The Scene

Marcie De Santos is still basking in the glory of being awarded the Shabeau Magazine ‘new and upcoming designer’ award at the recent Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) and she hopes it is a springboard to bigger and better things.

Endless tricks in body touting business It would be interesting to follow the research patterns of local playwright Godfrey Naughton based on his work over the years, but particularly now following his most recent production, No Tricks No Business.

A familiar ingredient in unfamiliar ways Hi Everyone, Like you, I buy the same ingredients weekly, like you, I prepare the same dishes every week and like you, I am always looking for new ways to prepare these familiar ingredients that I buy often, that is why when I came across Brandade de Morue and Salt Fish Fried Rice, I knew I had to share it with you.

The need for a more organised approach to development was the consensus when a small group of musicians, producers and other stakeholders met to chart the future of the local music industry.

John Lewis aims for the whole It is not about how many brands you stock in your boutique; it is about setting the right atmosphere and most importantly knowing how to make your customers look good, this is part of John Lewis’s mantra and one of the reasons he believes he still has a boutique that draws customers in.

Designer Derek Moore is offering up a double dose of Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) with his panache and using the models he feels should have been on the catwalk.

Between the hits and misses at the just concluded Guyana Fashion Weekend 2008, Melessa Payne was perhaps the only constant.

Love at first sight?If I had a dollar for every time someone told me something that was not true I would be somewhere above the average life that I am living and this goes back as far as those days when fairy tales were read to me.

Oh Sweet Callaloo Hi Everyone, If you’re from Guyana, Callaloo refers to all varieties of spinach (bhaji) but if you’re from Trinidad and Tobago, then Callaloo is the beloved, must-have, soul food dish of the twin island republic.

Come November 1, 13 mature, professional women will converge on the National Cultural Centre stage to compete in the fourth Ms Renaissance pageant.

1. Accolade: The Music Awards of Guyana The voting was supposed to begin this week, when the public would be given its chance to rectify some of those really horrible picks, I mean Shelly G?

Sonia Noel is not easily surprised and there are very few things that she fears, which is why she has taken on Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) and has run it with from the day she got the go ahead; she is about to be tested.

Time to turn some heads There comes a time in life when you just feel like getting all dressed up and stepping out to grab some attention, even if that attention means getting checked out for all the wrong reasons.

Macaroni pie – definitely not ordinaryHi Everyone, Here in Barbados, the ability to make a “proper” dish of Macaroni Pie is testament to your ability to cook and some say it even makes you eligible to be a good wife.

Last week when organizers announced the revival of the Miss Diwali Pageant, they were hoping for at minimum a spark of public interest in what is undoubtedly one of the lower-profile contests on a shrinking circuit.

With less than one month to go for the Ms Renaissance pageant, Coordinator Negla Brandis says preparations are well ahead with contestants “fine tuning” their presentations.

Fashion consultant Christopher Goodridge who was instrumental in grooming various local queens for the international stage is hosting an empowerment seminar that he hopes will draw locals in the entertainment and creative industry.