Category Archives: Great Ideas

CitiBike

By | Great Ideas, Green, Health and Fitness, Travel | One Comment

 Love what they did in New York where you can now use the bike to go around!!  Sponsored by Citibank!

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Economical, green, anti pollution, healthy and practical!
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I am so glad Jaime took it for a day – he is very independent so he just travels around the city – usually the bus or underground- but I prefer this 🙂   

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I saw the same thing in London!

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Battle for the Bags

By | Classifieds/Segunda Mano, Fashion, Giving Back, Great Ideas | 2 Comments

What a great idea!!!!!  So nice of friends of Rhea – Chary Mercado, Chinie Hidalgo Diaz, Gem Mañosa, Gene Tamesis, Willy de Ocampo, Tech Alegre and Rhea’s sister, Donna Ferro and cousin, Gigi Eala –  to help her fight her battle against cancer.     

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Rhea has had an eight year battle with breast cancer.  This year she was admitted in a treatment program at Stanford Cancer Center but to join that, she has to stay in the US for a year.  All funds raised will pay for her living expense while she is there

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Most of the bags will be marked with fixed prices ranging from P 1,000.00 to P 2,500.00.  The very nice designer bags in good condition have starting prices from P 3,000 all the way up to P 40,000 and those will be the ones up for auction.  It will be a silent auction.  The bidding starts at 3pm and closes at  4:30pm and the winner can take home the bag that day.  According to Chary, they have almost every brand name, recent models and vintage ones.  It’s a great outlet for fashionistas because they will sell at less than half of retail.  It’s also a chance to get bags that are no longer being sold or those that do not retail in the Philippines.  Here are some of the bags

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For more information and photos of other bags on auction, please go to their facebook page or click below

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Unit 16 Sweets

By | Great Ideas, Yummy! | One Comment

Another booth at Best Food Forward which I liked.  A fun giveaway – personalized chocolates!  I remember I had this 13 years ago when I had Javier and I had to have it printed and then bought Hershey’s chocolate.  Now it can be done so easily for you

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Graduation Gift

By | Great Ideas, What's New at Starbucks? | One Comment

In 2006, Ninong Noey gave Jaime, his hijado, Starbucks shares as a graduation gift 

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At that time, Starbucks share price was US$ 36.70 

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And today, the share price is $60.00.  What a great gift that grows in years to come and what a nice way to teach a child about investment and to make them know how it feels like to own shares of a company at an early age.  

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Salt from Dasol

By | Foodie, Great Ideas, Proud to be Pinoy! | No Comments

Thank you Jay and Carmen for the christmas gift of Salt 🙂 We always receive unique gifts from Jay and Carmen.  They obviously take the effort to make something special – the packaging, sharing some information on the salts.  And Heart2Heart likes it because it supports our very own Philippine products

Previous entry:  Handcrafted Candy Dispenser June 20,2011 

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This year we got salt again from them – Love the packaging as well

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And from my friend, Arlene Maslog

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Maligaya Institute

By | Giving Back, Great Ideas, Proud to be Pinoy! | No Comments

In Mothers Club, Mimie introduced us to Maligaya Institute.  What a great service for our country!  Our countrymen never ceases to amaze Heart2Heart.  Right and left, many individuals, many organizations helping out our fellow countrymen.

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An amazing institution that helps young women from less privileged sectors by giving them free education and training so they can eventually find jobs to earn a living

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If you want to support Maligaya Institute 

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Click here to go to the website for more information:  Foundation for Professional Training Inc.

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The Collective

By | Great Ideas, Shopping | 6 Comments

Heart2Heart recently visited this new place and loves it!!! I think many of you will too.  It was formerly a warehouse which they converted into sort of a mall type of operations

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I bumped into the owners there!!! Tito Raffy and Tita Juvy!

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With the help of their daughter Cheska and her friends, they conceptualized this place.  It’s a place with very unique, ” artsy”, and quaint restaurants and stores!! Reminds me of the type of stores you would see in Soho or Tai Kang Lu in Shanghai ( Tai Kang Lu April 22, 2010 )!  

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Of course my first stop is in our friend’s place – Paolo and Trina’s HAPPY PALACE!  Love the name 🙂  They serve Mongolian BBQ and dimsum!  Each child of Tito Raffy and Tita Juvy has a space and each of them have their own concepts

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Then Jaco and Kathy have their store too which is tops and Kathy’s line of Bella. As usual, i bought one of each cologne!

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Then here is Cheska with her store called Skizo with many fun costumes and props to dress yourself up 🙂

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Then there are other shops

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One of Heart2Heart’s favorite stores in the place!!

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All Tita Juvy’s friend’s shopping too! 

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My kids would love this so I need to take them here too as they know Pao Vasquez 

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And 3 more other restaurants in the area!

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In the middle is an open space where events and small concerts are held.  There is a bar to serve drinks and food as well nearby.  You can rent the venue

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