Posts made in September, 2007

Espadrilles from Sara Lopez Jute Sole Collection

Espadrilles from Sara Lopez Jute Sole Collection

I once spotted espadrilles a few years ago as I went shopping with my 2 girls. The sight of these shoes evoked college memories such as dancing with it during dormitory parties. I egged my two daughters to get a pair. They didn’t want to buy them. Maybe at that time, the espadrilles design wasn’t too fashionable. Today, I can say that Espadrilles are definitely back in Manila....

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Nuvali by Ayala Land

Nuvali by Ayala Land

NUVALI is Ayala Land’s largest, master-planned regional hub in the Philippines. “It terms of size, it’s about 8 times the size of the Makati Central Business District, and is roughly an hour away from Makati. The development is well connected but is also the gateway to Region 4 — so we feel that its size and its location will really make NUVALI a metropolis that has strong regional...

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Toblerone & Manila Proclaims October 20 as National Thank You Day

Toblerone & Manila Proclaims October 20 as National Thank You Day

In a study conducted by Reader’s Digest, Metro Manila ranked among the least courteous cities in the world. An integral part of the test was to check whether the residents of a city constantly say “thank you”. This prompted Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim together with Vice Mayor Isko Moreno to take initiatives in declaring October 20 as National Thank You Day by signing a city ordinance at the...

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Philippine School of Interior Design Exhibit

Philippine School of Interior Design Exhibit

The Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID) Advanced Class of 2007 will mount its graduation exhibit dubbed as “Forty, Filipino, and Fabulous” (“F3”) on Sept. 29-Oct. 31, at the Paseo Center, Paseo de Roxas cor. Sedeno st., Salcedo Village, Makati City. Today, I took part of the press preview of all the 19 exhibits. It was a fantastic adventure seeing all the talents of these...

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Philippine Celebrities Speak their Mind through David & Goliath

Philippine Celebrities Speak their Mind through David & Goliath

Born in unassuming simplicity, the T-shirt has since been exalted to the heights of fashion. It has been cropped, ripped, dyed, printed or otherwise left to bask in plain perfection, but through it all, it has always been a medium for putting forth ideas. In this spirit of fashionable candor and stylish wit, David & Goliath—the international cult brand known for transforming the...

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David & Goliath: The Perfect Tee Shirt

David  &  Goliath: The Perfect Tee Shirt

Call it an extension of your thoughts, an expression of personal humor, a wearable representation of your wit—because for cult clothing brand David & Goliath, the medium is indeed the message. There’s no need to speak. Whether you have gut-wrenchingly deep opinions about boys, or an affinity for sardonic, mildly scandalous jokes, your t-shirt can now be the broad, fashionable canvas...

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Popular Online Bargain Shopping Sites

Smart online shoppers know that there can be a wide divergence in price between the same products from one e-tailer to the next, so in order to obtain the best deal you need to know where the bargains are. To that end, we here at eBizMBA have provide you with the Top 20 Most Popular Sites for Bargain Hunters ranked by a combination of Inbound Links, Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank, and U.S. traffic...

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Royal Elastics in Manila

Royal Elastics in Manila

I am not a shoe freak and often get lazy to buy new pairs of shoes. So when Alma Buenviaje of Geiser Maclang dragged Jayvee, Juned and myself to the Royal Elastics branch in SM Mall of Asia, I relented. I was curious to see this new trendy casual footwear to hit Manila. Combining equal parts of vintage-athletic cool and haute couture runway style, they changed the perception of how sneakers...

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Royal Elastics: Sneaker Royalty

Royal Elastics: Sneaker Royalty

Eleven years ago, the 1 billion dollar slip-on sneaker industry did not exist—until Royal Elastics made their first shoe. The brainchild of Australian skateboarders Tull Price and Rodney Adler, Royal Elastics was created after the two replaced laces with a simple and innovative in-built panel closure system to avoid tripping on their laces while performing tricks on their board. The idea was...

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Bridesmaid Dresses and Gown for the Wedding

Entry moved to Bridesmaid’s Dresses in our new wedding blog.

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