The Manila Polo Club (MPC) was the place to see and be seen when that über-classy yet comfy Italian luxury sportswear brand, Paul & Shark, no less, dahlings, officially launched its prestigious brand.
A certain mountaintop in the Visayas might still be a patch of wild terrain today if Michel Lhuillier had followed a divergent career path in his youth. “He wanted to become a farmer when he graduated from De La Salle (University),” revealed his wife, Dr. Amparito Llamas Lhuillier, the light-heartedness evident in her voice as she shared the fond memory. Instead, his dream of a pastoral life was deferred for a few decades while he pursued a more lucrative trajectory in jewelry and finance. Now, after raising their family and building a business empire together, the indefatigable couple is enjoying that long-awaited bucolic lifestyle in the hills high above Cebu.
Amigos de España en Cebu held a special meeting at Salon Barcelona of the Casino Español de Cebu. It served as an advance birthday celebration for Amparito Llamas Lhuillier, the group’s president emeritus.
It was a lively dinner dance held at Jazz ’n Bluz to mark the birthday of Arcadio “Dodong” Alegrado, erstwhile honorary consul general of Austria. The place is noted for its excellent band, which nightly attracts Cebu’s dancing-est denizens.
It may be too early to say, but it is most likely that the Wedding of 2014 in the country was the one held in Cebu, not in Manila. It was the golden wedding celebration of Michel and Amparito Lhuillier which was not only most talked about, but also drew a good select crowd from both Cebu and Manila.
Martina “Beling” Go Ching Hai, prominent civic leader, turned 87 and there was a grand celebration at the ballroom of the Radisson Blu Hotel. Hosting were her children, their spouses and grandchildren:
The Cebu chapter of La Chaine des Rotisseurs held a fellowship dinner at Anzani’s in Nivel Hills. Marco Anzani and his wife Kate Dychangco Anzani dubbed it “Ferragosto Gastronomic Tour of Italy.” It scored high among the 75 gourmets and gourmands who filled the place.
Monique Lhuillier is poised to open stores in Hong Kong and Manila.
Cebu jeweler Amparito Lhuillier watched proudly as her daughter Monique’s water-inspired collection passed as if in a carousel before her eyes.
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