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I so love cupcakes! And finally, fabulous cupcakes are available through Bella’s Cupcakes, which services Tokyo and beyond. Think deliciously light cupcakes from classic, unfussy recipes—flavours such as lemon, coconut, and carrot cake with real cream cheese frosting. Bella’s one goal is to produce the very best handcrafted cupcakes from the most authentic ingredients, where [...]
I love the sounds of the Family Festival at the International School of the Sacred Heart (ISSH), which is coming up on November 13. The annual fundraising event supports both ISSH and the work of an orphanage in Pattaya, Thailand. There will be food from around the world, games and prizes, face painting, bouncy castles, [...]
Name: Barbara Le Marrec Nationality: American Qualifications: BS University California Davis, Executive Management Anderson School of Business, University of California Los Angeles Job title: Chief Retail Officer Employer: Starbucks Coffee Japan (SBJ) Time in this job: 18 months in Japan, 17 years with Starbucks Coffee Company Job description: My responsibilities include oversight of the day-to-day [...]
BY ANNA KUNNECKE This is my last column in BAB, and I want to thank all of you wonderful women for reading and getting in touch this past year. I spoke to someone who saw this column and told me that her first thought was, “Oh no! Another scary Martha Beck coach!” (Apparently we have [...]
BY JOHN MC Christmas: one little word that carries so much gastronomic weight, conjuring up images of tables creaking under loads of mouthwatering goodies that compete for our hearts and minds, not to mention our stomachs. It is a pure temptation of sweet, savoury, roasted, crunchy, dense, rich, rewarding food. The words to describe this [...]
BY ELANA SCHMID I always knew I wanted to be a health and fitness professional. I grew up in a family of sporting enthusiasts: my eldest sister was a professional ballerina and my brother represented Australia in Athletics. I did my best to follow in their footsteps, competing at the national level in Athletics and [...]
BY CAROLINE POVER In this issue of BAB, we have our first-ever pregnant cover girl, Tracey Northcott, who looks brilliant even when several months pregnant! With that as our inspiration, this issue concentrates on babies and their mums—our very own Dee Green, also of 37 Frames, teaches us how to take better baby photos, Amy [...]
BY STEPHANIE KAWAI Heart-breaking, unfair, and devastating are just three words that describe miscarriage…one of life’s cruelties on a very personal level. Miscarriage is something that you know happens to women, but it happens to other women. It’s not meant to happen to you, or at least you never think it will happen to you. [...]
COMPILED BY DANIELLE TATE-STRATTON University of North Carolina researcher Jason Mihalik analysed NCAA injury rates and found that women’s hockey, with a rate of 2.72 concussions per 1,000 player hours, was the most dangerous NCAA sport in those terms, beating men’s hockey (1.47) and even men’s football (2.34). One theory is that women may not [...]
