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What I did over the long weekend

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

I don’t know about you guys, but I absolutely love long weekends! It just gives me the opportunity to do things that I have been meaning to do or do absolutely nothing and not feel guilty. Although I am the type of person who tries to fill my day with activities, this weekend I had some busy time and some down time.

The first thing I did was take my 90 year old Lola to watch Repertory Philippines Sweeney Todd. I promised my cousin Franco who plays the romantic lead Anthony that I would take our Lola Betty to the play. I was so thrilled to take her and we all had a super fantastic time.

Franco and our Lola Betty after the show!

Another shot with me in it! Isn't our Lola Beautiful?

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Tags: architecture, Escolta, family, Fashion Insider, food, Franco Laurel, Inspiration, Lola Betty, long weekend, peninsula manila, rajo laurel, Santino, Sweeney Todd
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009

I was so excited when I received my invitation to ESCOLTA, the newest hotel dining experience in the country at the Manila Peninsula Hotel. I really loved the concept of using Escolta as reference. You see, Escolta was like the streets of Paris in Manila during its heyday.

Old world and new world Filipino flavors welcome you to Escolta!

I was really proud that the I was asked to design the uniforms for this restaurant. I used the 18th century Barong Tagalog as a starting point and modernized this. The launch was super successful, with flowing champagne and the most delish spreads! I think I may have drank a wee bit more than usual because I was spinning in my head minutes before I went home. It was all in good fun though, as I was happy to see so many of my friends.

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Tags: Escolta, Fashion Insider, friends, hotels, rajo laurel, the Peninsula Manila, uniforms
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