Lifestyle & Features

Designer clothes, shoes, accessories, bags, and toys that were previously owned by top celebrities and their friends shall be sold, up to 80-percent off, at Caritas Manila’s first Celebrities and Friends Luxury Brands Sale at the Glorietta 5 Atrium, Ayala Center, Makati City on December 13 and 14 at 3 p.m.

Story and photos by Alvin I. Dacanay Krispy Kreme is marking its 10th year in the Philippines with the reopening of its flagship store at Bonifacio High Street in Bonifacio Global City and the addition of new items to its menu that, the leading doughnut brand said, testify to how it “continues to stay relevant and committed to its customers’ evolving …

What images come to mind when we hear the word “Christmas”? A child with eyes wide open, in awe of the sparkles that come with the season. Glitter everywhere, and stars twinkling in the vast night sky. A cup of hot cocoa on cold mornings while curling up beside a gigantic decorated tree. Let Makati Shangri-La turn these images into …

This month, Bonifacio Global City’s (BGC) streets come alive as countless retail and office buildings, all bedecked with red, glistening ribbons, transform into larger-than-life Christmas presents waiting to be unwrapped, while the main-avenue lamp posts and BGC buses are adorned with beaming bows that bring holiday cheer all over the city. 

To cap off its Visual Arts program for 2016, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) will mount a retrospective exhibit by renowned artist Danilo Dalena, titled Last Full Show, on the third and fourth floor galleries of the CCP on December 10 and will run until March 4, 2017. 

by Alvin I. Dacanay Last Thursday, Worldhotel Makati Inc. offered friends and select members of the media a preview of I’M Hotel, its five-star flagship property at the heart of Makati City that “aims to redefine the concept of luxury by removing dated and irrelevant excesses to focus on elements that deliver the highest levels of utility.”

When hunger strikes, you want something that’s completely satisfying, but you don’t want to be bothered with a thousand and one menu choices. At Eastwood Richmonde Hotel’s The Lounge, creating your own delectable meal set is not only easy, but also super affordable.

If you think you know Bonifacio Global City (BGC) only as a leading financial and commercial district, then prepare to rethink that, because its managers are set to present it as a rising center for culture and the arts when it holds the fifth BGC Passionfest—and opens its newly built arts complex— from November 25 to 27.

For the fourth time in its 51-year history, the University of the Philippines (UP) Press was named Publisher of the Year by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) after winning in a third of the 26 categories in the 35th National Book Awards.

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) celebrates the birth month of National Artist for Visual Arts Carlos “Botong” Francisco with the exhibit Homebound: A Survey of Recent Developments in Angono Contemporary Art, which opened at the Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco (Little Theater Lobby) on November 9 and will run until February 12, 2017.