Another publication by Tisha Cruz-Bautista ( Angel Brigade December 4, 2009 ) who brought us the Maid Manual ( Maid Manual November 26, 2008 )
Everyone is invited to the launch this Sunday!!
It was Heart2Heart’s first time to visit the Green Market ( Whitespace Green Market December 2, 2009 ) at Whitespace since they started last December. I enjoyed!!! It is nice because it is spacious, neat and airconditioned 
It is every last Sunday of the month so I am looking forward to the upcoming one this month
Tita Monique, owner of Whitespace and organizer of the Green Market. She told me she really carefully picks her vendors…which explains why there are so many nice items to choose from
website: http://narizdevida.multiply.com/
Gastroteca di M by Gaita Fores
For inquiries on vendor booths, please contact Cris Villonco at mobile phone: 0917.813.8386
The Fusion of Art and Fashion: Longhamp
For Spring/ Summer 2010, Lonchamp is inspired by the world of art, imagining a woman who- in the tradition of legendary muses and collectors- expresses her eclectic passions in a personal style that is innovative, individual and devastatingly chic. As she travels from studio to gallery, museum to art fair, her tastes embrace the season’s two key trends: a romantic theme of dusty pastels and zingy acid brights evokes images of Miami and Capri, while a contemporary theme of graphic contrasts beween intense indigos, vibrant oranges and lacquer reds buzzes with artistic energy of New York and Hong Kong.
Carefree and cosmopolitan, she goes where the mood takes her, by turns model and muse, artist and aesthete. To accompany her through spring, summer and beyond, Longchamp has created a gallery of bags from which she chooses according to her inspiration. Among the highlights are the iconic Gatsby, revisited in the collection’s key colours, exotic finishes and even silkscreen- printed with a painterly motif, and the canvas Expression holdall, a wonderfully witty on the season’s standout paint-splash print, decorated with a spontaneously set patch pocket and labels, and trimmed with fine natural leather.
Romantique Collection: Beige- Celadon
Delicate as porcelain, pale celadon quietly sets off a refined palette of natural beige and flesh tones. Exotic finishes create interesting textural effects, most strikingly a bold viper print on patent calfskin.
Gris- Citrine
Serene and sophisticated in the summer heat, the season’s cool cocktail of grey shades is spiked with a dash of acid bright citrine. 
Moka- Lilas
In this deliciously feminine theme, rich dark chocolate and mocha shades are accented by deliate lilac and parma- dusty pastels which capture the season’s romantic mood with sophistication rather than sweetness.
Indigo- Orange
The collection’s graphic inspiration is crystallized in this theme, which contrasts vibrant orange with intense indigo, and features the season’s standout print- spontaneous streaks of colour on a natural beige background, inspired by a painter’s palette.
In the Philippines, Longchamp is available at Rustan’s Makati, Shangri-la Mall and Ayala Center Cebu
We were invited for a breakfast meeting at Tosca ( Tosca November 7, 2008 )and this is what we had…
There is a buffet and then you check from the list your main breakfast dish… You can choose one main dishes and the beauty is they serve it fresh rather than getting from a buffet for the main dish
Main dishes we had
Filipino Set - Beef Tapa choice - It was really good!
Omelette of Your choice with bacon and sausage
Chinese set - Congee
Catching up with Christine over dinner and what she has been up to….
Though she has a day job, she told me she likes to do more social work! and instantly I love the girl even more and felt so happy and fulfilled for our friend, Gil, to have married someone like Christine. Sometimes we are so caught up in our careers, in our own lives, and here is someone who thinks of others first before all that!
Anyway, she told me about what she did last year during the Ondoy tragedy. Because I can’t keep up with all my facebook friends, I failed to see what she did and I thought it was an interesting idea. So I am featuring it here now still. It’s never too late to BE INSPIRED! What creative ways on how people can help others. Again, Christine teaches me the value of working hard to help others- sometimes we are so busy we just give money or we just make it easy for ourselves and just clean up our things and just give it away. Christine and her friends did something else….. And here is how they did it!
Step 1 AUCTION in Facebook and “Ukay Ukay”
Christine and her officemates, who are also her bestfriends, collected all their valuable things which they thought they could auction. That way they can raise more money since some of the items are collectibles. Everyone gave up many things from their personal collections or closets and posted it in facebook in their IGone page
They set up photo albums of the items that were to be auctioned. Read carefully how they described each album
“These are bags that were previously love and lovingly chosen…but whose owners felt they would be put to better use to generate funds for families victimized by Ondoy”
Had I known about this, I would have bought something for my Dad here, he loves these things!!!
Many beautiful and branded items which they gave up and sold
While the auction was going on, they had the “Ukay Ukay” Sale in their office for 3 weeks. The logic behind this was that instead of giving these clothes away and not knowing if they will fit that person or if will be appreciated, they sold it to people who will actually pay for it and will personally use them - hence everyone benefits accordingly. I suddenly felt bad giving away all my clothes and other personal stuff, putting them in boxes and just giving them away. Then now wondering whether they even liked it or got to use it. So I thought this was a good idea!
Christine selling Gil’s clothes :-)
They are so good at marketing!! Signs around the “Ukay Ukay” sale
Their company matched whatever money they raised!! How generous! 
STEP 2 Packing of relief goods
The Auction and Ukay Ukay was just the beginning. After 3 weeks, they raised a lot of money!!! And they bought goods and repacked them. They turned their office into a packing center:-) Thanks to supportive bosses who allowed all this to happen!
Wow!! 1,623 relief bags!! You can more or less compute how much they raised!!! GREAT JOB GUYS!!!
Step 3 Distributing the Relief Goods
Still it is not yet over, they all went themselves and distributed the goods
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!! It’s amazing what people can do to help others!
Congratulations to Starbucks Philippines, to Mom and Quito and the rest of the Store development team!!
Again, a winner among Starbucks stores form all over the world. The Philippines is champion again! STARBUCKS LIPA store.
Photos by Alexis Vintayen
This is one of the places we go to for Japanese ingredients and snacks which we cannot find anywhere else. Our cousin Ana told us about this place. They have a wide variety but it has a bit of a smell and it is not so clean- but it is okay. It is right beside Seryna in Japan Town ( near Makati Cinema Square )
They even have frozen and refrigerated items from Japan
All kinds of Japanese rice. James made sure we got our japanese rice from here for the Beef Pepper Rice ( Beef Pepper Rice by Heart2Heart February 3, 2010) that we made at home
and this is where I get my Pino for P 88.00 for a box of 6 pieces !! ( Pino January 4, 2010)
There is a restaurant beside it which we tried
They have takeout
And they have dine in
We got a Ramen set for P 195.00 - we got all this for P 195.00! Ramen, yummy fried rice and gyoza!
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