11.02.2011

ANTICA FARMACISTA 'Champagne' Body Moisturizer

SLEEPY EYE's PICK!
USD25
Check retail locators from website.
Available at Lane Crawford in Hong Kong but is priced at HKD350!

http://www.anticafarmacista.com/

(from the label) Champagne is "Apricot & passionfruit complement the sweetness of blackcurrant, while satsuma citrus blends with muguet, an elegant and effervescent scent" 

VISA:

ESTA Application
(eligible travellers under the Visa Waiver Program must apply for authorization & pay fee via below ESTA web site)

https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov

10.31.2011

OCTOBER:

VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE - Greenwich Village

Parade (Oct 2011)

http://www.halloween-nyc.com/

Date: 31 October
Time: 19:00-22:30
Place:
On 6th Avenue from Spring Street to 16th Street
(in costume to join parade: on 6th Ave South of Spring St & North of Canal between 18:30-20:30)



Incredible Hulk...













Ghostbusters!


Gingerbread men

Mario Bros


big E.T.

another Hulk...




Shopping Strips:

Sweets:

American Cuisine:

ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL

- Upper East Side

Cathedral (Oct 2011)


CENTRAL PARK

- Upper Manhattan SLEEPY EYE's PICK!

Park (Oct 2011)

9.02.2011

BANYAN TREE

- Galaxy Macau, Taipa

$$$$ Luxury (MOP ~2500, Thu. Sep 2011)

9.01.2011

"ZAIA" by Cirque Du Soleil

- Taipa

Contemporary Circus Show (Sep 2011)

http://www.venetianmacao.com/en/Macao-Entertainment/Shows/Zaia/

Address:
The Venetian, Taipa
Prices:
MOP $388~$1288
Recommend:
$588 tickets around the centre are good enough


     

     

HARD ROCK HOTEL

- City of Dreams, Taipa

$$$ (HKD ~1100, Wed. Sep 2011)

1.23.2011

じゃっがぽっくる (JAGGA POKKURU)

SLEEPY EYE's PICK!

Available at the Shin-Chitose Airport terminal shops.

Jagabee is good, but this is even better.

マル成バターサンド (MARU-SEI Butter Sandwich)

SLEEPY EYE's PICK!

Available at the Shin-Chitose Airport terminal shops.

MERCURE HOTEL

$$ (Jan 2012)

http://www.mercure.com/gb/hotel-7023-mercure-sapporo/index.shtml

Address:
2-4 Minami 4-jo, Nishi 2-chome Chuo-ku, Sapporo #064 0804
(豊水すすきの駅 Hosuisusukino station: subway line 東豊 Touhou )
Access to/from Airport:
Hotel <-> JR Sapporo station (subway/taxi at East Concourse South)  <-> Shin-Chitose Aiport (via JR Rapid Airport Express Train) ; or
Hotel <-> Shin-Chitose Airport (Aiprort limousine bus: 70 minutes)
Tel: (+81)11/5131100
Features:
Non-smoking floor rooms
Ladies rooms (available upon  request)



       

1.22.2011

Sweets:

LE TAO - 小樽 Otaru
$ (Jan 2011)

http://www.letao.jp/

Address:
Le TAO Cheese Cake Lab: 小樽エリア Otaru area
Features:
Cheesecake

Le TAO Cheese Cake Lab


ドゥーブルフロマージュ 'Double Fromage' cheesecake (left) &
ショコラドゥーブル 'Chocolate Double' cheesecake (right)
       

1.21.2011

[北海道] 二世古 HOKKAIDO, NISEKO

SLEEPY EYE's PICK!

北海道 ニセコ Hokkaido, Niseko:

THE VALE Niseko - ニセコ ひらふ Niseko Hirafu
SLEEPY EYE's PICK!

$$$ Luxury Apartment (JPY~16,200, Jan 2011)

http://www.thevaleniseko.com/

Address:
194-5 Aza-Yamada Kutchan-cho, Abuta-Gun Hokkaido, 044-0081
Tel(reservations): (+81) 136 21 5911 (or Skype: skype-nisade)
Email: reservations@nisade.com
Access:
immediate access to ski lifts (SKI-IN SKI-OUT)
immediate access to shuttle bus
1 min to convenient store
immediate access to restaurant & bars
central village location: walk to everything

Check-in/Check-out:
15:00/10:00 (12:00 late check-out)
Facilities:
onsen (hot spring) indoor & outdoor, outdoor heated pool, ski bar, cafe, ski run on the door step, ski rental, ski school next door, free wifi/internet, parking available
Features:
open fire in room
heated coat racks 
english-speaking staff (mostly foreign)
Comments:
Prices at the higher end but great location!
Almost forget that you are in Japan with all the foreign staff and hotel guests (mostly Australian) around you...
 




    



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