2 among our favorite resorts/hotels in the world made it to my favorite travel magazine, Travel & Leisure’s annual World’s Best Awards’ this year. Discovery Shores in Boracay earned a slot in the Resort category, while Makati Shangri-la landed a spot in the City Hotel category. Travel & Leisure’s World’s Best Awards are judged by [...]

Not many people I know know that I lived in Taiwan for two years right after college. It`s been xx years already but I still remember all the wonderful street food I ate (from fermented tofu, a.k.a stinky tofu to oyster pancake with an orange-y sauce that looks synthetic but tastes delightful) , the night [...]

We passed by the Hello Kitty studio on Xin Hua Rd. on our way to lunch last week with family friends in Shanghai. Entrance to the `surreal, but nice` world of Hello Kitty The 3-story photo studio is licensed from Sanrio Japan and is the first in the world… Exterior detail Unique sights such as [...]

Hi everyone, greetings from Cebu. WE`re here with event stylist Teddy Manuel on workation mode till Sunday. Teddy, meet Ferdinand Magellan… Workation is a term coined by our writer Vida Gabe to make our kind of `work` (working and thinking about work even on the few vacations we take) sound more like `less work`. And [...]

Even without Facebook, You Tube and Twitter, I heart, heart Shanghai. And being the anti-social that I am (although Cheryl T. will most likely disagree), the `extra` time (a.k.a time usually alloted for Face Book, You Tube and reading people`s Twitter updates) I had while workationing there sort of forced me to part with my [...]

I remember seeing my gradschool-mate Raffy`s Thailand wedding reception in an issue of Bride and Home sometime in 2002. The venue looked like an old, teak wood-house with doors opening to the terrace on each side. Although I don`t remember seeing a lot of flowers, I recall having said it looked beautiful and romantic in [...]

Hi everyone! Greetings from Bellarocca Resort in Marinduque. Photo by Aldwin Aspillera If you`ve seen photos of this beautiful Santorini, Greece- inspired resort in magazines and newspapers, and are wondering if the resort really is as nice as it looks- take it from us- it`s even more beautiful! Here are some photos of the resort [...]

One often chooses honeymoon destinations based on what one deems exotic, dreamy, or perhaps just memorable. Choices usually revolve around landscapes couples want to capture with their senses and memories, irretrievably associating the place with the first voyage their married life brings. It is easy to soak in places so far removed from civilization that [...]

Here`s more… 1. Yes, there is such a place like this in the Philippines. WE found shangri-la in Mactan Shang. Initially, we only alloted a few pages for this special segment thinking well, there`s just the beach and the function rooms…. but, were we blown away with this beautiful, beautiful ceremony set-up conceptualized by Cebu`s [...]

Just got back from Busuanga, Palawan 6 hours ago- the place is breathtaking! Will post a little of each of the places we went to with the Havaianas Busuanga team (composed of Mar, one of the winners of the Havaianas Flippin` for the Beach contest (with his sister Cecile), Anton Diaz (with wife Rache) of [...]