The Scene

Pageant winner had ‘vision’ of crown

– says win was God’s will In the weeks leading up to the Ms Renaissance pageant Excellence Dazzell had a sign of what was in store for her and again, remarkably, hours before the big moment, she visualized herself proudly wearing the crown.

Renaissance Queens’ row: From left: Evette Wilson (2003); Audrey Barkie (2004); Excellence Dazzell (2009); Simone Beckles (2007) and Quacy Mc Gowan (2008) just after Dazzell was crowned on Saturday night.
Renaissance Queens’ row: From left: Evette Wilson (2003); Audrey Barkie (2004); Excellence Dazzell (2009); Simone Beckles (2007) and Quacy Mc Gowan (2008) just after Dazzell was crowned on Saturday night.

Excellence dazzled her way to Ms Renaissance 2009 title

Contestant number one, Excellence Dazzell outshone ten other women on Saturday night to walk away with the 2009 Ms Renais-sance title after good performances in each of the categories but many left with the view that first runner-up, Pamela Atwell was the clear winner based on her response to the final question.

Gilbaka Fish Eggs (Photo by Cynthia Nelson)

Getting creative

Hi Everyone, I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again (so you’d better get used to it) – cooking combines so many aspects of creativity.

The Village is on tonight

‘The Village’ SASOD’s annual costume party is on tonight at the freshly-renovated New Sky 7 Nite Club in the Sea Breeze Hotel building at 8 Pere Street in Kitty.

Musings on a facial

I love Basic Beauty. Strange how those words can roll off my lips without any hesitation but to say them otherwise I am very selective.

Couch Surfers, Frenchman Guillaume, Brazilian Claudia, Guyanese Navin, Italian Gianluca and Frenchman Gary posing for The Scene at the Tropicana Hotel in Georgetown.

Couch Surfing: social networking for travellers

Anyone who’s planning to travel to another country but who needs more information about the destination, such as the local culture, people, a place to stay, food and non-tourist sites that may not make it into a tourist magazine should think Couch Surfing.

New Moon vampires take bite out of Rome film fest

ROME (Reuters) – The vampires of New Moon, the sequel to the popular teen movie Twilight, hit the blood-red carpet at the Rome film festival on Thursday, with fans getting a 20-minute preview of the picture before next month’s release.

Dheeraj eyes Broadway

– puts off retiring as ‘big break’ looms Many years ago as a young man he was a dancer with the Guyana Police Force, and today Guyanese Dheeraj Gayaram is trying to create history by becoming the first West Indian to have a Broadway show.

The brochures got it wrong…

You remember a mouth watering portion of rum being placed in front you on the eve of your wedding and then wake up decades later to the fact that even though you remember the glory of it all, you cannot for the life of you remember why or how you got married.

Charmaine Blackman

SSignal premieres King of Drums

King of Drums, a new film written and directed by Bonny Alves and produced by Bonny Alves and Charmaine Blackman, premièred in the town of Linden at the Barrow’s Restaurant and Lounge last night.

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