Gift by DoubleTree Cocoa Beach Oceanfront

31-8-2012

The Cocoa Beach team of DoubleTree Cocoa Beach Oceanfront asked one of its guests what brought him to the area. He mentioned that he took his son on a trip to the Kennedy Space Center and wanted to go surfing with him in the Atlantic Ocean for his 4th birthday. The team made a gift bag for the 4-year old and his father that consisted out of a gift bag, boogie board, banner, cupcakes and a birthday card.

Starbucks makes laundry detergent out of coffee grounds

31-8-2012

Starbucks works together with biorefinery scientists to transform food waste into key ingredients for laundry detergent, plastics and other everyday products. The coffee makers announced this at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society’. As mentioned before Starbucks was already involved in local projects before like the use of coffee grounds for growing mushrooms.

The deepest website in the world

31-8-2012

To enhance the unique source of Borjomi mineral water the company has introduced the worlds deepest website. Scroll down to the source of the water at a depth of 8 kilometers. Good luck!

Alcohol sandwiches in New York

30-8-2012

At the Salumé panini shop in New York it’s possible to order alcohol sandwiches. Chef Steven Hubbell flavors the meat of the breads with whiskey, Gin of grappa. Although most of the alcohol vaporizes during the baking, the panini’s got a lot of attention.

What is happening in your neighborhood?

29-8-2012

Family-friendly restaurant chain Applebee’s plans to bring nightlife to suburbia by reinventing itself as an after-hours entertainment destination, offering half-priced appetizers, drink specials, dance music, girl’s night out and karaoke after 10pm. While most of Applebee’s locations close at 10 p.m., locations in Central Florida already stay open (with strobe lights and all) until 2am under the moniker ‘Club Applebee’s.’

Straws filled with flavorbeads

28-8-2012

Straws filled with flavor beads, to add taste to a glass of milk. Just put one in a glass of milk and sip! Great for school lunches. 4 Packs – 1 each of Chocolate, Vanilla, Cookies & Cream and Strawberry. Nice for a cold glass of milk for kids in a restaurant as well.

Muru, the first pop-down restaurant

28-8-2012

In September 2012, the world’s first pop-down restaurant will open in a unique mining environment in Tytyri, Lohja. The restaurant is located 80 meters below the ground and during the evening you can go as down as 350 meters underground. The journey to the depths of the Earth is made using KONE’s test laboratory lifts. Chosen as restaurant of the year 2012 in Finland, Muru will bring its unique atmosphere, delicious food and excellent staff to Tytyri for two weeks. Down-to-earth food will be on offer in Muru’s signature style, in the spirit of a “mining canteen”.

Recipe for raspberry lemon iced tea

22-8-2012

The creator of the Sunshine and Smile blog has created a mouthwatering summer cocktail with raspberries. Have a look at the website for the raspberry lemon iced tea recipe and amazing photography by Kankana.

Boxpark NDSM in Amsterdam

21-8-2012

In the summer of 2013, Boxpark NDSM will open its doors on the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam. This is a pop-up shopping mall, consisting of containers, a variant of the London Boxpark Shoreditch. The containers will feature mostly fashion stores, but as well eateries, theatre and a cinema. The stores will be opened only during the weekend, but probably non-stop for 48 hours.

Silicone leaf plate

20-8-2012

Serve dishes in an original way with this silicon leaf plate. The leaves are designed by Noa Tamure for the Museum of Modern Art in New York and are dishwasher-, oven- and microwave-safe.

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