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A Victorian Home By Rocco and Ria

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Of course, I invited myself over to Ria’s home 🙂  I am glad she said yes!

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She has a saying ” No more arte arte”  Which is also applicable to me too which I will adapt 🙂  Hope others will do too.  

I love the location of her house because it’s isolated and you will only pass here if you live in this street 

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And my dream is to live in a Victorian home!!  She is living my dream!!! 🙂  She is so lucky!  She is renting this home and she is also very lucky her landlord renovated the house before they moved in!!  It’s beautiful!! It’s a 144 year old house!  

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As you enter 🙂  Someone loves to bike 🙂  Victorian homes are very narrow and they go up several floors – so it is a vertical home 🙂  

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WOW!! The living room!  Ria told me that she moved all her furniture and things from Singapore where she lived for 13 years!  Jonathan Matti was her Interior designer in Singapore.  This time, she just fixed this herself! 

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Antique pottery

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She has a mixture of Asian Art

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The living room is connected to the dining room which is nice because it becomes more spacious and not too enclosed compared to the other Victorian homes I have seen

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Love the dining room!!!!  Table by Kenneth Cobonpue and dining chairs by Roland Laurena 

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Ang Kiukok paintings

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Bencab

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Ria has been living in London for a year already and she told me that ever since she moved from Singapore, she had to learn how to cook! And I heard she cooks very well!  

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The kitchen leads to a patio! Love! 🙂

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View of bikes again moving towards the stairs going up

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First level – guest bathroom

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Master Bedroom

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More artwork!  Manansala nude!

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John Santos!!!

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It’s really hard to find renovated Victorian homes.  So having a bathroom like this is precious 🙂  

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Second Floor – Kids room 🙂

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Third floor should be another bedroom but Ria turned it into the study/play room of the kids!! 

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Ronald Ventura!!!

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Fourth level is an attic type room which she made into the guest room! Lucky houseguest 🙂

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Oops another bike 🙂

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Ria and Rocco’s home featured in a magazine in Singapore while they were still living there

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Savile Row

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There’s a street in London just for Men!  For Tailored clothing.  The “in” thing now – personalise, tailored, bespoke.  These all existed long ago but people now are appreciating more the value of Made to Measure or Haute Couture over Pret a porter or ready to wear 🙂

On the basement of the store is where the tailor shop is! 

We went into Ozwald Boateng – designer for Givenchy

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Fitting room

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Dover Street Market London

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The Original Dover Street Market is in London.  There is Ginza and New York.

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Photos not allowed but was able to sneak some photos.  Love the store!!

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Click below to go to their website

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No photos allowed but apparently there are many in their website 🙂  

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Michael Kors at the CFDA Fashion Awards

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Michael Kors is pleased to announce that Anna Wintour, Blake Lively, Karen Elson and Aerin Lauder attendedthe 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards wearing Michael Kors 

Blake Lively wore a leaf and blush floral sequined dress from the Resort 2015 collection.

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Katy Perry Prismatic Tour 2014

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We were able to get tickets to Katy Perry to get VIP tickets at very reasonable prices just call Daniel at +447958681415

We picked up our tickets from the booth in Covent Garden 

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02 Arena

We had a VIP box

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Our seats were VIP seats  but they were on the side near the screen so we did not watch the concert facing the main stage! haha!! 35 pounds 🙂   We were near but we did not see the show in its full view

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Similar to the ones in SM Arena I would think 

You have your own butler and you can order food and drinks.  But maybe better if you just eat in the restaurants outside the arena 🙂

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Some Katy Perry look alikes in the crowd 🙂

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Icona Pop front act

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Quintos Birthday

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I was so happy to celebrate the 13th birthday of Quinto that day.  How fast time flies!

Quinto and his friends came from school and they had some snacks at the V & A and just hung out in the courtyard.  They will all be graduating and will be going to different boarding schools around the UK

It’s always a prim and proper celebration whether in Manila or in London 🙂  

We went to the Brompton Oratory afterwards for prayers and blessings.  They had dinner afterwards for some steak 🙂

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Victoria & Albert Museum London

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There are so many things I took for granted while I lived in London for a year and a half.  I actually took everything for granted and did not take advantage of the beautiful city.  There is so much to see!!!   Hoping to visit often to see everything in London and the nearby towns

Rina took me to the V & A and I wish I had more time to explore.  This museum is the source of design of artists all over the world.  They come here to draw inspiration for design.

Beautiful Dale Chihuly chandelier as you enter in the lobby

There was a special exhibit on going which we went to

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Beautiful hallways

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Love the cafe of the museum

Click below to go to their website

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