Yesterday Afternoon my mother had some fresh coals burning on the portable dowwa to make some chai fa7am… So a thought had struck me… why don’t i try to make Qer9 Moqla?!  Of course all i needed was a moqla (pan)… some butter… and the qer9 moqla mix! So i got the ingredients out to [...]

We took a quick road trip to Khafji in KSA for the sole purpose of two reasons: 1- Find the book Hind wal 3askar i am searching for and 2- Visit Hungry Bunny for a nostalgic childhood meal… Directions? Take 6reej el shalehat, road 30 or 40 i am not sure, go straight straight until [...]

Where was i yesterday? Busy & Not posting?! A dinner gathering was held in honour of FourMe’s recovery from Cancer The dinner was hosted in her bestie Shoso‘s place and bloggerette Walladah brought over a Noon she had vowed to throw on FourMe when she goes into remission and she was true to her word [...]

I was going through a box of old junk the other day when i found the above cartridges!I was immediately pulled back in time to my childhood… lazy summer mornings… us in Pajamas waking up to run downstairs and turn on the tiny TV and the MSX Sakhar computer… playing all day long while sipping [...]

Whenever i see the dark green box of After 8 chocolate mints something comes over me and i grab my self a box for me to enjoy later. It is not the best tasting chocolate on earth but there is something different about it’s dark colors and posh feel and it’s tangy minty taste is [...]

With 4 days left to go i have absolutely no idea what to do this new year eve… i usually am in London this time of year celebrating by staying home and having a good meal and watching telly… i used to love the idea of celebrating in a restaurant that is until i realized [...]

Whenever i see the snow pictures my eyes tear up… it was so so SO beautiful… i believe it still is though i have prayed that Heathrow would have been closed to cancel my flight on the day of my return… Alas Allah ma ketab… If you are planning to go now see how much [...]

Re7taw London wella ga3deen?! Bema inah many people i know took the planes to London despite the weather conditions… gelt awarekom ishwayat pictures of London Xmas Lights… Oxford & Regent St. lights didn’t change much for the past 2 years but Carnaby Street did and this year they are AMAZING! I like the theme much… [...]

One guilty pleasure i cannot resist is the orangy translucant gooey texture of 7alwa infused with saffron and nuts… just smelling it makes my heart melt… i cannot resist it… yet i run away from it… when i go to bahrain i make sure to go to the old souk early in the morning when [...]

While posting about the Body Shop Gift Set the other day i remembered how much i loved the Body Shop. Growing up i always vowed to spend my first ever hard earned salary buying everything in the Body Shop By the time i did actually get my salary, the first thing i bought was a [...]

I saw this Toy Story Woody Cowboy Costume the other day and i immediately went back in time to the early 90′s! I have a cousin who was a woody fanatic (yes A. that’s you ) and he had a similar costume back then that he adored! I cannot look at the woody suit without remembering [...]

I love walking through Sloane Square especially on Saturday Mornings when a market is set up and you can find yummy things to buy! I also love sitting in Pattiserrie Valerie in Duke of Yorks Square to watch passerbys… and Partridges is a lovely place to shop for a gourmet treat! The place with the [...]

If you ever take the train to visit Birmingham i highly recommend you visit the Mailbox especially if you are planning to have dinner… why? Let me show you…  The Mailbox used to be a Royal Mail building that was later turned into a shopping mall… it is a few minutes walk from Birmingham New [...]

On my last day in London I planned to meet with FourMe for a good bye chat in the evening. We decided to meet in Carnaby Street since both of us were in that area… I knew of a small tea house in Kingsly Court, a favorite shopping place of mine in Carnaby Street that [...]

One evening as we were in Euston Station waiting to board a train, we felt like we wanted to have something to eat before our journey. Butootee suggested we try Ed’s diner and i was skeptic. Vegetarians & Diners do not really go together well now do they? To my surprise we found not one [...]

I was in the body shop the other day when i saw the gift set above and smiled to my self. I remember when that gift set was the coolest gift to give for someone’s birthday EVER! It was late 90′s and every one got body shop gift sets for every one else too… specifially those [...]

On my last day in London i was wandering sadly & aimlessly through the streets of London… light snow was falling and the weather was FREEZING… when i stopped dead in my tracks as my eyes fell on Amorino across the street from me!!! I couldn’t believe my eyes! Amorino?! If you have read my [...]

I was getting out from Selfridge’s with Fourme & Yara when i saw this lovely funky pair of Gina Heels in the window display… they are SO CUTE! Especially with the little eye mask there… Until we realized that the eyes were not a part of the shoes actually… they were put on every pair [...]

One cupcake store i am quite fond of in London is Lola’s Cupcakes. After a long day of shopping in Selfridges i always make sure i stop by Lola’s Cupcakes corner in Selfridges Food Hall, stand in line and choose some cupcakes for the trip back home… As i am standing in line i had [...]

Another collection of books right out of the past is now available for sale in the garage sale section of ChillPillBox.com I remember the Manara Bookshop and saving up to buy those little horror books… they were horrifying indeed and i still prefer them to Adult horror books to be frank. I kept my most [...]

Up until i got a job my grandparents gave me a 3ediya. Up until i got married my parents gave me a 3ediya. Now i have not seen a 3ediya since 2003 and i have to say 3eed is so much less fun when you don’t have bank notes blessing your wallets. Then again i [...]

If there is one chocolate that defines my 80′s childhood… it’s Kakaw Bu Nathara!!! How we loved the little foil packaging that looks like glasses… how we held them up against our eyes and looked through the little holes… how we popped the little sugar & colour coated chocolates happily and ate them… i don’t think they [...]

oooh where do i start with this one? ًWhenever it rains in Q8 i start singing the opening tune of this cartoon. Whenever i remember it i remember the old cosy days 80′s… my father would have just woken up from his afternoon nap and the cartoon would have just started… my father would cut [...]

Last night’s dinner was an excitingly remarkable one in Saso Ocean Groove. I recieved a very generous invitation from the owner Mr. Anwar Maarafi to try their Ocean Groove and since it’s the perfect time of the year to sit outside in a trendy new restaurant surrounded by the sea… we thought “why not?”… this [...]

Once upon a time when Re7ab Complex wasn’t all about video games, there was a library in the basement called “3alam Thaqafat El6efel”… they made subscribtions for kids and sold educational books and toys… they also sold Arabic Tin Tin Comics. My father came home one day with a bag full of Arabic Tin Tin [...]

Yesterday night we were invited for another albeit more casual Blogerettes gathering in FourMe’s place… Rules:  Come from your couch as you are… no fuss and wear nothing but sweats or track suits! We were prepared to lounge casually around the couches, eating harmful but yummy food, and talking about nothing and everything The menu [...]

I have been decluttering lately when i dug into an old dusty box and found these! OMG! i remember how crazy we were about these when we were kids -and teenagers!- i remember going to from one Co-Op to another, looking at the little orange boxes sold in the kolaf store and trying to choose [...]

On Twitter two of my girl tweeps were talking about Restaurants in Rome when i recommended this tiny little place… I don’t know where i read about it because it is NOT a tourist spot at all, but i remember very well going to the Street it was supposed to be in, searching and searching [...]

Who doesn’t remember the most popular cartoon of 1990!! Right before el’3azo! I remember hearing someone say that Sally kan wayha faqer 3la il q8 because the invasion happened right afterwards but then other countires weren’t invaded fa shako :p I still enjoy watching it… i still remember the lovely life she had before her fathers death… [...]

We decided to throw an ice cream night at a blogerrete’s house and being an ice cream fan whose nickname is Danderma (which means ice cream if u didn’t know already) i was in charge of the Ice Cream Station… i think i am going to open up a business of catering ice cream stations for [...]