Archive for June, 2009

Adidas Trainers

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009


Germany had a massive impact on the story of the training shoe. In the year of 1920, adidas was launched on the world. For the first time adidas trainers appeared in the Olympics games, Amsterdam in 1928. The Adidas brand was being promoted in 1956, at the Melbourne Olympics.

This was the first sports sponsorship. Adidas then split out from trainers into footballs and clothing in the year 1961. Adidas added the three stripes to its trainers to reinforce the shoe and add extra stability to the foot; the trademark that is now recognized around the world was launched. At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, 83% of all athletes sported footwear with the familiar Adidas 3 stripes.

Currently adidas manufactures a huge variety of trainers, covering all forms of marketplaces and sports under two small logos. The adidas originals collection bears the classic trefoil logo, and the adidas equipment range under the three-stripe logo.

Substance generally carries one of the widest ranges of Adidas trainers online, which includes adidas retro trainers and reissues of dead stock classic adidas trainers. In our exclusive range of adidas trainers, you can find toby black canvas shoe, adidas originals adi 14 trainers black, adidas originals superstar vintage white, adidas originals touring brown, adidas originals adi 14 trainers white, adidas originals tennis vintage black and many more.

Stan Smiths are regarded as the best selling trainers by Adidas ever; with over 32 million sold, but as a substitute there are also Adidas Ilie Nastase and Adidas Rod Laver styles. Adidas tennis trainers are also been highly accepted. Adidas have labelled their tennis trainers with the names of tennis legends from the 70’s, which today offers them that retro essence.

Our adidas trainers further consists of adidas originals tobacco trainers musbro, adidas originals superstar 1 chalk, adidas originals universal black, adidas originals adicolor low mahoga/tecbl, adidas originals adi 14 trainers khaki, adidas originals century lo y3 trainers sun, pointer seeker 111 canvas chocolate, adidas originals porsche design cl black trainer, adidas originals cup 68 leather ld, adidas originals universal lux and more.

If you need more information on Adidas Trainers, feel free to get in touch with Substance Designer Clothing. With Substances rare and exclusive mix of brands we hope to provide our clients with a sense of individuality and class!

Italian Fine Dining Los Angeles – More than a state of mind

Monday, June 22nd, 2009


Just because Italians are known for the world renowned pizza and their mouthwatering sandwiches does not mean that Italian cuisine is just all about that. This is even known about Italian fine dining in Los Angeles. The best Italian dining experience does not have to be confined in some pizzeria or paninoteca. Although those places are wonderful for discovering the true flavors of Italy in a more informal setting, Italian cuisine can also be enjoyed in more upscale ristorantes that provide an ideal atmosphere where family and friends can talk and bond over delicious, authentic Italian dishes. There are just a lot of dining experiences awaiting everyone, it only takes a keen eye to find a nice Italian restaurant and a discerning palette to judge whether the food was an original remake of a Mediterranean classic dish or an American version of what was once Italian.

Restaurants with Italian names or Italian ambience have sprouted in almost every city. The Italian cuisine is becoming more and more popular with the huge crowd of diners and almost everyone wants to sample Italian fine dining. Although, you may receive the best service in some Italian sounding restaurant, remember that it is not just all about the experience of eating Italian style, but it should be about the food as well. If you are not eating authentic Italian dishes, even if your servers wear traditional costumes, your dining experience is not at all worth being called Italian fine dining. But the question is how do you know that you are eating authentic Italian food or not?

You have to keep in mind that Italian cuisine is all about balance. All their dishes are seasoned with restraint so that one ingredient does not power all the rest. Italian cuisine is all about preserving the natural flavors of every individual ingredient. They do not try to mask the flavors by using too much garlic powder like what most Americans are used to. A great way to know that you are eating authentic Italian food is to order a salad. If the dressing is too robust for the greens then it is probably not done traditionally as it is in Italy. Italians are also about using crisp ingredients and serving food as fresh as possible. Look at the bread served in your chosen Italian restaurant. If they are already warm and possibly day old when they reach your table, chances are you may be dining in those American-Italian restaurants. Most authentic Italian restaurants will serve bread straight from the oven. You can really smell the fragrant scent of newly cooked bread that is crusty in the outside, but puffy and light in the inside.

Now that you have uncovered the truth about your Italian restaurant, you will need to sample their Italian dining experience with regards to the courses or how the food is served. Firstly, you may be served with an “aperitivo” or some cocktails. Most of the time, they will serve you bitters or alcoholic drinks with herbal infusions. After that is the “antipasto” or the appetizers. You may be served with olives, anchovies or Italian cured meats. After the “antipasto” is the first course called the “primo”. The first course will usually include a substantial meal packed with carbohydrates like risotto or pasta. The second course or the main dish is called the “secondo”. The main dish is usually made of fish, pork, veal and chicken. The main dish may be accompanied with a side dish or “contorno”. After all those filling dishes will be the first dessert or “formaggio e frutta” which means cheese and fruits. This followed by the dessert or “dolce” that can include a cake or cookies. Finally, you have the “caffé” which serves the espresso and the “digestive” which serves any digestive to help aid digestion after the very long meal.

Scoprire E Riscoprire La Pausa Caffè

Saturday, June 13th, 2009


La famosa “pausa caffè” è quel momento della giornata lavorativa, in cui tutti gli impiegati e operai di qualsiasi grado e livello, si fermano per circa 5-10 minuti e si concedono appunto una pausa.

Oggi, in alcuni casi, la pausa caffè è esagerata e in altri ancora non viene fatta nemmeno osservare, mentre per alcune ditte, la pausa è ritenuta obbligatoria, ma questo varia molto dalla mansione che si svolge e dalla ditta presso cui si lavora. Ma dove fare la pausa caffè? Ci sono diverse scelte, che fa il datore di lavoro. Può installare per esempio una macchina da caffè espresso (detta anche commercial automatic espresso machines), in una saletta dove a turno, ogni lavoratore può concedersi la pausa caffè. Alcuni datori di lavoro invece autorizzano i dipendenti a fare la pausa caffè al di fuori del posto di lavoro, a patto comunque che si seguano le regole in termini di durata pausa.

Dove andare quindi a fare la pausa caffè? Ed ecco spuntare i bar e i diversi punti ristoro nei pressi dell’azienda, dove consumare appunto la pausa. La maggior parte dei lavoratori si “butta” sul caffè (macchiato, corretto, con schiuma, senza schiuma, corto, ristretto, lungo, e chi più ne ha più ne metta). Il caffè è una pianta che appartiene alla famiglia delle rubiacee comprendente 4500 varietà diverse. Tra queste 60 specie di piante sono del caffè, ma solo 25 sono quelle che vengono commercializzate. Segnaliamo la qualità robusta, arabica, excelsa, liberica. Il caffè fa bene o fa male? La domanda andrebbe girata agli esperti ma i pareri si dividono. Quello che possiamo affermare è che non bisogna certo esagerare. Una media di 3 caffè al giorno va benissimo per non eccedere. Al fatto poi che il caffè tiene sveglio, possiamo sicuramente dire che è una bevanda eccitante, ma che non si è ancora trovato nessun nesso logico tra assunzione di caffè e insonnia. Non tutti però amano il caffè. Durante la classica pausa caffè molti consumano altre bevande, rigorosamente calde. La più gettonata è sicuramente la cioccolata che si prepara con della polvere di cioccolato fondente, latte e zucchero (in questo sono specializzate le gourmet vending machines, distributrici automatiche di bevande calde). In aggiunta, di panna montata, la bevanda assume un gusto davvero ottimo.

A seguire abbiamo il thè, non solo la bevanda preferita dagli inglesi, all’appuntamento oramai classico delle 5 del pomeriggio. Sempre durante la pausa caffè, molti consumano le tisane. Ne esistono davvero tante, vediamo insieme le più classiche. Iniziamo dalla tisana digestiva con funzione di stimolazione gastrica e costituita da estratti di carciofo, liquirizia e verbena. La tisana anti-tosse funziona da espettorante, mentre la tisana drenante hanno la proprietà anti-gonfiore. La tisana rilassante invece è consigliata contro la tachicardia e la stanchezza. Il thè al punto ristoro, viene servito con i diversi gusti di questa bevanda, tra cui il classico al limone, il thè alla pesca, al bergamotto, il thè verde, all’arancia, alle rose, al lampone, ai frutti di bosco. Non scordiamo che insieme alle bevande si possono aggiungere anche piccoli stuzzichini prelevati dalle snack vending machines, come dolcetti, brioche o salatini.

Tante alternative quindi per una pausa caffè diversa dal solito “caffè”!

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