Christmas Classic | “Merry Christmas” album by Mariah Carey

Merry Christmas, Mariah’s fourth studio album was released on November 1, 1994. The album features cover versions of both popular Christmas tunes and original material. The album contains a contemporary holiday theme, with gospel inspired background vocals.

A little clutch bag history

Clutch bags have been used as a female style staple for so long, that one has to wonder where they came from. The term “handbag” began appearing in the early 1900s. Initially, it was most often used to refer to men’s hand-luggage. As women’s accessory bags grew larger and more complex during that period, the term was attached to the women’s accessory. The clutch; however, came about in England during the Industrial Revolution and the increase in travel by railway.

Fashionable Paradise: Living in Luxury on the Island of Bali

Bali first emerged onto the tourist scene back in the seventies, when hippies dropped in to indulge in psychedelic trips and frivolous naked bathing. Long before that, a Californian couple setup the first hotel next to Kuta beach in the thirties, which wasn’t much more than a wooden shack, but the few guests that stayed enjoyed the lush surroundings in relative obscurity until the couple shut up shop and moved on.

Gordon Ramsay Steak Las Vegas a cut above

Vegas restaurateurs take note: There’s a new game in town that has single-handedly elevated the fine steakhouse experience to another level. This is in the form of Gordon Ramsay Steak, which opened in May 2012 aptly at Paris Las Vegas. Hell’s Kitchen is a far cry from this elegant and alluring new eatery that has raised the bar to an exceptionally high standard.