What: Cast iron animal-shaped watering cans, Contemporary Arts and Crafts, 19 Napean Sea Road, Rs 1,550.

Why: Complete with spouts and sturdy handles, these bright goldfish and roosters are utilitarian enough to give the maali and stylish enough to display amongst your prized blooms.

When: You want a whole new kettle of fish.

What: Sunday Farmer’s Market, Vishnu Prasad Hall, 14th Road, Linking Road Corner, Khar (W), call 9821142700  or visit www.kavitamukhi.com, free entry.

Why: Here, certified organic farmers from all over Maharashtra will sell their crop. Also available will be cooked treats, spices, eco-friendly paper and more. Remember to bring along a shopping bag (or five).

When: You want fresh produce at (f)arm’s length. Every Sunday starting March 21.

What: Turning Tables, bpb’s underground kitchen club, to attend email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it – limited seats! Rs 500 this month.

Why: For Turning Tables III, Chef Ashutosh Nerlekar of Olio at the Novotel Mumbai goes underground with bpb. That means delish Mediterranean fare whipped up from scratch in a subscriber’s kitchen, interesting conversation and the chance to meet cool new people. Hat trick!

When: Sunday, March 7 at 8:30 pm. Entries shut March 4!

What: Fire twirling workshop, 4th floor, Naval Kunj, Linking Road, Bandra (W), call Janit on 9833879338 or visit the Facebook group here, start at Rs 700 per session. 

Why: Janit Gambhir - he’s a flaming wizard! - wants to pass on the torch to you. Learn how to hold, twirl, and set ablaze a fire staff while freestyle dancing on his Bandra terrace. Individual sessions available as well.

When: You deserve an exclusive (m)embership. Every Saturday and Sunday from 6 to 8 pm.

bpb Freebie: Rich discount on Shocolaat confectionary (call 65174138), exclusively for subscribers. For this and more cool discounts, along with a free weekend guide in your inbox every Friday, enter your email in the subscription box.

Our weekly pick-tionary of Mumbai happenings.

Batsman extraordinaire! Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first cricketer in the world to score a double century in ODIs. Son of the soil, you make us proud!

Bengaluru skyscraper fire injures over 50, nine dead. R.I.P.

Burberry live streams first 3D fashion show ever, from London Fashion week to custom-designed spaces in New York, Tokyo, LA and Dubai. Style’s new “Avatar”?

Fashion designer Rohit Bal suffers major heart attack on Tuesday, recovering after angioplasty surgery. Get well soon!

Hrithik Roshan steams up the pages with Katrina Kaif in the anniversary issue of Harpers Bazaar. Take what you can get girls, as all the “bold scenes” between Hrithik and Barbara Mori are rumored to have been edited out of Kites.

HSC board exams kick off today with over 11 lakh students taking the test amid reports of flooded help lines, copy cats and shrinking chairs. Good luck, book worms!

IPL is not only a potential terror target, it may also be an agent of global warming: NGO to Supreme Court. Tricky pitch!

National Death Capital? Mumbai has the highest number of accidental deaths in India, new research shows. Case in point: stray bullets from a police firing range hit a parked car and building wall in Powai yesterday. Comforting aim our cops have.

Padma Lakshmi gives birth to baby girl, while lingerie model Angie Valencia is accused of heading one of the world’s biggest drug gangs. Models are the new moms – and mobs!

Rail Budget 2010: No hike in fares, 101 new local train services for Mumbai. Mamata (finally) on the right track?

Say cheese: Indian Memory Project by Swa seeks to preserve national history through old family pictures. Send in your photos here.

First Day First Show

As the first walk-in customers at Lemon Grass’s opening night yesterday, we could almost smell the paint drying. The menus were abbreviated and on paper instead of wood (which they plan to upgrade ASAP), a couple of the light bulbs were naked, and our plastic coasters still had tags on them (they’re from Ikea and made in Korea).

Yet, this Asian eatery seems much more sure-footed than most new restaurants. That’s probably because versions of it have toured around the city, moving from another spot in Bandra to Lower Parel before taking over the space formerly occupied by Pot Pourri on Turner Road.

Dancing Shoe

If you see the big old shoe at Hanging Gardens tapping in time to the music this Saturday, don’t be surprised. That’s just the effect the terrifically talented (and cute) boys from Something Relevant, one of the hottest bands around, have on their audiences.

This rock band, along with 24 other musical acts will perform at Malabar Hill’s renowned garden as part of the Space Cadet project. They play this Saturday, soon after their gig at Sula Fest last weekend: we’re sure they’ll be farm fresh and bursting with flavor.

Out of This World

Mumbai has recently begun taking better advantage of its open-aired spaces, but the super pretty Hanging Gardens have until now gone largely unexploited. Something Relevant’s Stuart DeCosta, in partnership with the Bombay Electrik Project and the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, are set to change that with the Space Cadet project.

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So gather up your blanket, break out the picnic basket and get set to rock out. For a small taste of the music to come, we bring you Something Relevant’s top ten track list, exclusively for bpb readers’ listening pleasure. And don’t forget your dancing shoes!

Cat Empire - Days Like These
Dave Matthews Band - Jimi Thing
Fat Freddy’s Drop - Wandering Eye
Amos Lee - Soul Suckers
John Mayer featuring Herbie Hancock - Stitched Up
Jessice5 – Don’t Stop
John Butler Trio - Zebra
Black Eyed Peas featuring Macy Grey - Request Line
Junkyard Groove – It’s Ok
Something Relevant - Eddy on a Roll

Getting there: The Bandstand at Hanging Gardens, Malabar Hill on Saturday, February 27 at 5.30 pm.

We had to walk for our supper last night, when we went to try out Carter Road’s latest culinary candidate , Olivet Bleu. This lively stretch of Bandra was declared car-free until 10 pm, and pedestrians left the fringes of the road to take centre stage, watching cyclists do wheelies, listening to the sound of roller skates on tarmac and sniffing the delicious food being sold nearby. It was hard to leave this outdoor drama for a shoebox restaurant, but it had to be done.

What: International culinary workshops, Le 15 Central Kitchen, shop 2, B wing, Rajgruha Co-Op, VM Marg, near India Bulls Building, Lower Parel, call 9820487727 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Rs 2,000 per class (Rs 1,500 for the cupcake workshop), 10% off for bpb!

Why: In less time than it takes to scope out a good caterer, you can learn how to whip up your own Parisian tarts, cream cheese cupcakes or breakfast complete with waffles and French toast. Next week, Le 15 Patisserie is getting chefs from Korea to France to conduct three-hour gourmet cooking workshops in the city. Pot luck!

When: March 3 to 8, see full schedule here.