We don’t remember a time we saw people excited over stepping inside a newly delivered plane, as they were two Saturdays ago in Toulouse, France. Men get excited over cars, women salivate over new “it” bags. But planes?
If you want proof of how today’s generation is so empowered and deliberate in its life’s choices, you only have to look at how it chooses to do destination weddings.
Deadline time Monday night, I got a call from a New York number. I somehow instantly knew it was Anna Bayle.
Do something different if you’re in town this week. Visit the Metropolitan Museum and catch the last three days of the Elmer Borlongan exhibit—this Monday, Tuesday (open free to the public) and Wednesday.
People are talking about Korina Sanchez-Roxas’ “new” look and her billboard photo. By people, I mean not only women, but also men.
One of the things I looked forward to when I returned to work in Inquirer in 2008, after leaving ABS-CBN Publishing, was that, at last, I could again see Pitoy Moreno for lunch in his landmark of an atelier/residence on Malvar Street in Manila, just like in the late ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, when our office was in Port Area.
How do collectors, especially those of priceless art, let go? The more accurate question is—can they, do they ever?
Our history repeats itself much too much, so that you wonder if we must be truly enjoying this collective dementia.
I had an adrenaline rush covering the wedding of doctors Hayden Kho and Vicki Belo in Paris last week, filing stories online, for print, and posting on social media—several times a day. (It wasn’t easy to do all these in evening wear, but kitten heels do some service to lifestyle journalism—when you can’t get away with dressy sneakers.)
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.
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