One thing i always wanted to try is Carluccio’s White Truffle Olive Oil… i actually always grabbed it and tried to sneak it in the cash register but my husband would catch me and lecture me on the fact that we cannot travel with a bottle of olive oil back to Q8. The bottle is [...]

If you are planning on a bit of post xmas shopping… one place i would want to start with is the New Selfridges Shoe Galleries! Located on the 2nd floor… it opened up very recently -Last October or November- and it is AMAHZING!!! The vast shoe display area has two entrances… on the doorway of each [...]

While shopping in Selfridges London i saw these Retro Timex watches being sold. They reminded me of the casio watches from the late 80′s and early 90′s when people dreamed of having a watch that is also a phone… something like the little girl from the cartoon Inspector Gadget used to have Now the gold, [...]

Buying a 3baya is not as easy as i thought it would be! Let me tell you what happened to my first bought abaya… it’s been a long time since i have written a long ranting post! Feels like the old blogging days… Anyways… The past week have been spent 3baya hunting… first i went to hawalli to a [...]

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… [...]

I saw this huge Hermes Kelly bag in Selfridges and i was intrigued…a apparently it had a side entrance and when you go inside a movie starts about the Kelly bag! Sadly i had to meet a friend for lunch so all i could do is snap those two shots… the next time i was [...]

If you are going to London during the Christmas Holidays you must pass by Fortnum & Mason and grab yourselves a red tin of their special Xmas Blend tea! It has a whiff of orange and cinnamon and some other herbs that i cannot place but the resulting aroma and taste is just too good to miss! [...]

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 [...]

I found this very promising looking box of Jaffa cake like biscuits from Milka in the International Mill… there was a chocolate one and a raspberry one, so i grabbed my self the raspberry one and planned to have it for breakfast… With tea it was the perfect weekend waking up late breakfast… a couple [...]

I brought home with me a tiny little box of this newly discovered chocolate in Marks & Spencers London…There are three kinds of Micro Bites: Rocky Road, Chocolate Cornflake, and Extremely Chocolaty Mini Bites… the only one i have to photograph is the Cornflake one. They are yummy but not as yummy a the Extremely [...]

I saw this card for a £10 in facebook credits in London. I am not that much of a fan of buying stuff on facebook but i would think any one who is would have been happy to find this card. Why don’t we have similar products in Q8!? If you bought it from London the [...]

Earlier that day in London i was at Liberties eying some very pretty beaded braceletes with a blue eye bead in the middle, only when i flipped the price tag i found to my astonishement that they cost £70-100!!! The bracelet was so NOT worth £20 let alone £70+! I let it go of course… later in [...]

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 [...]

Whenever it’s Christmas time in London Thorntons chocolatier make those little chocolate boxes. They have little bite sized chocolate bar from the kind they call Alpini which is very yummy… shaped like a log, dusted with sugar powder and topped with a little marzipan bird perched on top… the birdie is very very cute! I usually keep [...]

Good Morning… I am back in Q8 but i still have TONS of London posts to share… did you have your breakfast yet?! You might want to wait after this post to order some… Although i am not a fan of Harrods or Ladurée… i ended up there one day with my camera after a [...]

I saw this quirky Baby Foot table in Selfrdiges and couldn’t stop laughing! The players are replaced by footless armless Barbie dolls and the whole table is made up ib Barbie’s signature pink color!!! As a person who grew up playing with Barbie’s it freaked me out a bit to see them cut and skewered [...]

It started snowing early this year in the UK. There is nothing better in this snow than to stroll in a German style Xmas Market in the snow. It’s just the perfect time! We took the train to Birmingham to visit their Frankfurt Xmas Market and by the time we got there it was snowing [...]

I emptied a box of Rice Krispies Multi Grain Shapes Cereal into my bowl for breakfast. I was about to throw away the box when the word Halal in Arabic caught my attention… I never knew there was a Halal Certification Label on groceries in the UK! I went over to the pantry and checked [...]

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 [...]

Last summer a new little booth popped up in Bicester Village that sells Crêpes. I tried them the last time i was in Bicester and i could see where there is a long winding queue leading to the little cash register… the smell of crêpes freshly made in front of you… the choices… watching people grasp bubbling hot [...]

I am trying something new with this post. Instead of having people scroll down to watch the picture i am putting them up in a Slide show format… let me know if you prefer this picture viewing method or not… Filed under: Food, London, Q8, Shopping, Things I like

Glitzy Goodies left me a comment on their blog regarding their business. If you are planning something for the Kids this Halloween take a look at what they offer… i like those scary buckets with the Candy inside Click here to view their facebook page or call them on 99974883 for more information. Filed under: Chocolate, Gifts, [...]

Goji Berries were hailed recently as super foods which are claimed to achieve weight loss, excellent source of nutritions, and are also considered as antioxidant. I never knew they sold them in Q8… apparently i was misinformed as i saw them being sold in Sultan Center. They are still not cheap but if you believe [...]

One day my father came home with a box of some new Digestive biscuits “Chocolate Cramels” . My baby sister who never was a fan of digestives buscuits before has tried one and ever since had fallen in love! It is VERY VERY VERY good… maybe the best kind of digestive biscuit EVER… and we [...]

Back in the early 1980′s when there were not many places to dine in Q8… i remember us going to the TSC Jeans on Fridays and ordering a very popular dish back then “Escalpoe Panée”… the dish was so popular back then and i suppose it still is in Egypt since whenever you see a movie/series where [...]

My next collection of DVD’s for sale at ChillPillBox.com is out now… a collection of 36 Comedy/Chickflick DVDs with titles like Norbit, I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry, Fun with Dick & Jane, the 40 years old Virgin and much more… 14 KD for the 36 DVDS… click here to view If you have [...]

I heard about this store a while back. Tucked away in the basements of the Old Souk of Kuwait in Mubarkiya is a little stand that sells grade one replicas of designer bags, wallets, belts, shoes, rings, watches, bracelets, and so much more! I had to explore so i asked for directions my self…  You [...]

As a self confessed coffeeholic i know for a fact that Coffee & Relaxation do not mix. Excessive amounts of caffeine will make people anxious and not relaxed. Therefore i was happy to discover that there is a decaffeinated coffee with chammomile for relaxation and some other type for keeping fit! I found those in TSC! [...]

I am in love with the above laptop carrier bag/case! It is just the perfect camoflauge for your laptop! Very creative and funky indeed! What’s not to like? It’s Funky and light. Available in 3 designs (Herold Tribune – English, La Vanguarda – Spanish, and Le Pais – Spanish) and comes with a price tag [...]

On my way to Salmiya i stood by the traffic light next to Souq Salmiya… bored by waiting i looked to the right and then i did a double take. There was a store selling light displays and there was one very funny display for WC as you see in the picture… my first impression [...]