| DINING GUIDE Some notable San Diego restaurants
The dining guide is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of San Diego restaurants but rather a smattering of eateries recommended by CityBeat staff or favorably reviewed in our paper. We rotate the listings in our print edition because space limitations dont allow weekly publication of our entire guide. If you know of a spot we should check out, e-mail us at editor@sdcitybeat.com. $$$$ indicate the relative price scale from 1 to 4 with 4 being on the expensive side. AMERICAN Grand Central Caf. 500 West Broadway, Downtown. Located in the historic YMCA building, this 80-year-old restaurant boasts one of the bigger menus around, with a huge selection of breakfasts, sandwiches and burgers plus healthy lunches like baked potatoes and homemade soups. Open 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Navi Mumbai getting its share of luxury
Vashi2Panvel.Com : Navi Mumbai : April 13: The proposed international airport coming up in Navi Mumbai has already started attracting lifestyle and leisure spots here. With the new galleria of malls and restaurants, the city is surely getting quite a glamorous look. New luxurious hotels have started sprouting in Navi Mumbai. Two new joints, which are the talk of the town currently, are the Park Hotel in Belapur and the Tunga Regency Hotel in Vashi. Park Hotels, promoted by Apeejay Surrendra Hotels, has launched the first boutique hotel "The Park" in Navi Mumbai's CBD Belapur, a thriving business district and a IT-manufacturing hub. The Rs 32 crore property - the sixth boutique hotel of the group - became operational on February 1.The hotel's General Manager Abhijit Bose said, "The hotel is aimed at the business travelers looking for a calm and rejuvenating experience.
NavDog - Maps Your Events
Navdog is a clever social mapping application that enables users to search and locate events and other local happenings. Users are requested to setup a simple profile and login sequence and setup their "home" location. Once created, the user then simply logs in and local events are presented. Browse events, register as a member, create a list of saved events, add and create your personal event listings. For example, once my homebase was setup in Fort Collins, CO, I then saw a number of local event listings like concerts, festivals and other cool things. For advertisers, Featured Listings are presented in a very visible manner and eye-catching graphics and logos are also displayed in a floating window... in my case I was presented with details of The Taste of Vail Festival and a non-intrusive Starbucks logo was also presented to me.
Owners spend big bucks spoiling pets
BLOOMINGTON — During a typical trip to the store, Kari Bigger buys food, treats, toys and clothes — for her dogs.The Pontiac woman doesn't spare much expense when it comes to her greyhound, Nide, and Italian greyhound, Vinny. Monthly bills for basics and perks can reach $200 to $300.“My dogs are really spoiled," Bigger said. “I don't have kids, so they're kind of like my kids. They're great companions for me."Bigger was one of many shoppers who contributed to the $38.5 billion people spent on pets in 2006, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association. National spending is almost double the $21 billion pet owners spent 10 years earlier.Pet owners increasingly treat their four-legged friends like family, and businesses are responding in kind with high quality pet food, gourmet treats, elaborate toys, clothes — even jewelry.“There's a growing trend for people to spoil their pets," said Mike Harpest, owner of Premium Pet Supply in Bloomington.
Head to Kentucky to see horses and more
Lexington, Ky., has earned itself a few very appropriate nicknames, including horse capital of the world, Athens of the west, and the city in the park. In the spring, average temperatures, ranging from 65 to 75 degrees, are ideal and mixed with sunny skies and budding flowers. Sitting in the heart of Bluegrass country, the city is home to the University of Kentucky and is the perfect spot for just, well, horsing around.
Equine haven
The first stop on a visitors agenda should be anything horse related. The city is an equine haven, boasting the Kentucky Horse Park, Keenland race course and the Red Mile race course, just to name a few.
Sprawling over 1,200 acres of green pastures, the Kentucky Horse Park features a showcase of museums, galleries, theaters, and working farm exhibits.
Hain Celestial Expands Its Asian Alliance With Yeo Hiap Seng Limited
MELVILLE, N.Y., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. ("Hain Celestial") (NASDAQ: HAIN) , a leading natural and organic food and personal care products company, today announced the expansion of the investment agreements between Hain Celestial and Yeo Hiap Seng Limited and its subsidiary ("YHS"), a Singapore-based natural food and beverage company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. In September 2005, the companies exchanged $2 million in equity investments in each other resulting in the issuance of 100,482 shares of Hain Celestial's stock to YHS and the issuance of 1,326,938 ordinary shares of YHS (representing less than 1% of the outstanding shares) to Hain Celestial. At the time of the initial investment, each of the companies granted the other an option to acquire up to $6 million of additional equity.
LOW-COST COSTA In Costa Rica, with deals like these, what’sa ...
San Jose rainfall amounts and temperatures Rainfall rises dramatically during the rainy season in Costa Rica, between May and mid-November. Temperatures and precipitation vary widely across the country. San Jose, the capital, receives an average of almost 75 inches of rain a year, about three-quarters of the national average. Month Avg. high Avg. low Avg. rainfall January 73 F. 59 0.39 inches February 75 59 0.24 inches March 77 60 0.47 inches April 78 60 1.73 inches May 78 62 8.86 inches June 78 62 11.3 inches July 77 62 8.46 inches August 77 62 9.8 inches September 76 60 13.07 inches October 77 60 13.07 inches November 75 60 5.59 inches December 73 59 1.61 inches .
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