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I feel so fortunate to have met so many great personalities this year. These are the people behind the small businesses that we love here at Vanilla Beige. These are the providers who work so hard to care about, produce and bring us so many great products – products perfect...
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Our first human guide to gift-giving this Christmas is for the foodies! If you missed it earlier, read our Gift Ideas for Dogs. We also believe that now is a great opportunity to support local, small businesses. We have met so many this year and it’s been such a privilege to talk to the...
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It’s ok, you don’t have to hide it. I smile too when I see fairy floss (or cotton candy to some). I remember well this magical ball of spun sugar from my childhood. Even to this day if I happen to buy some for my kids, I find myself...
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Often for me, it’s the person behind the coffee machine that makes the place and keeps me coming back. Dapper Coffee is one of these places. Read our previous review here. I love this place and whenever I’m on Amoy Street, I try and pop in for a quick (or leisurely)...
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How would a gorgeous mum of three run a thriving business, stay focussed on fitness and motivate other people to do the same? We asked Lisa Clayton how she does it. Sitting down with her one sunny Singapore afternoon, we were a bit in awe. Dressed in vibrant red, she was...
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It was Saturday evening, the 19th of November 2016 when our five teams met up for an epic battle in Round 1 of the Cookbook Club Competition (read our previous article here). We had chosen to cook from David Thomson’s book Thai Food, a thick compendium, gorgeously covered in Thai silk, filled with advice and anecdotes...
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A café for me is like a little haven of escape from whatever it is that I need to escape from. I have an intense passion for finding them, falling in love with them and becoming a regular. So much so that sometimes, when I wander in, they know me by name....
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I never grew up doing DIY, had never painted a chair or tried to upcycle anything. Somehow though, visiting the Flower Girl store in Joo Chiat made me want to do all of that. It wasn’t just the pretty colours and the neatly stacked paint tins. Not the gorgeous...
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It started easily enough. A random WhatsApp message between a group of friends suggesting that we try a Cookbook Club. What a great idea! We are a highly social bunch here in Singapore so an idea like this would work well. Basically a potluck with friends but each of us cooking...
I feel so fortunate to have met so many great personalities this year. These are the people behind the small businesses that we love here at Vanilla Beige. These are the providers who work so hard to care about, produce and bring us so many great products – products perfect...
Our first human guide to gift-giving this Christmas is for the foodies! If you missed it earlier, read our Gift Ideas for Dogs. We also believe that now is a great opportunity to support local, small businesses. We have met so many this year and it’s been such a privilege to talk to the...
It’s ok, you don’t have to hide it. I smile too when I see fairy floss (or cotton candy to some). I remember well this magical ball of spun sugar from my childhood. Even to this day if I happen to buy some for my kids, I find myself...
Often for me, it’s the person behind the coffee machine that makes the place and keeps me coming back. Dapper Coffee is one of these places. Read our previous review here. I love this place and whenever I’m on Amoy Street, I try and pop in for a quick (or leisurely)...
How would a gorgeous mum of three run a thriving business, stay focussed on fitness and motivate other people to do the same? We asked Lisa Clayton how she does it. Sitting down with her one sunny Singapore afternoon, we were a bit in awe. Dressed in vibrant red, she was...
It was Saturday evening, the 19th of November 2016 when our five teams met up for an epic battle in Round 1 of the Cookbook Club Competition (read our previous article here). We had chosen to cook from David Thomson’s book Thai Food, a thick compendium, gorgeously covered in Thai silk, filled with advice and anecdotes...
A café for me is like a little haven of escape from whatever it is that I need to escape from. I have an intense passion for finding them, falling in love with them and becoming a regular. So much so that sometimes, when I wander in, they know me by name....
I never grew up doing DIY, had never painted a chair or tried to upcycle anything. Somehow though, visiting the Flower Girl store in Joo Chiat made me want to do all of that. It wasn’t just the pretty colours and the neatly stacked paint tins. Not the gorgeous...
It started easily enough. A random WhatsApp message between a group of friends suggesting that we try a Cookbook Club. What a great idea! We are a highly social bunch here in Singapore so an idea like this would work well. Basically a potluck with friends but each of us cooking...