Thursday, 13 July 2017

Sunday, 5 February 2017

Monday, 2 January 2017

'Greenery' Pantone’s 2017 Color of the Year is a ‘bright and powerful’ green

Greens help our heartbeat to slow down, help us to breathe and pull ourselves away from a world tied to flatscreens and immerse ourselves in the physical beauty of the natural world," Pressman says. 

The Pantone tradition dates to 1999, when Cerulean, a serene sky blue, was named the 2000 choice. Last year's shocker: The naming of two colors, Rose Quartz (pale pink) and Serenity (hues of lilac and blue-gray), gave a nod to gender equality.

Hawthorn says Greenery reminds her of a color used often in impressionist and modern art and a shade frequently found in restaurants. She also says she thinks it's the opposite of Shadow, the moody eggplant hue that Benjamin Moore recently proclaimed as its 2017 Color of the Year.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/pantones-2017-color-of-the-year-is-a-bright-and-powerful-green/2016/12/08/9272eb94-b8a2-11e6-a677-b608fbb3aaf6_story.html?utm_term=.044a231157c7&wpisrc=nl_home&wpmm=1

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

A time zone oddity in Spain...

"Humans are naturally built to understand the time of day by the amount of light, the reasoning goes, but the clocks told a different time — throwing people's sleeping patterns out of sync with their working habits. Worse still, many of Spain's social traditions were set while the country was still agrarian, and many farmers worked according to a solar clock."...read more...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/12/14/fascism-helped-create-a-time-zone-oddity-in-spain-70-years-later-it-may-finally-be-undone/?utm_term=.f0c1a1be649b&wpisrc=nl_wv&wpmm=1


Andrea

Saturday, 6 August 2016

Hello Gourmet Baskets | Marbella Gourmet online fine foods and gifts events

The Annual Marbella Book Fair is on in the Parque Alameda opposite the Old Town District and gives a perfect moment to enjoy both the mini attraction park for the children and the great craft and designer shops of the tiny streets around the Marbella Castle!
The Bookfair brings together collectors, publishers and readers with mini events and concerts, signings and book clubs, for all ages and some great activity, puzzle and learning books too in all languages!
Check out the timetable and the news on the web below:
https://hellogourmetbaskets.wordpress.com/