Jan 06
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Kaiseki at Taniguchi Arashiyama

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After the tour, we crossed the bridge for lunchkaiseki-4 The Togetsu-kyo Bridge ( “Crossing moon” bridge ) a 1,000 year old bridge . The emperor observed the moon crossing from the East to West #Arashiyama #H2HKyotokaiseki-5 kaiseki-6 Beautiful autumn scenes on the waykaiseki-7 kaiseki-8 kaiseki-9 Yuzu fruit which is their version of orangekaiseki-10  Fresh berries growing in the backyard of homeskaiseki-11  Yuzu and Berries! 🙂kaiseki-12 kaiseki-13  Traditional Japanese Kaiseki lunch at Taniguchi ! Yum!

A Kaiseki is made with 30 ingredients – 5-6 Appetizers, Sashimi, A simmered dish, a soup dish, a deep fried dish, vinegared and grilled dish, rice, miso soup and pickles and dessert – all for less than 1,000 calories #H2HKyotokaiseki-3 kaiseki-2 kaiseki-14 kaiseki-16 kaiseki-17 kaiseki-18 kaiseki-19 kaiseki-20 kaiseki-21 kaiseki-22 kaiseki-23 kaiseki-1 kaiseki

Jan 05
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Bamboo Forest

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I love Kyoto!  A city with so much history. Kyoto City is the capital of Japan with a bigger size than Tokyo but has a population of only 1.4m compared to Tokyo’s 30m. It is in itself a UNESCO world heritage site. bamboo-forest-2 bamboo-forest-3There are 2,000 temples -1,600 Buddhist and 400 shinto. 17 of them are UNESCO world heritage sights. There are many ancient temples, shrines, castles that were built by aristocrats and shoguns #H2HKyoto

  Nijo jo Temple bamboo-forest-4 bamboo-forest-5   bamboo-forest-7 bamboo-forest-8 bamboo-forest-9 bamboo-forest-10 bamboo-forest-11 bamboo-forest-12 bamboo-forest-13 bamboo-forest-14  We walked in Saga Toriimoto Preserved street, a historic street lined by traditional townhouses (machiya)bamboo-forest-15  The only Dharma doll that has hair!bamboo-forest-16bamboo-forest-17 bamboo-forest-18 bamboo-forest-19

 Autumn colors are beautiful this year.  It has not been like this the past few years!  So we were lucky!

Arashiyamabamboo-forest-20 bamboo-forest-21 bamboo-forest-22 bamboo-forest-23  Tenryuji Templebamboo-forest-24 bamboo-forest-25Sogenchi Garden by the Tenryu Ji Temple – 3 kinds of garden all in one – Landscape, Zen and strolling pond. One of the oldest gardens in Japan and a UNESCO World Heritage Site #SogenchiGarden #H2HKyoto #H2HGardensbamboo-forest-26 bamboo-forest-27 bamboo-forest-28 bamboo-forest-29 bamboo-forest-30 bamboo-forest-31 bamboo-forest-32 bamboo-forest-33 From the gardens you reach the Bamboo Forest!  Beautiful!!  When you are walking here there are so many people but it is still peaceful. You can hear the leaves and the bamboo swayingbamboo-forest-34 bamboo-forest-35 bamboo-forest-36 bamboo-forest-37 bamboo-forest-38 bamboo-forest-39 bamboo-forest-40 bamboo-forest-45 bamboo-forest-44 bamboo-forest-41 bamboo-forest-43 bamboo-forest-42 bamboo-forest-1

Jan 05
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Bar Pintxos now in BGC

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 It is official that Bar Pintxos is one of Heart2Heart’s favorite restaurants in the city!! Check out the Philippine Star Lifestyle Section bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-2bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-1 More photos from my visit last month!
Behind the Manila Golf Club – I love it because it is so peacefulbar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-1  Amazing guybar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-17 bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-16 bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-14 bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-15 bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-13  So excited to try everything on the menu!!bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-12  Brie Cebollabar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-11  Bacalaobar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-10 bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-9  Salpicaobar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-8  Chorizobar-pintxos-now-in-bgc bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-7 bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-6 bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-5 bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-4 bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-3 bar-pintxos-now-in-bgc-2

Jan 04
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Four Seasons Kyoto

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 Four Seasons Kyoto newly opened last October @fourseasons #FourSeasonsKyoto #H2HKyotofour-seasons-kyoto-8 four-seasons-kyoto-7 four-seasons-kyoto-16 Spacious rooms!four-seasons-kyoto-9 four-seasons-kyoto-10 four-seasons-kyoto-11 four-seasons-kyoto-12  Mostly everything controlled by the iPad – even ordering for room service!four-seasons-kyoto-13 four-seasons-kyoto-14 four-seasons-kyoto-15  Love the pool!!!!four-seasons-kyoto-6 Marble beds in the poolfour-seasons-kyoto-5 four-seasons-kyoto-4 four-seasons-kyoto-3 four-seasons-kyoto-1 four-seasons-kyoto-2 four-seasons-kyoto

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Kyoto Discover the style and vibe of today’s Japan at a brand-new hotel with an 800-year-old ikeniwa (pond garden) at its heart

Kyoto Discover the style and vibe of today’s Japan at a brand-new hotel with an 800-year-old ikeniwa (pond garden) at its heart

Jan 04
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Archetype

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My favorite place this trip to Napa archetype-2 archetype-9  Love the interiors archetype-3 archetype-4 archetype-5 archetype-6 archetype-10 archetype-11 archetype-7 archetype-8  Love the brunch!!  Half Stack Lemon Ricotta pancakesarchetype-12  Cinnamon walnut rolls with orange cream cheese frosting at @archetypenapa – Yum  #ArchetypeNapa #Cinnamonrolls #H2HNapaarchetype-13  Maple Sugar doughnut holes with butter pecan sauce – YUM!archetype-14  Norwegian Eggsarchetype-15  HB Cheeseburgerarchetype-16  Padrino’s Everything Bagelarchetype-17  Corned Beef Short rib hasharchetype-1 archetype

Jan 03
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The Grill at Meadwood

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We were hoping to eat at The Restaurant at meadowood even if we had to have dinner twice but we were not successful.

 Most of our free meals were for brunch/lunch.  So brunch was at The Grill.  View from the Grill at @meadowooodnews Taking a peek at the croquet lawn where we had the farewell brunch of #KimandChut and remembering their beautiful wedding @kimm_stagram @chutster #H2HNapa the-grilled-at-meadwood-2 the-grilled-at-meadwood-3  View of the golf coursethe-grilled-at-meadwood-4 the-grilled-at-meadwood-5  Cold Pressed Juicethe-grilled-at-meadwood-6  Non Dairy Nut Milkthe-grilled-at-meadwood-7  Corned Beef Hashthe-grilled-at-meadwood-8 the-grilled-at-meadwood-9  Mahi Tacosthe-grilled-at-meadwood-10 Wagyu Burgerthe-grilled-at-meadwood-11  Crispy Artichokesthe-grilled-at-meadwood-12  Tarte Tatin at the Grill at @meadowoodnews #meadowoodnapavalley #H2HDesserts #H2HNapathe-grilled-at-meadwood-13

Jan 03
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Franklin & Marshall

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Franklin & Marshall
 
THE COMPANY
 
Franklin & Marshall is an Italian clothing company located in Montorio, a hamlet of Verona.
Formed in 1999 by Giuseppe Albarelli and Andrea Pensiero, the brand has a strong vintage connotation tied to the world of US colleges.
 
All F&M knitwear is in line with the business ethics that have distinguished the company from the very beginning.
 
Today F&M offers a wide range of articles that includes T-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts, wool jumpers, Bermuda shorts and much more besides, and that combines the colours and lines typical of sports and casual clothing
Franklin & Marshall
F&M has always been attentive to initiatives connected with social responsibility and is involved in many projects still in progress and others that have been completed with enormous satisfaction.
 
 PRESENT
 
CAMPO DEL NIEVO. The people living in Verona say they are going to play “at the Nievo”. It is one of the city’s historic football fields, close to the city walls and near the San Giorgio complex. Franklin & Marshall has turned the dusty playing terrain into a synthetic surface for the local children to use whenever they want as they have free access to it. And in this way cherish their dreams of glory.
 
BRIGANTI DI LIBRINO. They snatched the San Teodoro field away from neglect and dereliction and made rugby and hope grow. They are called Briganti di Librino and they fight in one of the toughest neighbourhoods of Catania as they try to teach lawfulness and offer the local boys an alternative to juvenile deliquincy. With an oval ball and a smile.
 
PAST
 
FRANKLIN FOR AFRICA. A T-shirt to help the Salesians in Ethiopia. This is how Franklin & Marshall started up an aid programme for those who have been working in one of the planet’s poorest areas since 1975. All proceeds from the sale were donated to charity because Franklin for Africa is more than a simple T-shirt. It is rather a message of hope and growth for a future that can be pursued with work and studying, as well as through sports, competition and playing.Franklin & Marshall2
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM. Franklin & Marshall supported the WFP “Fill the Cup campaign. The name of the initiative was taken from the plastic cups that are widely used to serve porridge and other foods supplied by the WFP to the schools in developing countries. That is because today food in schools is a powerful network of social protection for children and their families, it improves living conditions and represents an investment in human capital from the nutritional, health, education and equality of the sexes viewpoints.
In the Philippines, Franklin & Marshall is exclusively available at Rustan’s Shangri-La and Makati
Jan 03
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Brunch at Solbar in Solage Resort

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We had brunch at Solbar, a one star Michelin restaurant located where we were staying 🙂 brunch-at-solbar-in-solade-resort-1 brunch-at-solbar-in-solade-resort-2 brunch-at-solbar-in-solade-resort-4 brunch-at-solbar-in-solade-resort-3 brunch-at-solbar-in-solade-resort-5 Hulkmania Smoothiebrunch-at-solbar-in-solade-resort-11 Housecured Smoked Salmonbrunch-at-solbar-in-solade-resort-6 Mount Washington Eggsbrunch-at-solbar-in-solade-resort-7 Brannan Street Breakfastbrunch-at-solbar-in-solade-resort-8  Three Egg Omelettebrunch-at-solbar-in-solade-resort-9  Cinnamon Sugar doughnut holes 🙂brunch-at-solbar-in-solade-resort-10

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