THE FORCE UNLEASHED II

IT'S OUT!!!

iLIGHT FESTIVAL

We took the opportunity of a lazy sunday to enjoy some of the culture of our adopted city and walked the iLIGHT FESTIVAL, Asia's first Sustainable Light Art Festival around Marina Bay. There are 26 pieces of illuminated artwork placed all around the Marina from the Casino, to the Esplanade, to the Fullerton, to the Promenade and around back to Bay Sands Resort. Altogether it's a 3.5km walk around the bay looking at cool art. The exhibit is free, the lights are on from 7:30-midnight and the whole shebang runs until 7:30, check it out for yourself or you can see our pics HERE!

5 DAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO

Just took a quick trip to SAN FRANCISCO for a week of work-meetings. Good stuff work wise, lousy time sleep wise as I never quite cracked the jetlag aspect of the flight this time around. I left sleepier than when I arrived and to top it all off, I did not manage to squeeze a trip back to Vancouver. I did however get to see some friends, meet some Tiki Bar TV peeps and eat some In N' Out. I will be back in January for two weeks after a Christmas visit home in Vancouver, so until then... you stay classy San Francisco.

TASMANIAN WHISKEY TASTING

On Friday night, we went for dinner with our friends Barb & Brett to one of our new favorite places in town CUGINI TRATTORIA. It's an Italian joint on Club Street that is run by two Italian Brothers (one cooks, the other is on the floor - sounds familiar) and it excels in great pizza (thin crust, savory sauce, fresh cheeses etc) and out-of-this-world pasta (the best I've found in Singapore so far). After talking to the waiter, we discovered that a lot of the great flavors like pancetta are imported from Italy directly, hence the great tastes in all the dishes. It's a tiny joint that looks like it might have one time been a Greek Restaurant (all blue & white) but the staff are friendly and the food is worth the repeat visits.

After a fantastic dinner, we walked down the street to check out this place called W WINE BAR for a nightcap but when we came through the door, we walked into a WHISKEY TASTING. Now, I loves me some whiskey and Michelle immediately started talking to the host Mark who was from Tasmania and here to share his wealth of knowledge and smokey flavored whiskies from the regions distilleries. It was great and what was even better was that it was "free"! That's right, a free tasting to promote Mark's Whiskies, the W Bar and Maison De Whiskey in Robertson Quay (a great place to buy Booze). We topped it off with some Cigars and a wee little hangover the next day but it was worth it. A great night with friends, food and fine, fine Whiskies. Great night!!!