We were passing by the Pasig river one day and James and I were talking and saying what a pity it is that our Pasig River and the Guadalupe Bridge looks like this
When you go to other countries, this is prime real estate! If you have property by the river, it will be very expensive land. The bridges are usually so beautiful and are historic sights.
How I wish this place could be transformed
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When we arrived in Moscow, we immediately went to the flat of Richard and Sasa! Our gracious hosts in Moscow.
On the way to their place, we passed a very nice part of Moscow. It’s one of the most expensive residential areas in the world, Ostozhenka/Golden Mile, according to the British Wealth-Bulletin Magazine. If you think London is expensive, nothing beats this! Around US$ 40,000.00 per square meter!
I also saw this very modern building called the Copper House
Here’s a better photo
Source: http://archi.ru/projects/russia/503/zhiloi-kompleks-copper-house
According to Sasa
Richard and Sasa Smith!!! Such a wonderful couple!!! We fell in love with them the day we met them! 🙂 Richard is an American with Filipino ways! He’s probably even nicer than a Filipino! ( haha just exaggerating ) He is super funny, super down to earth, super nice, super helpful and super everything! 🙂 Sasa is the same and they took care of us the whole time! I was looking at Sasa as she looked familiar and then found out she is the sister of a friend, Jorge Lichauco. Both so nice
The door of their condo is like a vault! It has double doors 🙂 This is giving me ideas 🙂
They have a beautiful and big place!! They are only two yet they have all this! 🙂 It is in this house where all the Filipino friends stay when in Moscow! haha!! Too bad they are not there anymore now as Richard has be assigned to London! Wow, we are making sure we visit them there too! 🙂
Oops I forgot the third member of the family living in the flat – Kino the Bichon frise. Super cute dog!
and oh my gosh!! with a beautiful view of the Zachateyevsky or Holy Conception Convent!
We met Richard and Sasa through Tito Manny and Tita Ina Dizon! Our companions during our trip
So happy to be in Moscow! Thank you Richard and Sasa! Cheers!!
It was nice to meet another super nice couple, Nolet and Gidget who is living and working ( Coke ) in Moscow as well. They live nearby Richard and Sasa 🙂
Beautiful dining chairs by Benjie Reyes. I love seeing Filipino made products in other countries! They look even more beautiful and rare!
Beautiful tassle napkin rings from the Philippines too
Our homemade dinner!! YUM!! Sasa told me that she learned to cook from her Mom who used to give cooking lessons!! No wonder the food was so masarap! 🙂
Salts!!
Aha! Someone is collecting Starbucks mugs! 🙂
Our gracious host- always makes us smile – he reminds me of Jim Carrey 🙂
Richard and Sasa are so lucky to have Beth. She cooks so well. Sasa will not live anywhere without her 🙂
Russian ice cream that looks like a deli roll 🙂
Homemade butter rhum cake!!! YUM!
Richard showing us all his great finds from the flea market
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I featured my cousin Ela a few months back.
Previous entry: Arya Residences by Arthaland May 12, 2013
She got plenty inquiries on Arya and asked me to post again 🙂 She is very proud and enthusiastic about what she is selling and I am so happy to help her! From Ela
I am so proud of this project and i’m really trying to sell as much since this project is currently the BEST DEVELOPMENT in the Philippines as of today. I attached the most recent awards which we won in the Philippines Property Awards 2013. There has been a big increase in sales for investing in our development. Especially since expats can’t own property they need a place (large cut usually 2BR) to rent out. Tower 2, the oval shaped one which is really beautiful because of the panoramic view, will be turned over January 2016. Being the first green residential building, investors are keeping a keen eye on developments like ours. Plus with our location and BGC’s developments, by 2016 there is going to be a great demand for expats looking for large cuts to rent out.
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Driving down from New Jersey back to Manhattan, our driver passed the West Side Highway and I am glad I was able to capture some interesting buildings. It was a nice drive seeing all these structures. I later on told Jerome about it and I asked his help to tell me what buildings they were
An apartment complex on Riverside Boulevard in the Upper West Side that Donald Trump and a few others developed for Luxury Condo sales and rentals
100 11th Avenue (a luxury apartment building designed by French starchitect, Jean Novel) on the left and the IAC headquarters on the right (designed by another starchitect, Frank Gehry).
The Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking district. It’s notorious because of the big and very transparent windows that have provided many free peep shows to any passerby.
The James Hotel in Soho. It has a nice rooftop bar
The Perry Street Towers designed by Starchitect, Richard Meier. Jean Georges Vongerichten, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman all have units here. It also houses Jean Georges’ restaurant- Perry Street
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Around 2 months ago we had a chance to visit the Raffles Suites which are available for viewing as they are selling some units. All photos are from my iPhone as I did not bring my camera with me that afternoon
You will notice a lot of beautiful artwork around the building. They hired someone to choose the artwork, most of them commissioned. They are all Filipino artworks
Each floor of the residential building has a theme. On this floor are postcards
Three bedroom suite. You can purchase the residence with or without furniture. You can put your suite in the pool which can be rented out
The next floor are Philippine Landmarks
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Beautiful video produced by Hindy Weber Tantoco and directed by Dondi Narciso for Sta. Elena
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From Tita Bettina Osmeña
Hi Friends : My sister Melissa has an apartment for rent in Paris in the Marais area. Very near Metro line # 1 and 7. Great area ! Lots of restaurants and shops. Price is 700 Euro a week. My sister is a great housekeeper so everything is nice, clean and neat. Please contact Melissa Lopez at melopez212001@yahoo.com
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Remember my friend, Samantha?
Previous entry: ILovepiNoy July 27, 2008
Formerly known as Gracia when she was still in the Entertainment business. She used to be a dancer and model
Endorser for Beverly Hills 6750 🙂
And now a happy wife based in New York married to Warren Edwards. Here’s a photo of Warren with Sam’s good friend, Carmina Mapa del Rosario who used to work for him in his New York store
Warren Edwards the famous shoe brand
Here’s another ad with their dogs, Nick and Nora
She has a beautiful daughter 🙂
Her latest hobby – Golf! And I heard she is good at it! Warren asked her to accompany him and play with him golf, and now she has become so good at it!
An updated photo of beautiful Sam
And if you are ever in New York or want to buy property in the Big Apple, give Sam a call, she will gladly assist you! 🙂
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I was so happy to be invited by my younger cousin, Ela! She is among the younger generation of cousins already and it’s amazing how their generation has grown so fast and they are now working and starting out their careers. Ela told me that she is into real estate and is now a sales associate of Arya Residences by Arthaland. She took me around their showroom in Bonifacio Global City
Ela explained to me about the direction of the wind and the wind tunnels they created in this development for proper circulation and ventilation
What I like about the development the most is the GREEN factor in it. It’s the first LEED residential condo in the country and I wish others would follow
Faucets are designed to have controlled flow of water to avoid wastage
High efficiency toilets by Toto
With many other unique features
She took me to the showroom which I have not seen since the first time i was there and they were selling the first tower. The designs were different back then. Ela said that they hired the best space planners in the country – Periquet and Galicia, which is why even if the one bedroom is only 66 square meters, it did not feel like it at all
This was my favorite in terms of interior!
Guest bathroom
Kitchen
This is the utility room and maids quarters!!! I am so inspired I want to do this too!! It’s so nice!
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Master Bedroom
And they also have the Arya Villas which if their low rise
The building is not yet finished yet they have garnered so many awards already
Look for Ela and visit her in the showroom
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