The staff will be wearing face masks of various characters, with even the monitor screening the shows. Too bad kids are not allowed at these happening places, but you can always carry back some of the give-aways that will be doled out, which include key chains, toon patches and cards. So time to get back to the good old days of childhood with a Yabba Dabba Doo!

China on your mind
If you have always wanted to cook Chinese food but did not know quite how, veteran cookery expert Shailaja Abhyankar will show the way. Called Chopsticks, this cookbook in Marathi was published last year but its distribution was started only in January this year.

``There wasn't a good Chinese cookbook in Marathi, so I hoped to fulfill this need. Chinese cuisine, especially commonly known dishes like Lung Fung Soup, Manchurian Chicken and American Chop Suey, are highly popular among people,'' she says. And she should know - her `Chinese Cooking for Indian Homes (in English) is already into its sixth edition. Abhyankar is quick to add that the recent Marathi book is not merely a translation of the English book and that she has also added a few new recipes in it.