Monthly Archives: November 2010

The Assumption Bazaar 2010

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 Inter Continental Manila’s Café Jeepney continues with its series of food promotions highlighting the best of popular Filipino table fare. This time around it will team up with Mesdames Marivic Puyat Limcaoco and Annie Lim Kawpeng, the ladies behind the bestselling Pearl Edition of the Assumption High School Class of ’79 Cookbook, for a choice selection of dishes based on recipes in the book for inclusion in the restaurant’s lunch buffet spread from November 6 to 24, 2010.

 Among these featured cookbook favorites to be prepared by the hotel’s chefs are Herbed Chicken Liver Paté, Pot Roast Beef, Pancit Kawayan, Lengua con Setas, Mustard Glaze Corned Beef, Beef Stroganoff with Parsley Rice, Chamorro Stuffing, Gourmet Chicken Adobo, Sweet and Sour Spareribs, Maya-maya in Ginger and Oyster Sauce, Liz’s Garlic Crab, Jansson’s Temptation: Anchovy Potato Casserole, Beef Rolls with Italian Sausages, Assumption Tart, Brown Sugar Pound Cake, Limoncello Tiramisu, Dulce Gatas, and Lola Nena Pardo’s Prune Cake, to cite a few from the menu cycle.

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Assumption College Bazaar shoppers on November 6 and 14 will be given a 20% discount on the lunch buffet price on those dates upon presentation of their bazaar tickets. Assumption students and graduates will be given a 30% discount on the buffet price during the promotion run when dining in groups of ten while one of them gets to dine for free for every group of six partaking of the lunch buffet. A coupon print-out from the Assumption Facebook network must be presented to avail of the group discounts cited herein. For every undiscounted buffet price paid, P 50 will go to the Assumption Mission Schools.

Copies of the cookbook will be on sale at Café Jeepney during the promotion period with the hotel donating its sales commissions to the Assumption Mission Schools as well.

The Assumption College community will also enjoy a 10% discount on food and beverage for future hotel functions and outside catering provided that the booking for such event is made during the period of November 6 to 30, 2010. For Café Jeepney reservations or for more information on this promotion, please call 793 7000.

 

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Ugg and Jimmy Choo Limited Edition Collaboration

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 Jimmy Choo is pleased to reveal its exclusive limited edition collaboration ‘UGG® & Jimmy Choo’.

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A capsule collection based on the iconic UGG Australia sheepskin boot construction with design details that embody the spirit of the Jimmy Choo brand.   

Encompassing 5 styles in multiple colour variations, the collection features the classic UGG boot with decorative Jimmy Choo studding, stars, grommets, leopard, zebra and hobo fringing detail.

The collection comprises a colour palette of black, chestnut, chocolate, charcoal diamond Donegal cable knit, cream/black zebra, charcoal/black zebra and natural leopard print.

The boot features an identifiable UGG & Jimmy Choo metallic printed and embossed heel logo patch.

The collection, inspired by Tamara Mellon’s creative vision adorns this must-have item, capturing the spirit of Jimmy Choo design motifs and the legendary comfort of Ugg Australia.

“Other than Jimmy Choo, UGG Australia is really the only other footwear I have in my wardrobe.  I wear it at home in New York, on holiday in Malibu and as an essential travel accessory for my plane wardrobe.

We are delighted to have created a special capsule that captures the best of both brands – the legendary comfort of UGG with the spirit of Jimmy Choo.”  Tamara Mellon, OBE, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Jimmy Choo.

The MANDAH boot is a myriad of silver and gold grommet, rivet and domed studding in a patchwork of glittering detail and graphic attitude on a black boot features in the Cruise 2011 Jimmy Choo advertising campaign.  Worn by model Amber Valletta and shot by Ines Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin on a vintage motorbike in front of The St Regis hotel in New York City, one can visualise the laid back East to West coast lifestyle combined with the glamour of the latest boot to complete an urban casual weekend look.

The collection spans quintessential Jimmy Choo design motifs in four further original styles;

KAIA – The Classic UGG boot silhouette with a glamorous twist of leopard and zebra printed lambsuede with grommet and domed studs in an antique finish.

STARLIT – For Jimmy Choo rock star edge, all over silver stars feature on black lambsuede and antique brass stars on chestnut lambsuede with a silkee suede fringe detail.

The boots will be available in an exclusive limited distribution, only at Jimmy Choo and UGG Australia stores and a selection of prestigious department and specialty stores that carry Jimmy Choo shoes.  In addition, the collaboration products will be available on the jimmychoo.com and uggaustralia.com websites.

The capsule collection will be available in store from October 21, 2010.  

In the Philippines, Jimmy Choo is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc. (SSI) and is located at Greenbelt 4, Ayala Center, Makati City. 

 

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