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What's on: Mon's picks

Monday's top pick SINGAPORE GARDEN FESTIVAL ADMIRE the colourful displays at the event billed as Asia's best garden and flower show featuring the world's top flora designers. Highlights at the festival include the Best Of Show Designer Gardens, Floral Windows Of The World, the Singapore Orchid Show, Garden Fiesta and the vibrant Marketplace.

What's on: Saturday's picks

Diary listings for Sat, June 17 Travel back to the Swinging Sixties at the Peranakan Museum. Catch live performances by Vanessa Fernandez, Lunar Node and The Pinholes, and dress in your 1960s best to win prizes.

A tip of the beret: Waiters' race highlights Bastille Day fest

The wine glasses smashed into 19th Street as local restaurant servers huffed toward the finish line. It was all the sound of a worldwide tradition breaking ground Wednesday night in midtown Sacramento.

Let your food speak French

Today is Bastille Day -- the day the French celebrate as their independence day. This calls for some French summer food. Recipes: Elizabeth David's pan bagna, Elizabeth David's ratatouille en salade, Richard Olney's daube à la Provençale, Richard Olney's garlic soup