The story goes that, at a business function, the conversation turned to food. Somebody said his wife was tired of planning meals, so she just cooks by the bulk. What the family can’t finish is put in the ref in Tupperware containers.

Many Filipino families, of course, have relied on Tupperware for storing their food.

Recently, some 500 dealers and managers of the renowned brand wore their most elegant gowns and barong for Tupperware Brands Philippines’ annual National Management Conference at Manila Hotel.

Tupperware Brands Corp. chair and CEO Rick Goings flew in from Florida with his blonde, eye-catcher wife Susan for the occasion, dahlings.

Some of the segments in the three-day event included an “Elite Dinner” honoring the best in personal and group sales, recruiting, and area penetration; the “Success Business Seminar” presided by Goings; the “Roster of the Millionaires Night”; and the “Awarding Day” for the best executives, distributors, managers, channel and group of the year.

“The 2013 Tupperware Brands National Management Conference is a great way to celebrate our achievements, reward the inspiring members of our family, and set goals for the future, where we ensure that Tupperware is changing people’s lives for the better,” said Perry Mogar, Tupperware Brands Philippines managing director.

For his part, Goings said, “Tupperware Brands has thrived all these years because of its commitment to quality, innovation and dynamic selling methods. I would like to instill the importance of these values among each employee, so that Tupperware remains one of the world’s most admired brands.”

Singers Rachelle Ann Go, Ogie Alcasid and Rachel Alejandro serenaded the honorees led by “Pride of the Nation” Jenie Lepiten of Cebu City and “Breakthrough Millionaire” Catherine Ferrer-San Vicente.

Other celebrities who graced the affair were Tupperware Brands endorsers Maja Salvador, Sam Milby, Dimples Romana and Marvin Agustin.

Yummy comfort food

It was so much fun and totally different for moi to have indulged on yummy comfort food for a change, palangga.

It happened at 2nd’s Restaurant (2/F Quadrant 3, Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig), whose great-tasting food and new cocktails were enhanced by a lively ambiance of upbeat music and a mix of familiar and new faces which made us stay way past 1 a.m., dahlings.

Some of the menu items we found enticing were Bacon Chicharon, Truffled Three-Cheese Mac and 2nd’s famous Bistek Tagalog.

There were more entrées we munched on during the restaurant’s launch, where we spotted Tessa Prieto-Valdes, Vicki Belo, Gina Tabuena-Godinez, Menchu Gonzales-Mantecon, her brother RV Gonzales, Rhian Ramos, KC Montero, members of the Philippine Volcanoes, Fila Philippines’ Cris and Butch Albert with son BJ.

“The menu served tonight was restricted to the bestsellers and new dishes, which used to be our specials available for a limited time and were missed by our customers,” explained BJ who co-owns 2nd’s with Indy Villalon and the Tabuena family.

For more info on 2nd’s Restaurant, visit www.backfor2nds.com, Facebook page facebook.com/backfor2nds, and Twitter @backfor2nds. Call tel. no. 8465293.

Passionate artists

“Appassionata” was the title of a group exhibit by five women artists, Rosario Bitanga, Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, Lenore RS Lim, Susan Fetalvero-Roces and Marivic Rufino, at Altro Mondo Gallery, Greenbelt 5, Makati City.

The artists, who have all participated in international exhibitions, revealed diverse styles in their paintings and sculptures, dahlings.

When I asked the stylish and talented Marivic to elaborate on the exhibit and the subject of passion, she said: “Our artworks provoke and amaze the viewer with a thrill.”

Curated by Deanna Ongpin-Recto, the show had art critic Cid Reyes calling it the artists “own tempest of creation.”

Among the guests of honor at the exhibit’s launch were Napoleon V. Abueva, Arturo Luz and Virgilio S. Almario, National Artists for Sculpture, Visual Arts and Literature, respectively.