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bASKET

What: bpb and The Four Seasons’ dim sum making class at San-Qi, Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai, Worli, to book a spot email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , only 20 seats available, Rs 1,500 per person.

Why: Let off some steam at bpb and the Four Seasons’ dim sum class, where lessons will be hands-on and the mushrooms, wild. Executive chef Clinton Cooper and the hotel’s new dim sum chef Xiao Feng Shi will teach you how to make meat and veggie siu mai, ha gao and half moons from scratch (including the skins), as well as spring rolls and wantons.

When: Spring rolls are in the air on Saturday, June 9 (two batches between 11 am to 2 pm and 3 pm to 5 pm).

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What: Sea-facing yoga class at Freedom Lifestyle Centre, Maskan, 5th floor, 69, Carter Road, Bandra (W), call 8879391845 / 920111124 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Rs 3,500 for 12 classes.

Why: Imagine sunrise yoga classes on a Carter Road rooftop, a stretched out arm’s length away from the ocean. Need we sea more? Medical nutritionist and Yoga Institute (Santacruz) studied Naaznin Husein owns a five storey building in Bandra where she recently started Freedom, a holistic center that offers said ashtang yoga class with a view, pranayam and meditation. Along with sports nutritionist Sonal Raval, she also teaches functional training and runs a nutrition centre.

When: Ashtang baby! Classes are held on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 6.30 am and 8.45 am. Evening classes to begin soon.

pLAN

What: Pre-set plated meals by Pllatterati for house parties, call Sunnaeya on 9833967411, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.pllatterati.in, catering for 2-30 people, starts at Rs 1,000 per person.

Why: Overpriced restaurant-wine-hopefully her house. If your Saturday night ritual is jaded, we have a new tem-plate for your date. Newly launched catering service Pllatterati offers a Collage service, where fancy pre-plated meals - they recommend smoked salmon with green mango salad and pad thai noodles - for two (or more) are created by Le Cordon Bleu-educated Shweta Menon and delivered to your home. Her partner Sunnaeya Kapur controls the lighting and helps you pair food with alcohol and crockery, and for bigger dos, with waiters and bartenders. They also offer non pre-plated Indian and Continental food.

When: You want to book a table for woo.

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What: Artfeat Designs, order on the Facebook page or call 9910330377, Rs 300 for a notebook, additional shipping charges to Mumbai.

Why: When Karan Bakshi was just a young engineering student in Pune, he began repurposing household things into gifts for his friends. Thus was born Artfeat, under which he fits digital clocks into old ammunition carriers, morphs door latches into paperweights, turns rakes into wine holders. He also works with home and corporate interiors, and recently refitted an office using water pipes as decoration, which he compares to Lego. Block party!

When: You need a pied pipe-r.

bOULEVARD

What: Bombay Underground’s pavement sale, outside Al’s Tattoo Studio, 5 Natraj Shopping Centre, 68, Hill Road, Bandra (W), call 9773361243 for more information or view the Facebook page here, books start at Rs 20.

Why: Garage bookstore Bombay Underground has shut shop, and is having its farewell sale on a Bandra pavement this weekend. Working the mean streets? While you say bye you can browse graphic novels, classics, Indian authors, self-published books, movie posters and film scripts. Bombay Underground’s Himanshu picks: Trainspotting script, Amelie poster and RK Narayan’s Malgudi Days.

When: Farewell to Alms on May 19 and 20 from 5 pm to 8.30 pm.

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