Cupcake + Macaron = Le Cupcaron from Cafe Macaron at the Raffles Makati Hotel 
Comes in 7 whimsical flavors. P 95.00 each. Contact 795 1840 or email: dining.makati@fairmont.com
So pretty and yummy
My favourite flavours are Ube Queso, Double Chocolate Ganache and Salted Caramel
Love this chandelier at the Filipiniana section of Rustan’s Makati
Of course i got excited when I saw this section! There is now a section in Rustan’s that sells local delicacies!!! I hope they make a whole floor! haha!!
Yay!! Destilleria Limtuaco products
Wow! Unique dried mangoes! 
The Fruit Garden jams! Love those too! 
Malagos!! from Davao
My goal is to try all! We need to patronise our very own
An exclusive for Rustan’s
Thank you to @smartinfinity we were able to watch the IPTL for 2 days out of the 3!
With very very good seats!
This was our view which was perfect for me
The Philippine Mavericks – Heading the team is Serena Williams. She was joined by the powerful server Milos Raonic, single-handed backhand specialist Richard Gasquet, exciting player Sabine Lisicki, feisty Jarmila Gajdosova, doubles specialist Treat Huey, doubles specialist Edouard Roger-Vasselin and the captain Mark Philippoussis.
The ownership group comprises Filipinos Hans T. Sy, Jean Henri Lhuillier, Kevin Belmonte, Haresh Hiranand @shiranand and Bala Swaminathan. In the photo with the team is Jean Henri Lhuillier ( President and CEO of PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies ) 
Enjoying the sport especially since the players are all so good looking!! 🙂
I don’t really watch tennis but when I do I sometimes doubt the call of the linemen – but here you don’t need to worry about it!
Spotted Stephan Lhuiller (14 years old ) as ball kid for the IPTL games. Not anyone can just do this, You have to train for this and he’s doing such a good job 🙂
Marco Ayala was a ball kid too
And Yana Po
Spotted in the corridor of the Arena – Manet Dayrit charging her phone! haha 🙂
A.P. and Michelle Bartolome also watching the games
Visiting friends at the Meralco suite 
Alexis and Bambi Javelosa,
Camille @camillegenuino , best friend Eds @manayesg with Tita Mila and Tito Frank Drilon
Fans having their tennis balls signed!
Spotted Rachelle and Lorenzo Almario crossing in below us 🙂
Spotted photographer Mark Henrich Go behind Co owner of the Philippine Mavericks and President of SM Prime, Mr. Hans Sy
This was the Sunday event so Nadal played Monday and Tuesday
Some players spotted in the Manila Polo Club tennis courts practicing 
I love visiting my happy place! I am here once or twice a week
3 to 4 times when it’s Christmas 🙂
My beautiful and funny cousin Dina Arroyo Tantoco @datantoco Marketing Communications Manager of Rustan’s asked me what I want for Christmas and she said I can choose anything I want in Rustan’s @rustansph Yipee!! Plenty!!! 🙂
She asked Stewart McPherson the new Store Manager of Rustan’s Makati to accompany us. Stewart is new at Rustan’s ( 6 months) he is British -South African – but married to a Filipina. Before the Philippines he was 11 years in the Middle East as Senior Operations Manager for Debenhams and Retail Director at a high end furniture company. Do look for him in case you need anything in the store
I want polar bears! 🙂
Limited Edition Andy Warhol for NARS!
Gift set from Laura Mercier
Holiday candles from Diptyque
Love these giant diptyque candles!!!
Pierre Herme X L’Occitane! Beauty X Food collab 🙂 Any collar with food is LOVE! 🙂
I love advent calendars!!! I see mostly chocolate ones but this one is a beauty one by L’Occitane
SWELL bottles!!! THE BEST!!! I like particularly the one with heats on the first row 🙂
Pink! Nice gift for men
Love these hats! Maybe for my Dad 🙂
Formal dresses in the Young Adults section. I can fit in the Young Adults section! haha
Knomo – nice casual gifts or for personal use especially the laptop bag
Hello Kitty!! Thinking of my friend Czarina
Tiffany & Co – Anything here I like! 
Wow! Roberto Coin Citrine with brown diamonds
These have always been a popular gift in he Silver Vault – medal bracelets 
Beautiful dress 
More beautiful dresses at the Ladies department
I love the Home department! Here are some of my favourites 
The new Kate Spade Home section
His and Hers glasses
Ceramic Money bands from Belgium
UMBRA makes prefect gifts
Wow a Lladro Buddha! 
New at Rustan’s @rustansph Ralph Lauren Home! Beautiful for gifts!! All occasions especially weddings
Bencab merchandise at the Filipiniana section
You will find the most unique items in Rustan’s like this Sungka made of Abalone and hammer shell
Art gifts 🙂
Love this bang dim sum boxes which can be used to wrap gifts in
Rustan’s @rustansph has a promo where you get gifts upon purchasing certain amounts. The highest tier is a dinner for 6 in Nobu @nobuhotelmanila in City of Dreams. I always like the food prizes because you can share them with others 🙂 
So shop with pleasure and get gifts you’ll treasure
50 blessed and lucky kids were able to attend the Rafa Nadal Academy Tennis Clinic in Colegio de San Agustin. Thanks to Father Julian Mazana, Javier was able to join! They fed the parents and kids before the clinic and even gave a bag with shirts and other items for the kids who joined.
So happy to see my Assumption Highschool batch mate Rizza Maniego Eala
Toni Nadal, the uncle and coach of Rafa Nadal @rafaelnadal at the Rafa Nadal Academy Tennis Clinic today at Colegio de San Agustin Sports Center. Rafa Nadal will be opening The Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy next year in May of 2016 in Mallorca, Spain his hometown. Kids will be able to train to become professional tennis players without neglecting their schooling. Toni Nadal and other coaches who have helped Nadal throughout his career will be there to teach.
When Rafa Nadal came the chaos started! 🙂 Everyone was just too excited to see him! 🙂
Rafael Nadal’s @rafaelnadal first time in the Philippines.
Rafa Nadal “King of the Clay” A 14 Grand Slam Singles Title holder, an all time record holder of 27 titles in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and has one of the most titles for Grand Prix super series. He is currently ranked 5th in the ATP singles ranking. He will be opening his Rafa Nadal Academy next year “It’s a very special project for me, through which I hope to convey everything that I have learned during my development as a person and as an athlete, as well as the experiences that I have gone through during my career as a tennis professional.” Rafa Nadal
Check out this video on the Rafa Nadal Academy
Chef Javs had 7 seconds with Nadal and so did every kid that was there 🙂
ABS CBN Coverage
Love the red stars at Glorietta Mall!!
I am sure they are even more beautiful at night when lighted
I visited the Kiddopreneur event. I have not been to it since 2012 when I first attended
Previous entry: Kiddo+preneur May 19, 2012
Jazzy Jars booth!! 6 little girls from Beacon – Complete with Daddies and Mommies! Yumi @kailim_ ?Carolina @inesdprieto ?Anju @incybautista @golfnich ? Mireille @tincmoreno @jlm72471 ? Willie and Clara. In 2 hours they were sold out already and they won the award for top sales!!! 
Busy busy at the Jazzy Jars booth 
Yayas are also busy packing all the orders 
One of my favourite booths. Briella Oreta selling caterpillars. I remember her from the very first Kiddopreneur event I went to and apparently she’s the daughter of the organizer. She’s so cute with her glasses. She’s not afraid she holds the caterpillars and puts them in the jars. She sells them for P200.00 and there was a time she was sold out and she sold 100 caterpillars
Cute cookie booth – Mikaela and Miguel 
Jill and Margie and their kids at the Hydration Nation booth
How creative can these kids be!!! 🙂 Buy a kit and get a free joke! 🙂
So nice to see daddies supporting their kids at Stella and Anita’s booth! Stella and Daddy Jason Ruperto and Anita and Daddy Yoohoo Villanueva. Love their products – Color gift wrappers , Xmas stickers, gift tags, coloring books and more! 
Christine Lee with her daughter selling different kinds of spreads. Their specialty is the oreo cookie spread which explains the oreo on their hairpiece 🙂
Ramona and Mommy Anna Chan selling Elixir for kids. Anti Monster spray and Sleepy Time spray
CUTE 🙂
Group photo of all the kids ! Wow! All the parents swarming to take photos!! 🙂 
Click below to go to their website for more info on how to join and when the next event is happening
Over the past year, Kumori Japanese Bakery has been touching the hearts of the Filipino market with its dedication to offering only natural, handmade, fresh, and quality Japanese bread, cakes and pastries. With a staunch commitment to freshness, Kumori assures its customers of the best quality products with its slogan: “It’s Japan Baked Daily.” Kumori uses only the finest ingredients from Japan, giving its bread unique flavors and textures.
Kumori is committed to having customers experience authentic Japanese tastes & baking ingenuity one bite at a time. And just as kumo means “cloud” in Japanese, Kumori invites everyone to “Bite into Clouds” as they indulge in the bakery’s wide selection of soft and fluffy bread and pastries.
This holiday season, Kumori invites everyone to celebrate a Wholesome Christmas with Kumori Japanese Bakery’s Christmas Squares! Freshly baked with the finest, high quality Japanese ingredients, these cookies come in an assortment of flavors—Original, Cinnamon, Green Tea and Chocolate. These deliciously light cookies are perfect as gifts for family and friends, to share in the merriest of Christmases with each bite into clouds.
Kumori Japanese Bakery is now baking in the Philippines at (2) two branch locations today! Visit Kumori at the Lower Ground Level of Landmark Makati and Lower Ground Level of SM Makati, and soon to open at The Block, SM North EDSA and SM Megamall. Break bread with Kumori on Facebook or Instagram via @kumoriph.
Last November, Gumamela friend Maritoni Tordesillas was in the Nutcracker
With her daughter Tessa and many other young ballerinas
Meantime in New York City, A Filipino American will be the Nutcracker in Lincoln Center this Christmas Season
Filipino American, Emil Kelso, 12, will play the role of the Prince/ Nutcracker in New York City Ballet’s Nutcracker in Lincoln Center in New York City in the this season.
Emil, whose mom Tricia Capistrano is an immigrant from the Philippines, is one of three boys selected to play the role of Nutcracker who turns into a Prince. There are three rotating casts for the ballet company’s 48 shows. The performances start on November 25 and end on January 3.
Emil has been going to the School of American Ballet for 6 years. He is currently in the Boys 3 class of the School of American Ballet where he attends a 90 minute ballet class four times a week. His teachers include former NYC Ballet soloist Arch Higgins and principal Jock Sotto. SAB and New York City Ballet were founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein.
Emil has been in the following New York City Ballet shows: Sleeping Beauty(2013), Swan Lake(2013, 2015), a member of the party scene in The Nutcracker (2013, 2014), and La Sylphide (2015). This is the first time he is playing the role of the Prince.
Emil and his parents Tricia Capistrano and Tony Kelso visit their relatives in the Philippines every other year.
Tickets are available here: http://www.nycballet.com/
Performance Date/ Time:
Friday, December 18 Sunday, December 20 (matinee)
Tuesday, December 22 Thursday, December 24 Sunday, December 27 (matinee)
Tuesday, December 29 (matinee) Wednesday, December 30 (evening)
Saturday, January 2 (evening)
Our table 
Unlimited Yum Cha P795.00 per person. You can order by the piece 🙂 Leftover is okay but no take home. 
This was our favourite among the fried! 🙂 Wanton sweet and sour
YUM all desserts!
Signature dessert – Chocolate Masachi ( chocolate glutinous rice dumpling) i
Right beside us were sweet couple Chef Jay Gamboa @chefjgamboa with Maja @keepsakes_majaqg. I’m spying on them 🙂
Lunch for the November birthday celebrants – BFF Det and Brenda 
Missing BFF Des Torres but she’s with us always in spirit
Christmas doesn’t always have to be a guilty feast lined with the most sinful of meals and regret of calorie-intake. SaladStop! makes sure you stay fit during the holidays and beyond with their passion to revolutionize the food scene by being the best option for healthy, fresh, delicious, and accessible meals at any time.
Started by the Desbaillets family in Singapore, the Philippines is the first international franchise. From the first outlet which opened at Central Square in December 2014, SaladStop! Philippines is growing to five stores strong this year. This December, the newest SaladStop! store will open at the Ground Floor of Glorietta 2, Ayala Center, Makati City. With the commitment to make eating healthy more accessible to more people, the Burgos Circle and Alabang areas are already lined up for next year!
And in keeping with all things fresh, SaladStop! has a fresh, new addition to its Signature selection. “Cheaper Than A Facial” consists of romaine lettuce, ripe mango, vermicelli, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, carrots and Thai Lemongrass dressing.
Get it tossed in a salad or snuggled together in a wrap. You can avail of this glow-promoting dish that consists of 421 kcal as a salad and 717 kcal as a wrap in all SaladStop! outlets starting December 1, 2015.
Specialty Food Retailers, Inc. (SFRI), a member of the SSI Group, Inc. is the official franchise holder of SaladStop! in the Philippines. SaladStop! is located at Central Square in Bonifacio Highstreet Central, Power Plant Mall, OPL building in C. Palanca St., Makati and Missouri St. in Greenhils.
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