Cheers!

In the ABX Bar, there are often special drink promotions. The Caipirinha was the “Cocktail of the Month” for February and I can’t wait to try the Caprioska cocktail that's featuring in March.

My drink tastes really depend on my mood and perhaps the season a little. Mowing the grass on a hot summer day could mean a beer, catching up with friends more often than not involves a bottle of wine or two, then there are cocktails before a night on the town, anything goes on a Friday or probably my favourite – champagne, requiring no reason at all! I was once told that Napoleon Bonaparte said “I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate…and I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself”. I wonder what the most commonly sipped drink in a hotel bar is?

Happy Mardi Gras!

The Sydney Mardi Gras season is in full swing. The festivities run over a three week period packed full of culture, entertainment and social events. The theme this year is “Nations United”. The jewel in the crown is the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. The parade has grown to become a major cultural event with over half a million Sydneysiders and thousands of international visitors turning out each year to cheer. Celebrate with us, the parade commences at 7:45pm on Saturday 7th March and heads along Oxford Street. The sequins, feathers, tiaras and the like are not to be missed!

Have Your Cake… And Tea Too

It seems that High Teas, Afternoon Teas and Devonshire Teas have never been more fashionable than they are now. I remember when a certain bakery in New York was put on the map when it was included in an episode of the television show Sex And The City, I heard it became so popular that the store went on to employ a bouncer! I can’t believe there’s now even a cupcake fan club!

We’ve been thinking, what makes a good Tea experience? Is it the cup of tea, the scones or perhaps more importantly, the cakes? A friend of mine swears it’s the scones, I’d be leaning to the glass of champagne myself! What would your ultimate Tea experience be?

V Day - Romantic Or Too Commercial?

We ask the question, has the traditional day of expressing love become too commercial?

According to Wikipedia, Valentine’s Day is a day of mutually exchanging love notes in the form of “valentines”, the sending of which was fashionable in nineteenth century Great Britain.

Has this day lost its meaning? Valentine’s Day cards now creep into the shops right after Christmas. Advertising encourages spending. Should affection be measured by the amount you spend? Does your significant other expect the roses, the chocolates, the night in a hotel or for some, that thrilling blue box from Tiffany’s?

There was a bar in Sydney holding an Anti-Valentine’s Day event, it was very popular although held a couple of nights before the actual day. Was this a way of two bites of that commercial cherry by holding another event on the night?

It seems expected that hotels have a special offer available for Valentine’s Day. Our “Be Our Valentine” two night package was indeed successful. Are we buying into the commercialisation or just providing what we’re being asked for? What do you look for in a romantic hotel package – a suite, dinner, champagne, breakfast in bed?

2009 Is The Year Of You!

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