Any wedding is always about some pleasant ado: choosing a stunning wedding dress, comfortable shoes and many other nice little things for the bride and groom. A hen party is a nice way to take a rest of the wedding preparations and have fun with your best friends. Do you want some unusual, exciting and joyful party? Below you’ll find 5 original ideas to make this event emotionally positive and catchy for a long time.

Pajama Party
The dress code here is pretty strict: only pajamas and beautiful nightgowns. Such party should be held better at your home place. A party plan should necessarily include dancing on a bed to the slapping hit Pretty woman, a pillow battle, and watching some heartwarming melodramas and romantic comedies. As a treat for such party you may have light snacks and hot alcohol drinks such as mulled wine.

Thematic Party
In order to make your girlish gatherings unforgettable and fun, you can organize them in a certain style. The place of gathering does not really matter but your guests should stick to the chosen style or theme. This can be a Hawaii party, a party in a Gatsby style, or a princess hen party where all girls should wear special occasion dresses. Everything should correspond to the party idea: musical arrangement, treat, decoration of the room, presents, etc.

A Hen Party in Motion
It’s not necessary to stay at home or at a certain place during your hen party. You can move around the city in a luxurious limousine, listen to the music, drink Champagne and eat chocolate. Or you can rent a retro car and join the atmosphere of glamour, gloss and sophisticated elegance, following the jazz songs. After such ride you can go to the club and party there all night long, until the very morning.

Eco Hen Party
A hen party is a good occasion to go outside the city to the nature, far away from the polluted and noisy streets. This can be a trip to the country house or a forest campaign, or a walk along the river or a lake. Here you can organize a picnic by the bonfire with songs and exciting life stories, boat riding, contests for the most beautiful wreath and girlish divinations.

Sea Adventure
A luxury romantic yacht ride will make you remember it for a very long time. If the summer weather and your budget allow you do this, you can rent a yacht with a crew. You may sunbathe, dance to the rhythmical music and drink Champagne. It is recommended to prepare in advance some wildflowers which can be later used for making a bridal wreath. At the end of the walk the bride can put the wreath into the water, thus symbolizing a farewell to her unmarried life.

The ideas for a hen party can be various but the most important thing is your good mood. A hen party is better to be held 1 or 2 weeks before the wedding, don’t leave it for the very last night.

* This is a collaborative post.

Mark and I found ourselves in the streets of The Walk, in Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR) last Friday, as we were invited for a night of hearty and healthy organic food and drinks at TR!BECA Kitchen + Lounge. It's name was coined from New York City's trendy neighborhood, Triangle Below Canal, and takes a great deal of its inspiration from Manhattan.

Located in Ocean View Hotel in Dubai's JBR, it's as if we were not in Dubai the moment we set foot in Tribeca. The funky interior was what we first noticed as the staff welcomed us and ushered us to our table. We were immediately attended to by one of the staff who gladly took our orders.

Choosing what to have was bit of a struggle, the happy kind of it, as the dishes were all inviting. Tribeca's menu, which is a product of chef Giovanni De Ambrosis' passion, offers a variety of organic dishes directly sourced from regional farmers and fair-trade cooperatives. It is a fusion of contemporary American and traditional Mediterranean cuisine with a bit of Italian inspiration.

I got a wonderful surprise in the mail today! I am so grateful to have been included in Blogmeter.org’s Top 20 Food & Beverage Bloggers in the Philippines for July 2015!

Mark only comes to Dubai on weekends since he works in Abu Dhabi. And because he eats at their camp's restaurant every single day, I make sure that he gets to enjoy his favorite dishes even just on weekends.

Although I love to cook, there are also times when I seem to be infected with the lazy bug. And at such times, Mark's invitations on having dinner outs are a music to my ears!

Ravi Restaurant would be our usual dinner  destination when we dine out, but since Mark was craving for Filipino food, we opted for Buongiorno Café, which is just one restaurant away from Ravi. :D I was already delighted when Mark told me not to cook for dinner one weekend night, more so when he craved for Filipino food! Yay!

Hi dear readers! I'm Gia, contributor of Sweet Nothings. :D Together with Jeffrey Perida, photographer, we were sent by Kriska, my sister and the owner of this blog, to cover the food tasting event in 5th Taste Restaurant last Saturday, July 25.

Hi, I'm Gia! :D

5th Taste is a Japanese fusion restaurant in the Philippines which offers modern Japanese dishes with a twist. As avid fans of Japanese dishes, Jeff and I were very excited for the event and can no longer wait to taste the dishes as we were intrigued with the terms “modern” and “twist” which came with the invitation that was sent to us. We were also thinking what the edge of this restaurant could be from all other Japanese restaurants.