Belle Means Beautiful

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It’s all about prints and maxi dresses this season! For summer 2011, Rustan’s Belle Mama shows you how you can recreate your pre-pregnancy look when you are expecting. Clothes were designed with the idea that you can maintain that pre-pregnancy stylish look and still be comfortable during the pregnancy. Belle Mama presents new designs for their maternity collection taking inspiration from the military and chic safari trend. Create a stylish capsule wardrobe and pick your favorite best selling maternity basics, tops, and dresses from their latest offering. You have something fabulous and flattering to wear whatever your style.

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Since its launch in 2010, Belle Mama has been a favorite among moms and moms-to-be. Whether they are showing off their belly bumps or their post-baby bodies, they have found versatile pieces that work with their existing wardrobes.

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Take your pick from dresses with fabulously flattering details to their latest must-have separates. Their maternity dresses are the easiest one-piece solutions for day or evening. Full length and fabulous, their figure-skimming maxi dresses ensure effortless style. Whether worn alone or layered with a draped cardigan, this is an effortless look perfect for the city or the beach. Whether you choose a mini or a maxi dress, every piece is designed to celebrate your pregnancy curves. Designed to complement your pregnancy curves, their dresses offer a flattering fit that is comfortable and looks effortlessly stylish.

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Their wrap dresses are also very popular since it is a forever-flattering look, perfect for everyday style

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 Every mom-to-be must stock on a few basic items that they can wear any day. Aside from the trendy pieces, Belle Mama offers basic tees to tank tops perfect to accommodate your growing belly.  Expect to find your new pregnancy favorites with their perfect-fit basics!

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Belle Mama’s range of essential clothing was made with your belly bump in mind. So if you’re pregnant, know someone who is, or plan to be, check out this season’s collection which is exclusively available at Rustan’s Makati, Edsa Shangri-La and Alabang Town Center.

 

 

Belle Mama  is designed by Hindy Weber-Tantoco and is exclusively available at Rustan’s Makati, Edsa Shangri-La and Alabang Town Center.

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Hide Yamamoto, Marina Bay Sands

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We finally arrived at our dinner venue….

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A sample of their 10-course meal 

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It was a beautiful place, we were so hungry as we had just arrived from the airport.  We had a reservation for 8:30 pm and they told us to be on time, we had to give credit card details in advance to guarantee our seating and we would have to pay $500.00 per person if we cancelled our reservation.  It was almost 9pm and they were still not sitting us and a group came in and were seated right away.  We were so upset, we complained to the manager, but then she was not so nice.   We asked to be served atleast drinks and appetizers as we were very hungry- she said she will give us cookies. Huh?  So we decided to just leave and maybe we should have charged them $ 500.00 per person since they didn’t seat us?

So we just walked out and looked for another place to eat and down the row was another Japanese restaurant

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You can choose whether you want Robatayaki, Sushi, Teppanyaki or Ramen.

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Robatayaki

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Teppanyaki

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Ramen- we sat in the Ramen place but they gave a menu that covered almost everything except for the teppanyaki.  We just wanted to eat, so we were happy they were accomodating at this place

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Chawan Mushi Black Truffle Flan, Shark Fin Broth

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Truffle Edamame

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Asparagus, Scarmoza Cheese, Wrap with Prosciutto, Spicy Tomato sauce

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Baby Kurobota Back Rib Black Sesame, Kochu-Jang Flavored rice Cake

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Baked Wagyu Gyoza 

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Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

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Our first stop as soon as we arrived was the new Marina Bay Sands since we were going to have dinner

We got down at the front of the Casino area

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and then passed through the shopping mall

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There are gondolas that can take you from one end to the other of the mall

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Towards the Restaurants by Celebrity Chefsmarina-sands-07.jpgmarina-sands-08.jpg

which is right on top of the Casino.  Photography is not allowed so I was only able to take the ceiling 🙂

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People looking down at the Casino

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Restaurants

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Beautiful view on the outside!!!

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And the hotel! Wow!!

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Click on the website for more information:

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Singapore City Tour

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Singapore is like the new Hong Kong for Filipinos.  Seems like it is a very popular family destination since Universal Studios opened.  To me, I like it, the place is clean, organized and very disciplined.  Though just like the Philippines, the weather is hot.  It was a good thing we took the city tour on a bus 🙂  We saw the whole city ( which is just as big as Subic Bay ) in half a day and we learned a lot from our tour guide. I always like doing this so I could get a feel of what there is to do and see and then from there choose specific places you would like to visit individually.  

Our first stop was the Botanical Gardens.  As they say, Singapore is the Garden City.  A city with many beautiful greens all over  

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If you love orchids, do not miss this 

Over 1000 species and 2,000 hybrids are now found in the Gardens’ collection, with about 600 species and hybrids on display.” 

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Go to website for more information ( click on photo below ):

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Though the bus was moving fast I took plenty shots of windows 🙂  French windows!! Love the ones with carvings and colors 

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Hindu temples 

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Indian Town 

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Our tour guide said that these places are good places to buy electronics at good prices, but of course it’s always good to bargain and still canvass before pricing just like anywhere else

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The famous Raffles Hotel, I always see it but have never been inside. One day…. 

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Feng Shui area – the bus took us around 3 times around this fountain for GOOD LUCK 🙂 got a bit dizzy…. and no we did not go to the casino after this 🙂 

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The Singapore Flyer 

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This is my favorite view for the moment -the bus took us to the Esplanade and outside it, you can see this view of the new Marina Sands 

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Up close 

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on the right is this view 

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more views from the bus 

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Chinatown 

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Clark Quay where you can choose from a wide variety of restaurants and dine and a very active night life with all the bars.  Not one type of cuisine is repeated 

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Click on photo below to go to website to find out more

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Hmmm…. inspired by Starck

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Beauty Queen Tutorial

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I love these tutorials!  I just like to laugh and laugh!  I needed extra laughing today so this is not a scheduled post but inserting it 🙂 Dedicating this to our friend, Gloria Diaz 🙂

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popularized by Mikey Bustos, in case you have not seen the Filipino Accent Tutorial

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Shifting Spaces

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Congratulations Rachelle and Winnie on your relocation!  Though i never saw your first store, this new location is beautiful!  Good luck and more power.  And to Risa Recio, good luck to you too. I personally like your art and hope to see more in the future  

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 Winnie Domingo and Rachelle Almario, beautiful owners of Pietro 

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 Pietro’s “Shifting Spaces” from the Shangri-la Mall to their new home in Makati  

Pietro’s new location in Makati—the La Fuerza Compound

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An evening of art and design— showcasing the paintings of artist Risa Recio 

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as interpreted in home settings by our designer friends Ivy and Cynthia Almario, Amina Aranaz-Alunan, Marion Coscolluela, Marites Magcase and Sophia Ojeda.

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 Come over to see many more items in the store

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Hurry and catch the ongoing sale now! 

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