01 May 07

A-Z

What’s hot, by the letter

This month it’s that crazy, but ever-so-slightly common, letter C

CARTOONS
Know someone with an ego the size of a Hollywood A-lister? Then buy them an e-caricature of themselves for their next birthday. Cartoonist Tobias Waterman will create a jpeg and a pdf, plus phone and computer wallpaper, and greeting cards – all from a couple of photos. And they look the business, too. (www.tobiaswaterman.com)

COMEDY
Explore Kilkenny, one of Ireland’s most beautiful towns, and laugh out loud at the Smithwick’s Cat Laughs Comedy Festival, which runs from 31 May-4 June. It is said to be one of the world’s best, thanks to its small venues and lashings of Irish craic. For more details, visit www.thecatlaughs.com

CANNES
Put on your gladrags for the star-studded Cannes Film Festival, taking place 16-27 May on the French Riviera.

CHERRIES
The new way to beat jetlag according to findings from the University of Texas Health Science Center.

CRESCENT HOUSE
Summer-friendly restaurant opening in May in Notting Hill, London. The south-facing front patio is the perfect spot to enjoy a sundowner, while the secluded back garden offers a first–class summer barbecue.

CATALONIA
Get in touch with your arty side at the Dali museum in Figueres, get tipsy at a winery, then head to Girona to visit its Arab baths, cathedral and enchanting markets. All made that bit easier thanks to new long weekend tours put together at www.. homagetocatlonia.com.

CARS RACE RALLY
Disneyland Resort Paris is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month, and a new area called Toon Studios is set to open in June. The Car Race Rally is one of the new rides, based on the Pixar movie Cars, and is like a souped up version of the old school tea cups ride.

CHILLING OUT
Forget massages, body scrubs and beauty treatments; what you need is to be thrown into a room set at -135° for three minutes, where the dry cold apparently works wonders, alleviating fatigue, boosting libido and even preventing cellulite. Sounds like a miracle. See for yourself at the London Kriotherapy Centre which has just opened in Battersea, London. (www.kriotherapy.com)