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 )
Heart2Heart loves cooking lessons by Gaita. My camera can’t stop clicking because everything is always in place, the table with ingredients is so beautifully arranged and it is like a work of art. Thanks once again Gaita for sharing your recipes. We all love Pepato and we love you!
Thanks Alexis Claparols for documenting the recipes
I heard the news that Pepato was closing…I was so sad!!! But then I also heard, they are moving to a new home…so now I am happy again! Whenever someone asks me where I would like to eat, Pepato will always be on the list! And before closing their doors on August 15, I made sure my husband took me to visit and have my last meal in that location
The great chef behind Pepato. Heart2Heart likes anything and everything she cooks! and I am sure many others agree with me. Goodbye kitchen
I was looking at the menu for a long time….I did not know what to choose! I like everything! How can you possibly eat everything in the menu??? Isn’t there a dish called MENU SAMPLER???
While I was browsing the menu, they served me this!!! I LOVE IT!! I ate both and my husband got mad at me for eating his! :-)
A new appetizer which was really really good using the mille feuille crepes!! Finally a hot dish using the crepes!! Soooo… good!! And you can buy the mushroom truffle paste which is what you see on top
Since I could not decide…I chose the appetizer trio…I wish they had the whole menu in this portion so i could eat everything SERIOUS! Someone should invent a MENU SAMPLER where you can taste all the dishes in the menu- one bite each! I WILL ORDER THAT!
Same with the pasta- I like all the pasta- but had to choose only two ( sounding not contented ) YUMMY!!!!
THE BEST AND MY TOP DISH IN THE RESTAURANT which I always have when I am in Pepato. It is the best combination for me
My husband ordered this and I ate from it too of course
And then we had 3 desserts from Gaita! Wow!! We did not say NO! :-)
Heart2Heart’s favorite gelato flavors
In honor of Wowo and Wawa
And she has a shrine in the kitchen for them
Always happy to see familiar faces…we feel more at home
After eating all that, we had baon pa!! YUM YUM! Thank you Gaita!! And looking forward to more foodie adventures with you!! MORE POWER!! WE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT YOU!
Another of my angel friends, Ginggay Joven-dela Merced, starting something small and now making a BIG difference! We can all make a difference if we have the Organ Donor card! Thanks Ginggay for helping us help save lives!
From Ginggay…
If you don’t have the card yet…this is the fastest way…
HOW TO GET THE CARD
If you just need one, the best is like what others did, they downloaded the card from my flickr (hi-res) then had it laminated. I suggest that so you have it right away. Just don’t forget you need to have two witnesses sign the back. And please take time to really read the literature so you can help explain it to your friends if they ask…
This is a tribute to Miguel..for touching my life and many others. You will see through these photos how adventurous Miguel is and how he enjoyed and made the most out of life
( Photos taken from Miguel’s files and a few from friends, hope you don’t mind )
A great photographer and artist who I admire…
I pulled out a few photos out of his many many beautiful photos which he captured so well! He made life look so beautiful in everything and in every angle. I wish I could post all his beautiful photos, there is just too many…..
I am sure you are in a much better place now…you will always be remembered
When I attended the Workshop by the Invisible Sisters, I saw this poster in the Benpres building lobby….
Heart2Heart admires Oscar Lopez! Aside from his already successful business achievements, he is always recognized for serving his fellowmen and giving back to society!
Thank you Tito Oscar for inspiring me and for sure inspiring many others who want to be like you! Thank you for serving the country voluntarily and for sharing whatever success you have to help uplift our country. We need more BAYANIS like you!! He is proof that you do not have to be president to uplift a nation.
Happy Independence Day to us and to our country and to everyone out there who serves society, serves the Filipino people, who is useful to society and makes a social impact to our nation…in small or big ways just like Oscar Lopez…let’s follow this man’s footsteps!
Today I pay tribute to my all time idol, my late grandmother, Lola Glecy. She is one of the pioneers in Philippine retailing. She has met many great retailers, world leaders and many other great personalities from all over the world and she impressed them all!! She is a woman ahead of her time, a woman with impeccable taste and a remarkable person that makes us Filipinos proud for she proved how a woman and a Filipina can achieve great things!!
To everyone at work, she is known to us as GRT. You can ask all the old timers at Rustan’s department store who have encountered GRT and they will always have an inspiring or touching moment in their lives from GRT. We all admire her and try to follow her….which is very difficult..because no one will ever be like her. Though she is not physically with us anymore, she is very much alive in our hearts and in our everyday life.
Beautiful interpretations through art
by one of the Greatest Filipino Artists - Fernando Amorsolo
and by world renowned Betsy Westendorp
I found this photo in my files but cannot read the artist
Today, we went to Bulacan to attend the once a year event, Obando Fertility Rites or “Sayaw Sa Obando”
We have been wanting to have a third child ( preferably a girl ), so we decided to tag a long with our friends who wanted to go as well. Thanks to our husbands who were very patient and cooperative.
Though I have very strong faith and I do believe that God has a plan for all of us so whatever His will is, that is what will be done.
I am rushing this feature because for those who want to still go, you have two more days. It is around an hour only from Makati when you leave early in the morning. We left at 6 am. There are masses at certain hours but the Sayaw Sa Obando is only once during the day which starts after the 7am mass so at 8am the procession starts. It runs for about two hours going back to the church where everyone ends inside the church dancing and shouting praises
We tried to research what we could on the internet but not much information is out there, we relied on first hand experiences of friends of friends
Suggestions:
1.) Bring a driver with you so you don’t have to worry about parking and just concentrate on getting to the church on time
2.) Bring the following:
Hat or cap, Umbrella if you want additional shade, cold water
3.) How To Get There - It is not as easy as it looks- so always just ask people on the road to be sure. We spent quite some time to actually get to the church
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May 17, 18, and 19
Celebrating the patron saint of the childless Santa Clara, the main feature of the festival, Sayaw sa Obando, is a dance by childless women, believing that in their participation, they will be blessed and their wish for motherhood fulfilled.
In the same festival, two other saints are honored: San Pascual de Baylon, a shepherd who became a model of good virtues
and the Lady of Salambao, deriving her name from an image of the Immaculate Conception found by the river by a fisherman using a salambao net.
We went with Gil and Christine and we met Martin and Cecile, friends of Gil and Christine
Arriving at the church
Vendors outside the church selling hats, fans, religious articles
Trying to get into the church which was jampacked!
Beautiful church
Outside the church, people are offering eggs and flowers and their petitions
They were selling candles of a boy and a girl - the vendor said it is for praying for your mate - so for P 10.00 each, we bought and lighted them and prayed for each other I normally also want to help the vendors so I try to buy a little from everyone selling
The Black Nazarene was a popular item being sold, so I got a few for friends and family, they did not have any of the saints from the festival which we really wanted to get
The Black Nazarene image - with people praying and holding or wiping the image
Click to watch video:
Little altar boys leading the procession
Sta. Clara who we followed
Click to watch video to watch the procession dancing and swaying to the music. The guy announcing was telling everyone not to walk but to dance
Some come in groups and they all wear the same outfits
Couples walking hand in hand
Vendors selling many different things on the procession route
Happy to see many of these around - people being more conscious about the environment
I am including here also the entry of Christine who also documents her experiences very well and I enjoy reading them and it is always fun being with her:
Congratulations Ria for passing the bar! Of course the family ad Ria’s friends celebrated this great achievement! We officially have a lawyer in the family!
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