Every Sunday, we take turns hosting the de Jesus Sunday lunch. It was our turn to host and I was panicking because my cook was on leave. It was so timely that my Mom came to the rescue and decided to host the lunch at her place without me asking. Whew! I am so lucky I have my Mom! And as usual, Mom is ready for summer with her floral theme!
Even the household staff had floral aprons to wear!
The de Jesus family was not complete but we were able to invite Tita Isabel, Beno and Isa to join us who are really part of the family anyway.
We had our main course outside in the garden in the middle of the summer heat….
Then dessert indoors…. Thanks to Isa for bringing all the fresh fruits and her home made Tiramisu and Ice Box cake. Yummy!! We will be inviting you more often!!! 
THE BEST CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE EVER! I normally eat only the icing on cupcakes because cupcake cakes are usually dry and simply just cake. But this one, I ate everything!!
Is it a mini chocolate cake? A decadent chocolate cake? or just a SUPER SUPER MOIST CUPCAKE WITH CARAMEL FLOWING out of it??? YUUUUMMMMMY!!!
From Dimpy Camara, the famous maker of the Frozen Brazo de Mercedez.
This is not part of their list and not advertised, so you need to specify it as Dimpy only makes it for friends and now for friends of Heart2Heart. Not a secret anymore
P 300.00 for 12 pcs.
You need to specify CARAMEL FILLED because they sell also extra caramel sauce on the side.
Make sure you order this when you pick up your Frozen brazo!!!
Lemon Torte P 700.00
Strawberry Shortcake P 700.00
Lenguas de Gato P 150.00
Catch Working Stiff on
April 18, 9 pm, at Magnet Cafe, High Street in Fort Bonifacio
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I go crazy whenever I pass by the SPICES section at Rustan’s. I wish I could buy all the kinds of spices that I see there.
And even more exciting were these gourmet salts from Artisan Salt Co. which I saw at Le Gourmet.
And right upstairs from the supermarket at the 4th floor Rustan’s Home is a whole section on bottles and grinders for spices!!!!!
And they have this Bella Cucina line of pasta, crackers, dips, sauces and aromatic salts!! Beautiful packaging!
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We have not been to Newton and Michelle’s house in a long time - only because they live quite far from us. But it was so nice to visit again their beautiful home. It is nine years old but has been maintained very well.
Newton’s abode….TV room, bar and party room 
This is the newest part of the house and is now my favorite part of the house. This used to be garden but they added this living room and put a pond with koi. Nice! 
Garden by John Abul
The pool being shared with Newton’s family compound
Friends that came over to celebrate Newton’s birthday…
The balete tree in front of their house…wow!!! 
One of our favorite restaurants! We just love kebabs! The Powerplant location is the best - it is convenient, located beside Rustan’s Supermarket and a cozy ambience.
Thanks Rins for joining me for lunch. we always order the same thing, so I made Rina try the kebabs. These are the Grilled Chicken and Grilled Beef kebabs which you can have with either pita bread, rice or couscous.
Make sure to eat it with the garlic sauce ( white sauce ) which comes in a squeeze bottle on your table. with french fries?? Yup! If you want to put it inside the shawarma you will be making with the pita bread or just have it on the side. Do not forget the garlic sauce again to dip the fries into together with the catsup!
From my cousin, Ana 
allow me to share a spring cleaning idea through which you can also help the less fortunate. most of us lament the state of the philippine education system. one of the reasons being that there is such poor access to quality books. my very generous, socially minded cousin martin recently introduced me to the acts of hope for the nation (ahon) foundation. ahon has set a goal of collection one million books for donation to public elementary schools, particularly those in depressed areas. the books need not be new at all. ahon will take almost any type of book, new or old.(they should be intact, of course.) it can even arrange pick-up of your donations. thus, if you are cleaning up around the house, you might want to consider ahon as a beneficiary for your no longer needed reading materials.for those of you who have children, this might be a good pre-summer activity to make the shelves clear for summer reading. maybe the free shelves are needed for the psp or the wii? :) :)
from some other kind-hearted friends abroad, i got the idea that since so many of them shop very energetically whilst here, they arrive in manila with extra suitcases filled with toys, books and clothes to donate when they arrive. they then go back home with the same luggage filled with all their finds. ahon also has an adopt a library and a scholarship programme through “pathways”, a related organization. more details on the scholarship programme below. for those who are in the position to share even more, “pathways” is a most worthy endeavour.
if you would like to contact ahon, its contact details are as follows:
3rd floor, topy’s place, industria corner economia streets bagumbayan 1100 quezon city, metro manila phone: (02) 683-0262, local 106 or 109 email: ahonfoundation@gmail.com blog site: www.ahonfoundation.blogspot.com donating old books is such an easy way to share. if you are interested in learning about the pathways scholarship programme, these are the contact details:
contact person: solvie nubla
phone: (02) 426-6001, locals 4048 and 4049
e-mail: info.pathways@gmail.com
website: http://www.pathwaysphilippines.org
