Would you like to get up close and personal with the dinosaurs? Frankly, the thought of that terrifies me and I’m glad that human life only came about some 65 million years after the age of dinosaurs. Thanks to the live show Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular, we...
Nestled at the heart of Orchard Road, Paragon Shopping Centre caters to upmarket shoppers with six levels of designer fashion and luxury boutiques. The mall’s facade is fronted by high-end international brands such as Gucci, Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo, Tod’s and Miu Miu. To match these posh brand names, the Christmas...
Ever wondered how the tradition of having chocolate log cake at Christmas came about? A long time ago, people used to burn yule logs during the darkest and coldest time of the year for light and warmth. The large end of the log would be placed into the fire hearth...
At Suntec City, the mall has created a white Christmas. While snow is an impossibility here in Singapore (for our generation anyways and the next ten perhaps), that doesn’t stop anyone from using white as the main choice of colour for Christmas decor. The magic number 3 in the Christmas...
Yesterday, I received a box of these handmade Christmas brownies from Amore Bakery, an online bakery shop run by Sparklette reader, Gennie Lee. These are hands-down the cutest (and possibly the yummiest) chocolate brownies ever! You’ll see why. These brownies come decorated with the familiar seasonal icons like Santa, Rudolph,...
Lenovo Singapore teamed up with Sparklette to give away 10 USB thumb drive bracelets and 10 USB hubs last week. This is to promote the company’s worldwide What’s Your Idea of Fun campaign. Close to 60 readers left a comment to tell us what your idea of fun is. Here...
Want a super easy way to buy a cake in Singapore? You gotta check out MetroCakes then. This Christmas, you can order a log cake online and have it delivered without ever leaving your house! MetroCakes is an online bakery with a physical shop at Kampong Glam. I recently reviewed...
The Orchard Road shopping belt gets extra crowded during the festive season. The Christmas light-up starts in November, when all the major shopping malls and the streets would be decorated in festive colours and shimmering lights. The theme for this year is “Starlit Christmas” and the busy shopping district has...
A new authority has arrived in town, and they want to take care of all your dessert needs! At Dessert Ministry, you can have your fill from the large variety of over 80 Asian sweet concoctions all in one place. Located at the ground floor of Cathay Orchard Cineleisure, the...
2010 has been an especially awesome year for this little site. In the past month Sparklette saw some great momentum, maintaining a consistent daily traffic of 7,000, and exceeding 9,000 visitors on certain days. Now that’s a new record, all thanks to you sweet readers! It takes plenty of resources...
