Laughing out Loud....

If you are tired of watching the telly and want to see some real good standup comedy from the UK, go to Jesters. Jesters takes place every second Sunday evening at Kuppel in Basel and presents the finest of UK's standup comedians live and in a showcase setting! I am sure that you'll meet quite a few friends there too. It is advisable to reserve seats beforehand.

More under: http://www.jesters.ch

The Art of Tart

If you are looking for a really extravagant wedding cake, a birthday cake that looks like an armadillo or intoxicatingly delicious petit fours or gold or silver foil plated impeccable chocolate cakes Dolce Farniente is the right address in Basel.

Wencke Schmid, Mastermind and Cake Designer, is the woman behind Dolce Farniente. Her creations are far off the ordinary with exotic and exquisit ingredients and pure luxury for a moderate price. All products are freshly produced in their premises in Kleinbasel.

Visit their website under http://www.dolce-farniente.ch/

If you want to order cakes with Dolce Farniente, be aware that they are heavily booked and you need to contact them at least a few weeks ahead for a custom made cake. If you want to taste their creations at once there are several addresses where you can buy Dolce Farniente products in Basel:

Globus Delicatessa, lower floor bakery (you will get the Petit fours and the gold and silver foil chocolate cakes there, try out the Absinthe Petit fours!)

At Novartis in the guest café at Fabrikstrasse 6.

For Ciba and Syngenta people at Badischer Bahnhof at Les Gareçons to go ( www.lesgarecons.ch)

Or at Choco Loco at Spalenberg.