Lifestyle & Features

Cafe de Chinatown, the premier all-day dining outlet of Hotel Lucky Chinatown is set to welcome guests with a redefined spread of epicurean fetes and elevated gastronomic journey adhering to stringent safety procedures starting May 21, 2022.  The much-anticipated reopening of the outlet was masterfully prepared by Cafe de Chinatown’s culinary team with innovative edible masterpieces. Its new ala carte …

Approximately 70% of people worldwide identify as having sensitive skin, and sensitive skin continues to be a rising complaint that Dermatologists are registering from their patients. Environmental factors, lifestyles, and genetics all play a part in developing sensitive skin, but patients generally present weakened skin barriers, dryness, roughness, irritations, and tightness. The commonness of sensitive skin has prompted research into …

By Ibarra C. Mateo In full force, after more than two years of being closed due to the Covid19 pandemic, the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ board of trustees, senior executive officials, and employees welcomed the local media on May 4 to announce the CCP’s re-opening to the public soon.  “For the past two years, the CCP venues were shut …

By GEM SUGUITAN Every child has a mother. It could be the biological one, or somebody else who took the role of nurturing the vulnerable little tot until the child is ready to live on his or her own. With the evolving role of motherhood, even single fathers can be mothers, too!  Mothers do everything for the child to have …

Dry season and super hot? Siete Colores got you covered.  Anahaw fan-making is one of the oldest home industries in Lopez, Quezon. The forests of the town are replete with anahaw plant Levistonia Rotundifolia or Saribus rotundifolius which are made into different products, abaniko or anahaw fans among the major ones. More than 56 of the 95 barangays in the …

How well do you know Tagalog words? While it is true that it is the basis for having a national language and some Filipinos have it actually spoken at home, even Tagalog-speaking provinces have its own dialects which make it difficult for one word to be understood in another place.  Learn some “new” words which actually belong to the old …

The pandemic gave the word “staycation” a different meaning because we were all locked down in our own homes. With restrictions easing up, however, we can once again experience a staycation like it was before–a quick vacation without needing to leave the Metro. And with Discovery’s “Happy Summer” campaign, our dream luxury staycations are, quite literally, within reach.  Discovery Suites …

Spruce up your wardrobe this summer in a fun and unique way! Learn Shoes & Bag Acrylic Painting at Sunshine Place on Saturday, March 19, 2022 from 9:00 am-12:00 noon.  The Wearable Art workshop will be conducted by Beth Robles of Playcrafts Ph. She will guide participants through painting their own shoes and bags. The results are truly stunning and …

By Gem Suguitan What is so interesting in fashion at the time of pandemic? 2022 may be a year when people are hopeful that the present public health situation will already ease up or at least they will learn to adapt, learning to live with covid-19 around, but for some who are still working from home, what has changed when …

NU’s Ar. Shaunn Remzzo T. Blanco, led the 1370 (out of 2205) board passers, taking the  top spot with an overall rating of 83.50% in the January 2022 Architect Licensure  Examination.  A son of a registered nurse and an architect, Shaunn dreamt to be an architect since he  was young, “When I was a child, I (only) wanted to build …