Monthly Archives: April 2010

Taikang Lu Street

By | Arts and Culture, Shopping, Travel | 2 Comments

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

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

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 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

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Love this shot 🙂  

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 A Japanese resto

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Reminded me of Dashing Diva 🙂

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Many beautiful shops!!

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Real life motorcyles parked all over…..

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

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Wine bars- indoors……..

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and outdoors! 🙂

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

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Heart2Heart likes this gallery

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More motorcycles parked on the streets 

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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! 

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

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Art stores

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

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Loved this store fill of “kuchi kuchi”

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Decorated terracotta warriors

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A teddy bear cafe!! What a cute concept!

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

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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.

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

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Love this quaint home store

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Oops, it our tour guide 🙂

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Love these embroidered shoes!

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Din Tai Fung

Shanghai Antique Market

Whampoa Club at 3 On the Bund

8 On The Bund

Yuyuan Market, Shanghai

Era,Intersection of Time

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The Kitchen Salvatore Cuomo

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The Peninsula Shanghai

By | Homes and Interiors, Travel | No Comments

We requested for a tour of the rooms in the beautiful hotel and we were all wishing we we were staying here 🙂

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This is the regular room…WOW!!  

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Only one in the hotel and it has its own elevators 

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 Thanks to Kristin Sy, Assistant Guest Relations manager, who is proud to be Filipino, for taking us on the tour

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Visit their website for more details, click on the photo belowpeninsulabundshanghai.jpg

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Yi Long Court, Peninsula Hotel Shanghai

By | Foodie, Travel | No Comments

We heard about the opening of the new Peninsula Hotel in the Bund, so we  wanted to take a peek and so we had lunch in their Chinese restaurant.  Beautiful interiors, nice ambience and delicious food, just as we expected

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Private Room 

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Restroom 

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This was my ORDER out of the USUAL – Deep fried squids filled with minced shrimps in spicy salt- Miam Miam! 

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Pigeon which was really really good!!! Double Miam Miam! 

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 Thank you to Teddy Leung, Assistant F & B Manager, for taking care of us

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More Recyclable Bags

By | Green, What's New at Rustan's | 3 Comments

More recyclable bags ( Recyclable Bags April 22, 2009 ) to add to my collection!!  I can never get enough!  dsc_6272.JPGstbxrecyclablebag.jpgdsc_6277.jpg

From Gerard and Tessa last Christmas.  What a great idea! 

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From Keith and Angela 

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And soon to come in May from Beauty Bar:

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And do not forget Earth Day at Rustan’s Supermarket!  I have been waiting for this since the beginning of the month!  I WILL BE THERE and I will be buying the new FRESH GREEN BAGS and doing all my grocery on April 22!! 

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The YongFoo Elite

By | Foodie, Homes and Interiors, Travel | 2 Comments

This is our second time to go to YongFoo Elite.  The first time we just toured the place and this time we got to try the food.  Heart2Heart loves the place!!!!!!!  Unfortunately they stopped me from taking photos as it was not allowed, but it was a good thing I got some shots already

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Thank you to our kind hosts, Zaki and Ning, who planned our whole itinerary in China!

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Usapang Makati sa Urda

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 From Barangay Captain, Ola Regala

“This is a good opportunity for the village voters to get to meet and listen to our Makati candidates for Mayor, Vice Mayor and Congress ( District 1 ).  This is open to all village voters.  It would be good to meet their candidates so they can vote wisely.  This is a project of Barangay Urdaneta and Urdaneta Ladies Committee in cooperation with the Village barangays:  Dasmariñas, Bel Air, Magallanes and Forbes Park”

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