People are talking about the forthcoming Paris wedding of Dr. Vicki Belo and Dr. Hayden Kho, not only because their storied 12-year romance has been like a teleserye fix for a country that’s addicted to soap, but perhaps also because people need a temporary respite from the political clatter. Sometimes we need escapist news to keep our sanity.
We ran into Margarita Fores the other night in her restaurant, Grace Park, and she seemed to be in high spirits, no matter that her name has been dragged into the Andy-Tisha Bautista scandal, just because she was—was—the girlfriend of Alvin Lim, the man being linked to Tisha. Margarita’s name is inevitably mentioned in the news (including fake news) stories and gossip columns. Collateral damage, some would say; press mileage, others would see it.
These days, Bea Zobel Jr. wakes up early morning to the chirping of birds and the sight of chickens roaming the garden.
How does a father raise the world’s most popular baby on Instagram? How do Dr. Hayden Kho and his soon-to-be wife Dr. Vicki Belo parent Scarlet Snow?
The versatile, eternally curious National Artist joins the ranks of Ross Lovegrove, Christian Lacroix and Marcel Wanders for the designer brand Moooi.
Apparently it’s now all right to post photos of the Manila House on social media—of the events and even with a bit of its interiors as backdrop.
At a time that feels so negative, when a mouth spewing expletives is the default image on TV, there’s a sliver of good news, a feel-proud moment for the Filipino.
“Wake me up after five years and nine months,” said someone over lunch, who was obviously keeping track of the political calendar.
I was an obedient student in college (also in high school and so on), so when my journalism teacher, Bibsy Carballo, told me to report to the newest and swankiest hotel in the country then, I did just that. No questions asked—when told to jump, my generation did, never asking why or where, but just how high, as they say.
If the “EJKs” are the bad news that just can’t be simply swept under the rug, the Zsa Zsa-Conrad love affair is some good news that people can’t seem to get enough of.
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