~ Happy Chinese New Year on Valentine's Day! ~

~Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year on Valentine's Day~ May this double auspicious day brings you and all your loved ones Joy, Peace, Great Health and Prosperity~

Earth Day is April 22, 2009

Visit http://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/green-index/green-index.html for Simple Green Steps which you can help to save our motherly earth every day!

Passover - April 8-16, 2009

Machine-made matzo, the "official" food of Passover

Going Green Over Irish Cream, Aren't You? Happy St. Patrick's Day

Are you celebrating by wearing green-coloured clothing and drinking Baileys Irish Cream?

National Cherry Blossom Festival At Washington D.C. ~ March 28 - April 12, 2009

According to NCBF, this year's peak bloom period is predicted for April 3 - April 9, 2009. The blooming period begins many days before peak bloom is reached and can last up to 14 days.

Planning to view Cherry Blossom in D.C? Do visit NCBF for more travel details ~ Cheers!

Washington’s Birthday ... Quiz of the day: Can you name all 44 Presidents?

President's Day is a celebration of both George Washington's and Abraham Lincoln's Birthdays.

George Washington, known as "The Father of Our Country", was the first President of the United States of America. He played a major role in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence signed on July 4, 1776, declaring the Colonies to be free and independent states.

Abraham Lincoln was our 16th President and he is known as "The Great Emancipator",

signed the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862 giving freedom to slaves held in any state in the confederacy that did not return to the Union by the end of the year.

OUR PRESIDENTS
1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe
6. John Quincy Adams
7. Andrew Jackson
8. Martin Van Buren
9. William Henry Harrison
10. John Tyler
11. James K. Polk
12. Zachary Taylor
13. Millard Fillmore
14. Franklin Pierce
15. James Buchanan
16. Abraham Lincoln
17. Andrew Johnson
18. Ulysses S. Grant
19. Rutherford B. Hayes
20. James Garfield
21. Chester A. Arthur
22. Grover Cleveland
23. Benjamin Harrison
24. Grover Cleveland
25. William McKinley
26. Theodore Roosevelt
27. William Howard Taft
28. Woodrow Wilson
29. Warren G. Harding
30. Calvin Coolidge
31. Herbert Hoover
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt
33. Harry S. Truman
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower
35. John F. Kennedy
36. Lyndon B. Johnson
37. Richard M. Nixon
38. Gerald R. Ford
39. James Carter
40. Ronald Reagan
41. George H. W. Bush
42. William J. Clinton
43. George W. Bush
44. Barack Obama

Super Bowl Sunday ~ It's Party Time!

Do you happen to know that "Super Bowl Sunday" is the second-largest U.S. food consumption day, following "Thanksgiving Day"?

For many sports fans, the Super Bowl is the best excuse of the year to host a party. Even non-sports fans; I'll admit, I'm not a huge football fan, but I do like to watch Super Bowl Sunday, like to get in on this event. It's hard to resist the excitement and casual fun that surrounds this big day in sports. Super Bowl XLIII will be played between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardials at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on February 1, 2009 in which the Steelers are a 6.5 point favorite.

Super Bowl is the NFL's championship game, played between the champions of the league's two conferences: the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

To me, it is another great excuse for Party Time ... buffalo wings, pizza, nachos, chips and dip, popcorns, caesar salad!

Happy 2009 Everyone!

Merry Christmas ~ Happy Holidays

Our Christmas Tree

As part of the Americans' tradition, we set up our Christmas Tree, on the very next day after "Thanksgiving Day" ... ... Silver and Blue is the theme for our Christmas this year :-)

Happy Halloween~