“Ayne Nalir is the creator behind the most innovative design jewellery label in our local fashion scene today.” Ayne will be exhibiting her collection of chunky yet elegant curls and strips of zippers, from the 23rd to 25th August at Saskia Fernando Gallery. For more information, you can visit their Facebook Page or Website.
The Warehouse Project is a community service space that enables us Colombars to give back to the village that raises us. Through kind donation children without access to food or education are provided a wholesome meal and a place to learn, grow & build character. Read more about them and their initiatives here. On Saturday, this renovated colonial warehouse will ...
On the Attidiya Road, there’s a small spot that has the best vegetarian food we’ve had in Sri Lanka. Perhaps the best Sri Lankan food. For Rs. 150 you get unlimited rice, kos, pollos, eggplant, potato or whatever they have on offer, plus homemade achcharu, lunuthe and papadum. And a heap of either fruit or curd and honey for desert. ...
Looks like there's a Tesla Model S on the streets of Colombo. If you haven't heard of it, the Tesla is the coolest car ever. It's all electric, it's fast,
This place was a fantasy. An old-world harbor-side saloon on Chatham Street that just made it to the 21st century. I remember my first visit – circa 1998 I think – and the tuk tuk ride into the forbidden city: a 90′s Fort, ringed with barbed wire checkpoints. It was like something out of a movie; this lonely row of ...
If you’re wandering around Fort, chances are you’ve noticed that big wooden sign hanging beside Hotel Nippon: ‘Dream Land Bar. Aircondition’. It’s a good sign, succinctly conveying the two main features of the establishment: one, there’s a bar; two, it’s airconditioned. ‘Aircondition’ and arrack, what more could you want on a hot island evening? Dream Land is in Fort, a ...
Lionel Wendt founded the Photographic Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL) in 1906 – over a 100 years ago in case you missed that. He is one of Sri Lanka’s greatest artistes with many of his pieces owned solely by collectors or on display in his namesake gallery & theatre. The PSSL has workshops & classes that teach young & old the wonders of ...
Rauf Nana’s is the premier dining venue on Colombo’s premier public space (the Galle Face Green). OK, this just means it’s a semi covered shack rather than an open cart but it’s still good, inexpensive, food with a great location. You are just feet from the sea and the super-attentive staff rustle up some satisfying Sri Lankan (Muslim) soul food. ...
Colombo is a hot, hot, hot city. That’s not a comment on the talent you see out in the clubs on a Friday night but rather a statement on the sun-blasted sweat stained nature of life on this very tropical island. Still as much as the heat is an ancient and immutable fact of Lankan life, its antidotes are ...
St. Mary's Church is a beautiful place to visit if you're in Negombo. The stained glass and the paintings spanning the church's entire ceiling are awesome to witness, especially considering that the church goes back almost a century and a half.
This is one of the more upmarket eating establishments on Vauxhall. It looks clean and professional: tiled and terrazzo floors, glass windows and an extensive, clearly printed menu on the wall. You can order from the menu but most of the food is already prepared: mounds of fried rice, plain samba rice, biriyani, nasi goreng, curries, veg. From Monday to ...
Netflix is now available in Sri Lanka. The best thing about Netflix is the content, but a strong #2 is the amazing picture and sound quality. I've actually been watching Netflix here for months now and the picture feels as good as Blu-Ray, even on a Dialog 4G connection. I've been using a VPN to pretend I'm in America, but now no one has to pretend anymore! It's actually available.
This is not a major site, but it’s fun to stumble upon. This is a somewhat regular neighborhood playground, except it has a television set. The kids play on the swings while adults fall asleep in front of cartoons. It’s kinda strange, kinda amazing.
YAMU was invited to Aqua for a food tasting at their Thai restaurant, Coconut. This was the first time we’ve accepted a free meal and it’s going to be the last – it’s hard to get a sense of prices and service if you’re a non paying guest. We really, really like the Chef at Aqua. His name is Nandana ...
Anusha Handicrafts, just outside Kollupitiya Market by Liberty Junction, is an odd place and something of an overwhelming experience, crammed as it is from floor to ceiling with teetering piles of assorted hand-carved wooden curios. They specialise almost solely in ‘traditional’ Sri Lankan objects carved from different types of wood; selling some masks, wooden elephants and other animals, various Hindu ...
Chapters is a fairly new little book shop located on Staple Street. Actually, it looks little from the outside but it’s not so little once you go in. It’s fancier than the average Sarasavi or Vijitha Yapa, going for a look and feel more along the lines of the bookshops at Barefoot and ODEL. They’ve also got big sofas and ...
