Heart2Heart recently visited this new place and loves it!!! I think many of you will too.  It was formerly a warehouse which they converted into sort of a mall type of operations

I bumped into the owners there!!! Tito Raffy and Tita Juvy!

With the help of their daughter Cheska and her friends, they conceptualized this place.  It’s a place with very unique, ” artsy”, and quaint restaurants and stores!! Reminds me of the type of stores you would see in Soho or Tai Kang Lu in Shanghai ( Tai Kang Lu April 22, 2010 )!  

Of course my first stop is in our friend’s place - Paolo and Trina’s HAPPY PALACE!  Love the name  They serve Mongolian BBQ and dimsum!  Each child of Tito Raffy and Tita Juvy has a space and each of them have their own concepts

Then Jaco and Kathy have their store too which is tops and Kathy’s line of Bella. As usual, i bought one of each cologne!

 

Then here is Cheska with her store called Skizo with many fun costumes and props to dress yourself up

Then there are other shops

One of Heart2Heart’s favorite stores in the place!!

All Tita Juvy’s friend’s shopping too! 

 

My kids would love this so I need to take them here too as they know Pao Vasquez 

And 3 more other restaurants in the area!

 

 

In the middle is an open space where events and small concerts are held.  There is a bar to serve drinks and food as well nearby.  You can rent the venue

 

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Another wonderful man behind a great company and business, Jimmy from United Brands.  You will see what a fun and hip company he started.  We love working with nice, hardworking and fun people!!  

( That’s really a couch in his office and I love it with the background  )

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This is his showroom where he displays all the Miam Miam items

His son, David, who works for him

Love his office!! One big open space and all his staff are around him without any walls

He has a lounging area where you can watch TV and play computer games

and he has pets around the office and warehouse, love the parrots!!

And love most especially the affectionate dog who is truly affectionate!!! This sign is on the door of the office!!

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Wow!  You cannot imagine how happy this made me feel when I received this gigantic balloon arrangement!  Thank you Trish for this beautiful balloon arrangement.  I had posted a feature on PaPillo a week ago and got confused between two friends, so I hope you will go back to the feature so you can see who the real Trish is behind PaPillo Fine Stationers  She has a great line of products and these balloons look so much better in person than in photo and be assured it will make someone happy if they receive it

Previous Feature ( click on this ) :  PaPillo  Fine Stationers August 8, 2010

Inside the arrangement were these beautiful personalized stationery…love them!:-) 

 

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More beautiful stationery..Heart2Heart loves stationery! 

 

Brought to you by Patricia Panlilio ( Trish )

 

 

Visit the website for more information - designs and prices ( click below ) :  Papillo Fine Stationers 

If you prefer a larger collection, please call 09189369854 (theresa)

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Just when we thought we had the whole city of Boston to ourselves, when we went to Faneuil Hall Marketplace, the place was crowded and full of people! It was a nice and warm day in Boston which the Americans loved while we were hiding away from the sun  

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I ordered these notecards for my husband from Denise at Heartwarmers. I am happy that my husband is conscious about these things and he always makes sure he sends a proper thank you note or a personalized note to thank friends and family.  Nowadays, with text messaging and emailing and many other high tech methods of communication, Heart2Heart likes the old ways of sending a nice handwritten note.  My grandfather who is almost 90 years old, till this very day, sends us always a birthday or anniversary greeting and a thank you note in his personalized notecards.  He never fails to send us one whenever we give him something.  And it’s nice to see not only females making the effort. So I will provide as many notecards to my husband and make sure he will continue this and hopefully my two sons will follow suit

For orders, please contact Denise, she has many many beautiful products:

email:  d_gatuslao@yahoo.com  

 

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Thanks Lils and Tuna for sending me all these goodies from Mustard Seed!!  I LOVE THEM ALL!! Heart2Heart goes crazy over these things!  I started trying some of the products and I love the scents. 

These are Heart2Heart’s favorite which I use for massage

Love hand gels!! I have 5 kinds at any given time in my bag Love this scent, sunflower

 

Another great product and with olive scent- good to use for grocery shopping cart handles, tables in restaurants, public restrooms and just for anything that you have to get in contact with in public places most especially. A MUST!! 

I put thie Stress relief ointment in my bag immediately and have used it many times already 

 

 And the Bug collection

I like the bible verse at the back of every product! 

 Wow! After Sun relief spray!!! Tried it already because I just go sunburned and it was so nice to spray it on- cools, moisturizes and it even smells good! I love lavender 

Bath and Body oil

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Thanks to our friend, Mart, for telling us about this place!!!

 

There are 3 different entrances to get inside from the road - 210, 248 and 274.

 And once you are inside, it is like a maze with never ending beautiful restaurants and stores to see!! I could not stop clicking my camera wherever I went.  You will see a hodge podge of photos as if you were going through the streets There is no zoning so you will see probably a store, then a cafe, then a house, then some motorcycles, then laundry, then a cafe again then a store etc etc…But it is an experience and I hope I can go back again to shanghai and maybe eat in some of the restaurants here

Love this shot  

 

 A Japanese resto

Reminded me of Dashing Diva

Many beautiful shops!!

Real life motorcyles parked all over…..

……..and some motorcycles for sale They even use the tops of their home accessories for display

Wine bars- indoors……..

and outdoors!

A cute lingerie/undergarments store which looked like a pastry shop from the outside

Heart2Heart likes this gallery

More motorcycles parked on the streets 

And laundry hanging right outside and near stores.  Yet, its clean, organized chaos and there is no smell.  

It blends in so well and it creates the character of the place!  I love it! 

They paint their benches and chairs around the area…love it!

Art stores

This cafe reminded me of Alice in Wonderland!  NICE!!

Loved this store fill of “kuchi kuchi”

Decorated terracotta warriors

A teddy bear cafe!! What a cute concept!

When I first peeped into this door- I thought it was a house- but it was actually a store! NICE!

There were so many people all over the place!  To think everything is tiny - tiny stores, tiny streets, tiny cafes - plenty people!  We went to the place twice and the first time it was raining and there was NO ONE!   But once the sun came out- it was jam packed.

 

This must be a Chinese thing….It’s a store where you decorate your own ceramic doll…..hmmm…

Love this quaint home store

Oops, it our tour guide

Love these embroidered shoes!

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