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A Resthouse in Tagaytay by Anna Sy

By | Homes and Interiors, Travel | One Comment

Aside from a lovely lunch, Margie took me to her resthouse in Tagaytay!!  She has been telling me about this place for years and finally I invited myself over! 🙂  

Architecture is of course by her sister in law, Anna Sy

The Master Bedroom is on the main level

The room with the best view!

Same view from the master bathroom

The main level has the main entrance, the garden with pool, Master bedroom, living room and kitchen

View from the living room

Wow! The view is beautiful!!  And one thing with their house is that they are the only ones in the perimeter and it’s like they have the view all to themselves.  The house is in an exclusive gated village and in that village only two families have built so you can imagine!  The next four photos are all 4 angles of the view 🙂 From left to right



I tried to take a panoramic shot but this does not look as good as it really is

The pool which goes all the way from the balcony to the garden

The living room

My friend and lovely host 🙂

Beautiful artwork made by Margie’s mother in law

Straight ahead leads to the kitchen

Guest bathroom

Then the stairs going down to the rooms

It’s an open hallway leading to all the bedrooms- there are 4 which are almost all identical

From the lower level I was able to take the facade of the house

View from the lower level

From the garden facing the lower level

There’s a den here but it is the bedroom for the grandkids ( kids of Margie )

I just can’t get enough of the view! I could not believe it 🙂

Wow!!  Service kitchen!

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Marcia Adams

By | Foodie, Travel | One Comment

Margie wanted to take me to a Vietnamese place in Tagaytay called Bawai, but it was closed that day so instead I suggested Marcia Adams since this was recommended to me by my friend, Randy.  Thanks to their directions in their Facebook page, it was easy to get there.  It’s actually very easy just turn right from the rotunda and go straight till you see the Thank you Come Again sign 🙂 ( border of Tagaytay and Alfonso )   then after that turn right 

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 We loved the place!!!  They call themselves Tuscany in Tagaytay but for me I would like to think it’s a beautiful place in our very own country, the Philippinesmarcia-adams-4.jpeg

We heard a dog barking and apparently that was where their house was.  In the beginning they would only open their house for meals to friends and family in their house but soon after they decided to open to the public

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Beautiful place.  Marcia did all the interiors and design in the place

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Love the floor tiles 

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There are two sides for dining – there is a Greek looking dining area  

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And this is the other side  

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A small pocket dining area 

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Main dining area

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So nice to see that they are selling the items of Emily Campos

Previous entry:  Touch of Craft by Emily Campos September 18, 2013

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The famous angels of Emily Campos 🙂

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Love the flowers all over the place

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We love it so much, I just had to take a photo of Margie by the flowers 🙂  

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Upper kitchen

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And another dining area – this is where they sat us

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Beautiful view!!!! I love this window!!! And no that is not Tuscany – this is Tagaytay 🙂  and it’s beautiful!!

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Me and my date 🙂  Thank you my dear friend Margie for lunch!  

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It was a weekday so the place was quiet.  This was our table, we had the room to ourselves till a couple came and joined us, but it was relatively very private.  We had a nice time!

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The food is Mediterranean according to Neil Adams, the owner and husband of Marcia 🙂  At first the menu looks complicated but it’s actually very simple.  The complicated part is us wanting to try everything on the menu! 🙂 The price of your meal will depend on the main course that you choose.  There is a minimum cover charge per person of P 700.00.  The meal comes with a choice of a starter, then the main dish and then dessert.  There are additional charges for options such as salads or if you want to add sides or for some desserts

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Choice of Soup of the Day or Amalfi Prawns.   We both got the Amalfi prawns

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For the main dish, Margie got the Beef tenderloin and bacon kebab!  YUM!!!

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I had the Classic Shish Kebab – YUM!!!!!!

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We saw this in the kitchen and it looked so good!  Italian Pork Chop!!!! Randy told us to order this!!!  Another reason for us to come back!

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For dessert

Fried bananas with Chocolate dip – How creative 🙂

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Panna Cotta with Lemon sauce – beautiful and delicious 🙂

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Our bill which came in this pouch by Emily Campos

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 Neil Adams!! The owner and husband of Marcia Adams 🙂  He is also the one who bakes the bread.  He told us that he was supposed to retire but ended up working again when they opened the restaurant 🙂 

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I was very insistent to meet Marcia Adams and they kept telling me she was busy and she was!  She is really hands on and is the one cooking the meals in the kitchen downstairs.  I could not help it, I really asked and asked until they let me go to her and here she is!! She is such a simple and very soft spoken person!!  I told her that I loved her cooking and she told me she whispers to her food to make it taste good 🙂 More power Marcia Adams!!!  

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Click below to go to their Facebook page

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iACADEMY School of Continuing Education

By | Education | No Comments

Last November was the launch of iAcademy School of Continuing Education.  There is always a need for people to learn more even after they have graduated.  A need for people to learn something they still want to learn or know more about.  iAcademy School of Continuing Education has courses for almost every field of interest  

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The same people who own STI Academy,  Yosi Tanco.  And now succeeded by the daughter who is now President and CEO of iAcademy

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 Congratulations to my friend, Tina Vitas who is also part of the iAcademy team as Executive Director

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Click below to go to their website

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