily led. I lay no blame at the feet of those who did so, because really, I was irresistible. I was the human equivalent of a lost little puppy. I even have big brown eyes to complete the package.So when I hit twenty-two and my closest friend decided to have a “Talk” with me about something, the pattern of the conversatio

Click Here to search all listings in Michigan with pictures and tours FREE!7021 North Lake Orchard, ChelseaBedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2.5Price: $246,000Beautiful neighborhood surrounds this exceptionally maintained two-story home on a one acre lot. You're sure to love the meticulously landscaped yard complete with a children's garden and numerous apple trees to feed the wildlife. You and your guests are greeted in the gorgeous ceramic tile entry. Other interior features include beautiful gleaming hardwood flooring, a center island kitchen with bay window in the breakfast area, a door way to the patio and a deck just off the family room. This masterpiece is within Walking distance to North Lake, just minutes to the Pinckney recreational area, and only 8 minutes to enjoy Chelsea shopping, dining and entertainment. Escape to this perfect tranquil setting for your busy lifestyle. Kathy Toth & Team http://kathytoth.com

Probably the most easily recognizable part of Singapore, this famous stretch of shopping malls and entertainment centers was, in the 1800s, an area for nutmeg and pepper plantations and fruit orchards, hence, the name Orchard Road.Orchard Road is a one-way street. It starts at the intersection with Orange Grove Road which is the location of the Orchard Hotel, near the Singapore Botanic Gardens. It then stretches southeast across the Scotts Road/Paterson Hill intersection, Orchard MRT Station, Bideford Road, Somerset MRT Station, Central Expressway (CTE), Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station and ends at the intersection with Handy Road (just before Prinsep Street), where it becomes Bras Basah Road.Orchard Road contains numerous upmarket restaurants, coffee chains, cafes, nughtclubs, and hotels. It is also the site of the official residence of the President of Singapore, the Istana.Here's a list of the shopping malls at Orchard Road:The CentrepointCineleisure OrchardDelfi OrchardFar East PlazaFar E

Yesterday morning, the whole family set to go to Bentong to visit SIL BF family’s durian orchard. This is the first time in my life I stepped into a durian orchard. The orchard was on a 3 acres hill, needed a little uphill walk. There are so many nice species, and I was told the good ones are rare and they normally reserve for family instead of selling. When arrived, we saw many collected durians piled up on the ground already. SIL BF’s uncle helped us to open all the durians as we ate on the spot. While we were eating, there were more durians dropped from surrounding areas. Children went out to collect them, and we ate immediately. A very fun experience! Collected Durians Durian Opening Collecting Durians We had so much of good species to eat, include Musang (猫山), Udang Merah (红虾), Bamboo/Kaki Buluh (竹脚), etc. To them, 88 or D24 are low grades of all already, though I still quite like them. Musang is the highest grade, and is very rare. There was on

As record labels scramble to output only the highest possible earners, an investment bank in Britain is swooping-in to finance successful bands who've lost their mojo. Ingenious Media PLC realizes labels cannot afford to waste efforts on older, niche bands, and that's why they've found opportunity to finance UB40, Peter Gabriel, Prodigy and Travis. The primary issue is that while the bands still draw a formative amount of attention to sell lots, they've got nothing new or interesting to offer by way of sound recording, at least according to the fans. On a grand scale, bands like these do not sell albums well. Ingenious Media's strategy is to fund proportionally and market the albums to the appropriate niche.(Link)Ecast announced a partnership on Thursday with indie music distributor, The Orchard, to license songs for playback to over 10,000 of its bar-havened, on-demand digital jukeboxes.(Link)

This morning I was knee-deep in grass and nettles picking red currants from the bushes at the end of the orchard. My Czech friends suggest I get a pair of goats or a few sheep to keep the grass down, but that all seems a little too much responsibility to me – for starters I would need to ensure a supply of water and then I would need to check that the fence is without holes. All too much work.The orchard doesn't entirely belong to us, part of it we rent and part - well I am not sure what to make of it - the land registry map bears so little resemblance to what is on the ground and the fence is there and has been for years with everyone respecting it.The orchard is a joy. It is old and full of hidden treasures, a large cherry tree of great height, apple trees of summer and winter varieties, plum trees with lovely sweet small fruit and now red currants. We share the fruit with the wildlife of the area – wasps of course, but other larger beasts as well. Today I found a defined deer t

位于Park Hotel Orchard并且24小时不打烊的Swensen推出9款全新丰盛美式早餐。你只需在早上6时30分开始至11时，就可点选新鲜出炉的美味早餐，有火腿，香肠及各式蛋品供选择。大好美式早餐（Big American Breakfast）只售$19.90，有烘番茄、火腿、芝士香肠，烘金瓜和马铃薯、mesclun沙律和水果，还有特选面包和果汁供选择，简直是丰富又超值！其他美式早餐有烤Mozzarella乳酪土司（$11.90）、甜烙饼（$14.90）、甜煎饼配干果及枫糖浆（$12.90）、煎荷包蛋配烘面包（$11.90）等，选择众多。只有在Park Hotel Orchard推出的全新“亚洲美食”系列，特选8款精彩菜式，有本地人喜爱的鸡饭，酥脆面食及马来炒面都有售卖。推荐你虾婆米粉汤（$15.90），清蒸虾婆，日本香菇加米粉，浇上名厨特别料理的浓汤，香香辣辣的口味，美味可口。爱海鲜的朋友更可选择蟹肉炒饭（$14.90）

Cherry Orchard27cm x 22cm. 10.5 in x 8.5in.Oil on stretched canvasI held out for as long as I could but early this morning the urge got the better of me. I had to paint!This is a little cherry orchard deep in the Dordogne countryside. I had gone for a sketching walk with Boy, the young son of one of my dearest friends. We had spent about an hour drawing a magnificent view and then moved on. Boy was all painted out so, while I absorbed this little lane, he ran about in the cherry orchard “scrumping” cherries, which he shared with me. It had rained recently. The earth was warm and the smell of wet clay mingled with the scents of clary sage and thyme that were exploding into the air as Boy’s busy feet scrambled over the stony herb encrusted ground. I wonder if one day, when I am nearing eighty and Boy is in his late thirties, whether the taste of cherries and the smell of wild thyme will invoke this moment. 85 pounds (UK) 170 dollars (USA) and 126 euros (Europe). This includes the p

There has been plenty of discussion on the issue of the fundamentals of why housing prices in Orange County are indeed, not rational. One of the most common metrics cited by those with or without a basic economics background is the rent versus buy ‘price’ (monthly payment). These prices are the net output of a large number of variables, including (very importantly) what amount can be mortgaged, as IrvineRenter has explained in previous posts. I would like to take an opportunity to focus on the supply side of the equation, to help frame the discussions. Some of this is for statistical consideration, and some is simply to discuss the housing product and this blog community’s view of the current and future marketplace offerings. One of the commonly-recited phrases heard in defense of high housing prices, especially in Orange County, is “they aren’t making any more land.” There are a number of technical arguments to refute the idea that (even if

Mia's preschool class had a field trip to the zoo yesterday. It was a great time for all the kids and parents. The rain held off until after we were in our van on the way home. The medicine the doctor prescribed Mia is working miracles. She ran all day, climbed up the rope ladder, and never limped once. Jess said she limped a little first thing this morning, but after the medicine she was fine. I spent the entire day in bed recovering from the day walking yesterday. Obviously the doctor still has to work on my medicine. The zoo was so much fun. Mia got to feed a giraffe, goats, sheep, and a reindeer. I tried to get a picture of her feeding the reindeer, but the camera flashed just a moment too slow, so instead I got this amazing picture of her joy. I love this picture. It's very chilly up here, but we've been leaving our bedroom window open to hear the birds outside. Jess and are I becoming avid bird watchers. We have goldfinches, purple finches, ruby-breasted grosbeaks, and an indi

ORCHARD OF HOPE (Revell March 1, 2007) by Ann Gabhart ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ann H. Gabhart has published a number of adult and young adult novels with several different publishers. The author of The Scent of Lilacs, Ann and her husband live a mile from where she was born in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. She is active in her country church, and her husband sings bass in a southern gospel quartet. ABOUT THE BOOK: In the summer of 1964, drought has gripped the quiet Kentucky town of Hollyhill, and Jocie Brooke is nervous about starting high school. Her sister Tabitha is experiencing the weariness of waiting for a new baby. Her father David is feeling the timidity of those first steps toward true love. In steps the Hearndons. Fresh off the Freedom Train, Myra Hearndon is sensitive to what the color of her skin may mean in a Southern town. Her family will have to contend with more than the dry ground and blazing sun as they try to create their ORCHARD OF HOPE. REVIEW: Gabhart presents us wi

In November, residents in Orchard City, Colo., voted resoundingly to end a ban on alcohol sales in the town, located 170 miles west of Denver. It was the last completely dry town in Colorado. The vote authorizes the town to issue licenses to sell alcohol to restaurants and liquor stores, but not to bars or taverns. The Orchard City Board of Trustees must establish rules for alcohol sales, but since no one has applied for a liquor license the town leaders are not exactly feeling pressured to push forward with drawing up the regulations. It may take sometime before the thirst of the town's 3,000 residents is quenched.

Media Orchard, the blog of the public-relations firm Idea Grove, has selected my last post as part of its Pick of the Orchard for April 10. My link appears just above the link to an essay by Andrew Sullivan, one of the biggest names in the blogosphere. Itm thrilled that somebody sees my work as an example of fresh thinking.

Orchard16cm x 16cm. 6.3in x 6.3in.Oil on stretched canvasBright blue sky, rows of young apple trees and a château in the distance. Days like this make living here marvellous and I feel rich and happy and well and truly blessed!60 pounds (UK) 116 dollars (USA) and 85 euros (Europe). This includes the postage.

photos by Natz, your friend Paul Darwynn's friend yesterday, May 21st marked our cellgroup 2nd year Anniversary. It was filled with overflowing food, joy and thanksgiving to God. Thanks for the pics Bro. Obhet... Orchard CG 2nd year Anniversary