Last Tuesday after work, some friends and I met for drinks at Monopole, the new champagne and wine bar on C. Palanca Street at Legaspi VIllage in Makati. I love my wines– but if I were to categorize myself, I would be a wine explorer— which is […]

Japanese master architect Kenzo Tange is best known for having rebuilt the city of Hiroshima after a B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb in history on August 6, 1945. Discovery Primea, which opened just this February 2015, was his last project (in partnership with Filipino architect […]

Happy Year of the Goat/ Sheep/ Ram! 🙂 Why the multi-hyphenate? Well, a little trivia for you, the Chinese character  羊 (yang) translates to all three, hence, sometimes a little debate here and there. Well, regardless, I think it’s going to be fabulous!

Hi guys! Apologies for the delay in posting but I was in Madrid all of last week with quite a hectic schedule, and came back to Manila jetlagged and fatigued. (Happens to me every single time despite how much I travel, believe it or not!) […]

On Sunday, February 1, 11 AM to 1 AM (that’s the magical 1-1-1-1, if you noticed!), ArroZeria will open its doors to the public on the fourth floor of Century City Mall in Makati. (If you are a follower of this blog, you will remember that ArroZeria made […]

  I am in my element the most– and feel most alive when I travel.  It isn’t so much just about hopping onto a plane, checking into a hotel and then doing some shopping– well at least for me anyway. Rather, travel is all about opening […]

I’m not going to lie. When we did a tour of City of Dreams Manila when it opened last December 14, 2014, and I was told the concept of The Tasting Room was, well, tasting menus, I became disinterested. I mentally waved it off as “just […]

I found myself in Hong Kong a lot towards the latter part of 2014. More like, 4 weekends in a 3 months. The best news is that I’m now an official frequent visitor to Hong Kong, which means I no longer have to queue at the long arrival and departure lines, hooray!! […]