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O2 LUX PULSE | LONDON > Lobster + Steak £25 at Floridita

2011-06-29T02:06:00.000-07:00

Latin Passion, Soho Style

Floridita's menu is bursting with fresh seafood and succulent steaks from grass-fed Rose County Black Angus cattle, aged for 28 days and personally prepared by Exec Chef and Master Butcher, Richard Sawyer. Now you can enjoy the best of both - and for just £25 per person.
For a limited time, Floridita is delighted to offer you half a Lobster served with an 8oz Picanha (rump) steak renowned for its rich, meaty flavour (no wonder it's the favourite cut of meat in Brazil). Keeping both company is a side of chips
To accompany this culinary feast we recommend you top things off with a bottle of Rosa de los Vientos, an affordable sparkling rosé from Patagonia in Argentina.
Book online here or call 020 7314 4000 (available Tuesday to Thursday and 5:30pm - 7pm Friday and Saturday nights).

Hot-Hot-Hot on the Floridita Dancefloor

Fridays and Saturdays are always party nights at Floridita - the dressed-up crowd loves getting down and dirty to live sets from the Floridita All-Stars and late-night Latin and funky house grooves from accalimed DJ Ady Jay, live on stage from around half past eleven.

Click here to request a guest list.

Sones De Oreintes - extended due to popular demand.

Cuban son mixes Spanish guitar with the rhythm and beats of Africa to create infectious music for night-times and dancing, especially salsa. Made internationally famous by the Buena Vista Social Club, you can catch Cuban son yourself every night in Floridita, played live by the brilliant Sones De Orientes who have flown over from Santiago in Cuba to make your evening truly memorable.

Call 020 7314 4000 or book online.

www.floriditalondon.com

FLORIDITA BAR

RESTAURANT

LATE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

100 WARDOUR STREET | LONDON W1F 0TN
020 7314 4000 | info@floriditalondon.com

O2 LUX PULSE | > The Experimental Cocktail Club - London

2011-06-14T23:01:00.000-07:00

by Dr. Damigo; PhD

The Experimental Cocktail Club, a speakeasy-style bar owned by the same trio of Frenchmen behind ECC's Parisian sister, is the kind of place you whisper to friends about.

The three-floored old Georgian townhouse is set behind a small rusty door in Chinatown - just the place to hide a covert cocktail haunt. Inside, we stumble past a workman to climb a dimly lit stairwell, guided by a sultry French waitress.

Once in, it's all exposed brickwork, low lighting, a heavy hum of late-night chatter and the chink of crystal glasses. Nina Simone's Sinner Man plays gently in the background.
First up, though some time after we order, an Opium Express and a Negroni de Provence arrive.

The former, like a more daring Cosmopolitan made with purple shiso-infused vodka, goji liqueur, goji syrup, lemon and dragon fruit, slips down easily and has a refreshing, bittersweet aftertaste, the poppy seeds adding a delicate crunch. Sadly the Negroni, though embellished with pretty swirls of orange and lemon rind, tastes like soap: the blend of lavender-infused gin and herbes de Provence-infused Lillet Blanc and Suze is overpowering and over-herbed.

Next up: the Renaissance, a nuanced, faintly fizzy mixture of Aperol, Hendrick's gin, home-made rhubarb syrup and champagne. But it is the Havana that really stirs us. A super-smooth blend of Cuban cigar-infused bourbon, bitters and whisky, it tastes like a cigar but has a long-lasting caramel and then whisky flavour that lingers for minutes.

Upstairs is less classy, more cool. A couple get intimate in one corner while gaggles of girls sit about gossiping. The loos are adorned with flamingo wallpaper, and illuminated by lights inside teapots on strings.

It is worth peeking through the small door to the kitchen to see rows of gin bottles and stacks of goji syrup containers lining the shelves. This is a place for serious mixology - there is no flare bartending here. The cocktails are made by French baristas who you can watch at work in overhead mirrors. It is a kind of hush-hush hideaway you might take someone on a second date.

At 11pm, the well-heeled crowd make way for a younger pack in short skirts and stilettos looking for somewhere to continue the party. So at half past midnight we share a Madras Flip - a well-balanced, creamy mix of cognac, five-year-old rum, cream, chai syrup, egg and a light sprinkling of nutmeg - and pad down the stairwell into an almost luminous Chinatown.

Rating: 4 out of 5Victoria Stewart's rating

13A Gerrard Street, W1

Phone: 020 7434 3559

Opening hours: Open 6pm-3am, closed Sunday

Nearest tube: Leicester Square Transport for London

Cuisine: Other

Average price: About £10 per cocktail

A cosmopolitan mix to savour

The Experimental Cocktail Club

Taste the atmosphere — and some intriguing drinks — at a new Soho speakeasy

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O2 FOOD & DRINK > Home Winemaking: Step by Step

2011-06-14T10:41:00.000-07:00

by Dr. DAMIGO; PhD

Thanks to this powerful insider information, over 8,732 home winemakers worldwide have learned
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O2 FOOD & DRINK > Why Focus on Raw, Living Foods?

2011-06-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

by Dr. DAMIGO; PhD

We all know natural foods are great for health, but did you know that fruits and veggies are just the beginning?
Many other foods can be safely enjoyed raw. Scrumptious "live" treats can be made from raw nuts, seeds, dried fruit, coconut, cocoa, and more.

Raw foods contain live enzymes that are essential for digestion. We each have an enzyme "bank account", and if we don't replenish it by eating live foods, we eventually run out of these much-needed digestive enzymes. What's more, enzymes are used in almost every function of the human body, from healthy brain function to breaking down fat when you exercise. They're also vital for immunity, strength, energy, and smooth, healthy complexions.

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O2 FOOD & DRINK > Who can benefit from raw treats and snacks?

2011-06-14T09:36:00.000-07:00

by Dr. DAMIGO; PhD

I believe that everyone can reap the life-enhancing rewards of the enzymes and whole nutrition in these snacks, as well as their full, rich flavors.

It's time to put an end to:

Being helplessly drawn to calorie-rich, unhealthy fast foods that make you sick
Feeling bloated or tired after snacking
Fighting a losing battle against the bulge
Daily guilt trips after snacking
Feeling like there are no options except sugary, greasy fast food
Complex recipes that require expensive, hard-to-find ingredients
Being unable to find nourishing snacks unless you have hours to make them yourself
Health food that tastes like health food (and not in a good way!)

If any of the above echo your frustrations with healthy and unhealthy snacks, then 100 Healthy Raw Snacks and Treats is right for you.

Living Foods Could Save Your Life

Unlike the sugary, fat-laden, processed snacks consumed by most Americans, raw foods are grown from the earth and are not cooked, treated, chemically modified, or processed between the time they're harvested and the moment they're served. Raw, living foods can be heated, but not above the temperature at which enzymes and other nutrients are destroyed. They are whole foods in their natural state.

Some prime examples include fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and sprouted grains. If a food is raw, then it's still alive. A raw bean or nut can be immersed in water and sprouted - but a cooked nut will never sprout. That's how you know if the enzymes have been killed and the fats and proteins in the food may be unhealthy and rancid.

Eating more of these raw, enzyme-rich foods every day - and less of the cooked foods that we are so accustomed to - can literally change your life. Raw treats and snacks offer a smart, delicious alternative to baked cookies, cakes, pies, and other sweets. They provide clean, natural energy that can help you lose weight, look better than you ever have before, and even extend your life.

100 Raw Snacks and Treats

I believe so strongly in the importance of raw, living foods that I've created my own recipes for desserts, snacks, and treats that satisfy my sweet tooth - and do much more for my health than the empty-calorie sweets and fast foods I used to crave.

I've created over 100 recipes for natural, unbaked pies and squares made with nuts, seeds, dates, raisins, coconut, cocoa, and other luscious raw ingredients: fruit pies, lemon squares, raw "ice cream", almond cookies, and more. They're so good, you won't believe how simple they are to make - and how great they are for your health, vitality, mental clarity, and fitness!

Every one of these natural raw snack and dessert recipes is:

Wheat free and gluten free
Sugar free
Dairy free
Soy free
Raw and unprocessed
Quick and easy to make, with no baking or cooking required
Loaded with vitamins, enzymes, and energy
Absolutely delicious

If you're used to indulging in a daily donut or snacking on chips when the munchies hit, these raw treats will change your life as much as they have changed mine. You'll experience renewed energy and mental clarity. That feeling of bloating will disappear as your body begins to burn fat more quickly. In weeks, you'll forget why you ever used to make such unhealthy snack choices and you'll never want to go back.

What Are You Waiting For?

Now that I'm eating raw treats and desserts instead of the baked ones I used to buy at work, I feel lighter, stronger, and more resilient. You can discover the same simple health revelation with natural, raw treats that replace the unhealthy snacks so many people rely on.

Natural, unbaked, easy to prepare, and totally delicious: what more could you ask for in a snack or dessert? If you want to look great, feel great, stop crashing from low blood sugar in the middle of the work day, lower your risk of diabetes, and stop hunger and cravings from making you feel bad, then there is no better gift to yourself than my introduction to raw "uncooking" with 100 Healthy Raw Snacks and Treats.

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O2 FOOD & DRINK > Rediscover Great Health and Nutrition with Natural Snacks that Fuel Your Brain, Body, and Life

2011-06-14T09:26:00.000-07:00

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by Dr. DAMIGO; PhD

What's the foolproof secret to achieving optimal health and weight loss? How can you keep yourself from giving up on your goal of a more nutritious life? Mindless snacking and the temptation of desserts are the downfall of many dieters who attempt to cut out all sugar and empty calories from their diet without substituting healthier alternatives in their place.

Most weight loss and nutrition plans fall short by neglecting to offer permitted snacks that satisfy hunger and cravings, while providing real nutrition and health benefits. Raw snack recipes are different. If you're looking for delicious healthy treats that satisfy both your hunger and your body's desire for real nutrition, then raw snacks and desserts could be the perfect solution for you.

good-tasting, low calorie, sugar and chemical-free 100% healthy recipes

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O2 FOOD & DRINK > 100 HEALTHY RAW SNACKS AND TREATS

2011-06-14T09:22:00.000-07:00

by Dr. DAMIGO; PhD

good-tasting, low calorie, sugar and chemical-free 100% healthy recipes

Fast Food doesn't have to mean
Junk Food. If you're eating on
the run, or fighting off a snack
attack, you have alternatives. And
I'm NOT talking about rice cakes!

I'm no different than you. When I get hungry I reach for the closest thing to put in my mouth. But after years of mistreating my body, and ruining my figure, I got smart. Now you can get smart too.

Would you have thought uncooked snacks and
desserts made from raw healthy ingredients
could look and taste fantastic?

Well, they can!

GO RAW
Click Here!

O2 LUX PULSE | Fred Astaire’s 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Spider > $3.25 Million

2011-06-12T07:05:00.000-07:00

by Hannah Elliott

see photos Forbes Images

Click for full photo gallery: 1955 Ferrari 750

A 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza has a 260 hp, 2,999 cc DOHC four-cylinder engine, a five-speed manual transmission, an independent front suspension with unequal-length A-arms and coil springs, and a wheelbase of 88.6".

Lucky for us the 750 Monza survived. It’ll go on sale Aug. 19 and 20 at RM Auctions’ Monterrey sale in conjunction with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Expected price, according to Driven: $3.25 million.

The car is one of only 35 750 Monza spiders built and was raced by Fred Astaire in his first non-singing, non-dancing movie role.
It debuted–snakeskin interior and all–at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1955, then was sold to Luigi Chinetti in New York, who promptly delivered it to Porsche importer John von Neumann in Los Angeles. Von Neumann raced the 4-cylinder, 260-horsepower Monza a lot around Southern California, where it quickly became notorious enough to be featured in Road & Track and earn a spot in the Gregory Peck-Ava Gardner-Fred Astaire apocalypse flick On the Beach.

The car has its original stampings and numbers, with the rare Scaglietti script badge and chrome spears in tact.

The film was shot in and around L.A., with some frames taken at the Phillip Island race course and on Riverside Raceway. (In the plot, Fred Astaire’s character had always wanted to be a racing driver, and when Australia holds the world’s last Grand Prix, he buys the Monza to enter.) It didn’t exactly go smoothly: Eight cars were totaled in 12 days of filming the racing scenes, including a Jowett Jupiter, MG Special, Nash Healey, Austin-Healey, Jaguar XK120 and a Corvette.

source > Forbes

O2 TRAVEL TIPS | > ENGLAND - Stratford-upon-Avon - Warwick Castle - York - CastleHoward in North Yorkshire (videos)

2011-06-11T13:51:00.000-07:00

Image via Wikipedia

Take a tour of Castle Howard in North Yorkshire England
- Explore and discover the city of York England: Day One
Explore and discover the city of York England: Day Two

York England is a walled city, located in the area of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its of existence.
Discover Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare's Birthplace is a restored 16th century half-timbered house located on Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. where it is believed that William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and spent his childhood years. It is now a small museum open to the public and is a popular visitor attraction, owned and managed by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Take a tour and explore Warwick Castle in England
A medieval castle situated in the town of Warwick, England. The castle sits on a sandstone bluff at a bend of the River Avon. The castle was erected in 1068 by William the Conqueror. Predominately used as a fortification until the 17th century, it was converted into a country house by the Greville family, who were earls of Warwick from 1759 until 1978.

O2 LUX PULSE | WEDDING DESTINATION > Couples Tower Isle in Ocho Rios - Jamaica (video)

2011-06-11T11:19:00.000-07:00

Join Mark Murphy and explore Couples Tower Isle in Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Mark Murphy speaks with Couples Tower Isle’s wedding coordinator and talks about how to have a destination wedding and what’s included
With six available wedding packages, including tree house and private island ceremonies, Couples Resorts make destination weddings easy. In this interview Marks learn how to prepare for a grand destination wedding or put together a spontaneous ceremony.
- Randy Russell of Couples Resorts talks about selling within the destination wedding and honeymoon market

O2 LUX PULSE | Explore Caesars Palace in Las Vegas (video)

2011-06-11T11:02:00.000-07:00

Image by Neil Krug via Flickr

O2 TRAVEL TIPS | > WALES - Welsh Life Museum (videos)

2011-06-11T10:55:00.000-07:00

Image via Wikipedia

Holy St. Davids Cathedral, Wales
800 Years of History at The Welsh Life Museum
Portmeirion: An Unconventional Welsh Village

O2 TRAVEL TIPS | > TOURISM IRELAND (videos)

2011-06-11T10:35:00.000-07:00

Image by Robert Marin via Flickr

Tourism Ireland Literary Tour
Tourism Ireland Getting Closer To Ireland

O2 TRAVEL TIPS | > TOP 10 DIVING DESTINATIONS

2011-06-11T07:39:00.001-07:00

1. Cenote Taj Maja, Mexico

2. Santa Rosalia, Sea of Cortez, Mexico

3. Channel Islands, California

4. Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands

5. Wakatobi Archipelago, Indonesia

6. Fathom Five National Marine Park, Ontario

7. Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt

8. Raja Ampat, Indonesia

9. Utila Island, Honduras

10. Los Islotes, La Paz, Mexico

TAKE IT EASY...but TAKE IT !

2011-06-11T07:27:00.001-07:00

O2 TRAVEL TIPS | > AVALON WATERWAYS (videos)

2011-06-11T07:15:00.001-07:00

See how Avalon Waterways makes river cruising appealing for both land travelers and cruisers
A local travel agent speaks about what sets Avalon Waterways apart from other river cruise ships
Avalon Waterways introduces a new ship that will sail on the Mekong River
Learn about what the words “new”, “room”, “view” and “do” mean to Avalon Waterway’s Vice President of Marketing
Learn about ship design, world-wide destinations, and more from Avalon Waterways

O2 MUSIC & LEISURE | > Bounty Music Video > Bring It > Paper Towel Gang (video)

2011-06-11T06:57:00.001-07:00

O2 FUN & LEISURE | > TIMESHARE CONSPIRACY HUMOR (video)

2011-06-11T06:54:00.001-07:00

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O2 TRAVEL TIPS | > THE HARMONY OF NATURE > NEW ENGLAND - NEW HAMPSHIRE - MAINE SUNRISE(video)

2011-06-11T06:19:00.001-07:00

Image by D.o.M.e.N.i.C.o via Flickr

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O2 FUN & LEISURE | > THE LANDLORD > FUNNY OR DIE (video)

2011-06-11T06:11:00.001-07:00

The Landlord from Will Ferrell

O2 TRAVEL FUN | > FUNNY VACATION ADS (video)

2011-06-11T06:04:00.001-07:00

O2 LUX PULSE | CANCUN (videos)

2011-06-11T06:00:00.001-07:00

O2 LUX PULSE | PARTY HOTSPOTS (videos)

2011-06-11T05:54:00.001-07:00

O2 LUX PULSE | Bellagio Las Vegas Fountain Show (videos)

2011-06-11T05:45:00.001-07:00

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O2 TRAVEL TIPS | > A look at the city of Rome Italy (video)

2011-06-11T05:39:00.001-07:00

What to see and where to go if you are visiting ROME.

http://WatchMojo.com

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O2 FOOD & DRINK > Rediscover Great Health and Nutrition with Natural Snacks that Fuel Your Brain, Body, and Life

O2 FOOD & DRINK > 100 HEALTHY RAW SNACKS AND TREATS

Fast Food doesn't have to mean Junk Food. If you're eating on the run, or fighting off a snack attack, you have alternatives. And I'm NOT talking about rice cakes!

I'm no different than you. When I get hungry I reach for the closest thing to put in my mouth. But after years of mistreating my body, and ruining my figure, I got smart. Now you can get smart too.

Would you have thought uncooked snacks and desserts made from raw healthy ingredients could look and taste fantastic?

Well, they can!

GO RAW Click Here!

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O2 LUX PULSE | PARTY HOTSPOTS (videos)

O2 LUX PULSE | Bellagio Las Vegas Fountain Show (videos)

O2 TRAVEL TIPS | > A look at the city of Rome Italy (video)

Home Winemaking Secrets to
STOP You from Making a Costly Mistake!

"Make Wine with the Confidence only
Professional Knowledge Can Bring

Click Here!

...AND Discover How to Make the Best Wine
in the Shortest Amount of Time!!"

Fast Food doesn't have to mean
Junk Food. If you're eating on
the run, or fighting off a snack
attack, you have alternatives. And
I'm NOT talking about rice cakes!

Would you have thought uncooked snacks and
desserts made from raw healthy ingredients
could look and taste fantastic?

GO RAW
Click Here!