Monthly Archives: January 2013

Happy 65th Birthday Renato

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Happy 65th Birthday Renato!!! For someone who is 65, it is amazing how strong and how active you are!!  It’s a good sign!  Hoping for many more years of love and happiness! and GOOD HEALTH! 

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Thank you for making my Tita Tess a happy woman 🙂

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Tita Tess had an intimate celebration with family and close friends in Cirkulo

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Thanks to Jay and Malu for a great spread!

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Blooms Avenue in Tagaytay

By | Green, Travel | 3 Comments

When in Tagaytay, I try to make the most out of my visit – One of the places we went to was the farm of my friend, Arlene Sanchez-Maslog!  This is the rest house of her Dad and Mom at the same time there is a farm for the plants of the Mom

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Wow!! This is a serious hobby of my Arlene’s Mom!  As you enter, there are rows and rows of greenhouses!

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And a beautiful rest house to stay in during the weekends! Arlene is an architect and interior designer, and she did this for her parents!! 

Previous entry:  Make Room For Bliss October 21, 2011 

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With nice landscaping of course 🙂

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 Pathway leading to the back of the house

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to the pool! Love the plants at the back which added a nice touch to the pool

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Further to the back, a tennis court! Wow!

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Then further further down, a very nice chapel!! I love this!

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 Going back inside, there are more greenhouses!!  With orchids and other kinds of flowers and plants

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There were puppies of the workers in the house, we wanted to take this home 🙂

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We cam so late the caretaker had to leave so we could not go inside the house anymore 🙁  But here it is featured in Real Living Magazine!! Congrats to my friend, Arlene!  I love the look and that it is Filipiniana

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Verbena Christmas Special

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We stayed here for a day and one night and we did not have to go anywhere else to eat!  They had a great offering we could not resist 🙂  

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We were there on December 18, before Christmas, so they had a special Christmas menu!  We had a wonderful stay at Discovery Country Suites

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I am showing two photos – with and without the foie gras 🙂

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Again, with and without the foie gras

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If you get the Eat, Stay, Love promo, the meal that comes with it will probably be something like this!  What a great deal!  P 8,500 ++ for the room and the meals – worth it 🙂

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For more information about this and other offers from Discovery Country Suites Tagaytay,  please call (02) 529.8172 / (046) 413.45667.  Interested parties may also inquire via e -mail via dcsrsvn@discovery.com.ph ormella@discovery.com.ph

Discovery Suites, Discovery Country Suites Tagaytay, and Discovery Shores Boracay are owned and managed by The Discovery Leisure Company

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Breakfast at Discovery Country Suites Tagaytay

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The room comes with breakfast 🙂 

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Bread

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And fresh fruit juices

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And your choice of hot food 🙂 Again, it was so hard to choose from the menu

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We wanted rice 🙂 So we chose from this page

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Verbena Country Plate

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 I did not know what to order since everything looked good so I just asked the waiter what their bestsellers were and I just took it from there 🙂  So this is the Verbena Corned Beef

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Lunch at Verbena Country Suites Tagaytay

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We arrived in Tagaytay just in time for lunch.  We try to take advantage of Tagaytay trips and try to have as many meals in the area.    So happy to see Tita Rosary there and have her join us

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We were so happy we did not have to leave the place to have a special meal for our special day! 🙂

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So hard to choose!! Everything looked so good!!  

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Creamy Oyster Fricasse – YUM!!!!! I personally loved this!

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Classic Oysters Rockefeller

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Organic Mozzarella Cheese Pot – I remember having this the first time we ate here. Yum! 🙂

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Herb Marinated Mushroom Salad and Organic Arugula

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Basil Ceasar Salad

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James asked for extra Tapenade Crostini and Anchovies

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Black Truffle Risotto!  My order!  I am so happy I ordered this.  My first time to have a risotto like this and I really enjoyed it.  James kept trying to get the bacon which he really liked

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Norwegian Salmon Fillet for Tita Rosary

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The Verbena Surf and Turf

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Crepes Nutella

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Panna Cotta Heaven! YUM!!!

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They have wine and cheese from 5 pm to 6pm but we were not able to reach it as we were out.  WE hope we can try this next time

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 They have a promo ongoing called EAT, STAY and LOVE

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For more information about this and other offers from Discovery Country Suites Tagaytay,  please call (02) 529.8172 / (046) 413.45667.  Interested parties may also inquire via e -mail via dcsrsvn@discovery.com.ph or mella@discovery.com.ph

Discovery Suites, Discovery Country Suites Tagaytay, and Discovery Shores Boracay are owned and managed by The Discovery Leisure Company

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Discovery Country Suites Tagaytay

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For our 18th anniversary, James and I went to Tagaytay to spend a night away from it all 🙂  We went to Discovery Country Suites and had a wonderful stay and it was a perfect way to celebrate

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We try to go on non peak days so we do not compete with others in everything – room, food, etc etc – and it is much more peaceful

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It was December 18, so the place was in Christmas mode.  Being the former vacation home of the Tiu family, it is a very cozy home.  So it is just like going to be a big house and staying in one of the rooms 🙂

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 You can rent the whole house for a family vacation, for a corporate retreat, for a wedding celebration – for a very reasonable amount

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Welcome drink

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The Resident Manager, Jonahs Virrey.  Doesn’t he look like John Lloyd?  🙂  People here and abroad all approach him and wanting to have a photo with him thinking he is John Lloyd 🙂  Thank you Jonahs for taking care of us during our stay

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 Library of books, DVDs, games and video games which you can borrow

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Our room was in the basement so this is like the family room of the house 

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Each room has a theme

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We got Nara – which was Japanese.  This is one of the biggest rooms in the house

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Oh my gosh!! Our family photo! 🙂  Just like the Discovery group to add a personal touch to everything.  Suddenly I missed my kids when I saw this photo! haha!! 

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Outside our room is the garden and there is a jacuzzi which you can use

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 In the lot beside, they are building a Starbucks 

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This is a photo of one of the rooms

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