Thank you to Tita Babot for sharing her beautiful home with Heart2Heart.  Tita Babot’s homes are so beautiful and cozy, neat and organized.    Everything is in proper order and no clutter around.   

Tita Babot does all her gardens herself.  She buys the materials and plants needed herself and works with the gardener closely 

Tita Babot is not an interior designer but she does everything herself.  This house was already built when they moved in, so she just fixed some details like the walls but everything else she did herself 

Dining Room 

My favorite part of the house!  What a nice cozy and charming kitchen! She even has her music playing in the kitchen!  The nook in the corner faces the pool.

Very rare to find a COPPER range hood. Beautiful! 

Family room 

My next favorite part of the house- her bedroom! Everything is white!  

It has a balcony on the side 

Kids rooms 

My favorite kids room - looks like a room straight from a Pottery Barn catalog 

And I just had to include the photo of their new family member that was hiding under the kitchen stove -ADORABLE! 

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Congratulations Jay and Malu on the opening of your latest creation,  Azuthai!  

Thanks to our good friends Gary and Alexie for inviting us.  We immediately accepted the invitation because we were so excited to try it.

Gary Coscolluela is the one responsible for the beautiful interiors of Azuthai.  We are always proud of our good friend who is so talented, yet always so humble and so kind.  The artistic talent definitely runs in the family of architects and interior designers.  

Thanks to Jay and Malu for the desserts you gave us!  We were embarassed when you said you would give us one of each, so we only chose a few but then we realized later on that we finished all the desserts we ordered and could have probably finished everything on the list! Heart2Heart’s favorite is the Mango with sticky rice! 

Thanks to Jay, Malu, Gary and Alexie for a wonderful dinner!  

and MORE POWER TO ALL OF YOU!

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Thank you Tito Serge and Tita Bettina for hosting a lovely Saturday lunch!  What a beautiful home with many beautiful works of art and many nice photos of family.  We enjoyed the food and the company ofcourse!

Kitchen

I am copying this list of Tita Bettina!   

The pink room

The guests

Thanks for inviting Isa!  We got to taste more of her desserts and of course get to be with her and Tita Isabel

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Thank you to Arnold and Ginge for inviting us and for allowing Heart2Heart to share your beautiful home.   Ginge told me that their family business is furniture making.  So they can make any furniture to your specifications.    Your parents did a good job in building your home….It’s beautiful. It is perfect for a perfect and beautiful family whom we admire.  Though you guys live so far from us, we hope to spend more time with you…as we enjoy your company.

Family portrait by Ember CrisostomoFamily RoomMaster Bedroom - Ginge told me that she put the computers in their room so they can monitor their children- she calls it a call center There is a glass window in their room where Daddy can look down by the entrance of the house and see the guys dating his three girls…so when they take the girls home, he can check and make sure that the guys cannot go beyond that area Girls roomMarco’s room, more of his playroom because he sleeps with Daddy and Mommy And their own home gym!  WOW!! This is really a room dedicated for workouts and it is used daily by Arnold and GingeWhat a clean and organized garage!  Doc, you must be OC!  and why are you covering your car?  :-)This proves that Doc Arnold is a very neat person not only at home but in the operating room :-)  share with a friend

Pao, I am so glad you met Trina!  And because of that, I got to meet her too and I just love her!  I enjoy her and I am glad to have a new friend!  She is so hard working and so super fun to be with.  Trins, thanks for inviting us over to your beautiful home and for preparing a wonderful meal for us.    

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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!!!

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A few years back, Mike and Gloria invited us to see the beautiful home of the sister of Gloria in Tagaytay. I wish I had taken more photos.          bedroom with a beautiful viewoutdoor bathroom share with a friend 

We made the birthday celebrant cook for us!  :-) Everything made from scratch and a labor of

Pumpkin and Coconut Soup and Warm Ceasar Salad

Baked Phyllo Purses with Cheesy Spinach and Sausage

Baked Rack of Lamb with Fruit and Nut Rice Pilaf and Whole Fish Baked in Salt

Desserts:  Baked Cheesecake with Dulce de Leche Sauce and Frozen Coffee Cream

Thank you to Lucille for preparing a wonderful lunch in celebration of your birthday. 

We   your cooking and the company. Happy Birthday Lucille!!

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Taking you behind the scenes of that sumptuos lunch……Lucille is a serious chef which is why she has two kitchens.  Her regular kitchen…..

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……….and her “serious” kitchen where she does all her ”serious” cooking and baking. 

 For now she does it as a hobby but maybe later on she would like to conduct cooking classes for some friends. What a beautiful kitchen!

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With Lucille’s permission, Heart2Heart is also featuring her beautiful home.  It is a five year old home designed by Maja Olivares-Co.  The house is classic and timeless.  Everything was in order and very clean. It is a three storey house with an attic.   Lucille showed me her collection of paintings- Isabel Diaz being one of her favorites -  and many of the beautiful things she bought from Rustan’s while we were still officemates around 15 years ago - framed Cartier scarves, Tiffany dinnerware, Tiffany ginger urn and an MMA ( Metropolitan Museum of Arts) vase.  I particularly like the fact that she has an altar with a beautiful Mother in Child made out of ivory tusk in the middle of the rooms.   The Christmas decors were elegantly done by Rustan’s flower shop.  No wonder Lucille worked in Rustan’s…she loves Rustan’s just like me

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