Bambina Olivares celebrated birthday at Lanai, the sprawling garden gift shop of her dear pals Natalia Zobel, Bianca Zobel-Warns and Maria Parsons. The intimate dinner was hosted by Red Magazine editor Ria Prieto and Philippine Tatler editor Anton San Diego.
Luxury and simplicity go together in Inquirer RED Magazine’s August issue, with the theme “States of Grace” and Bianca Zobel Warns, Natalia Zobel and Maria Parsons on the cover.
The carved door opens to a floral-scented room, filled with European blooms on hardwood tables and dressers. Purple bulbs of...
It was early on a Sunday morning when I met up with my friend Owen Santos, a writer and a volunteer with the animal welfare group Compassion and Responsibility for Animals (CARA) Welfare Philippines, for a road trip. I was beyond excited; after four years, I was going to see the Laguna pit bulls again.
How do you keep going? It can be heartbreaking.” Nena Hernandez is talking about losing a dog, and she’s crying. “Sometimes we carry it, and we have to learn to let it go. A few days ago, we lost a dog here. The fact that he died free helps us, and that I was”—her voice cracks, and you can almost hear her heart shatter as well—“I was able to hold him and kiss him and say, ‘Sorry for what the humans did to you,’ and to show he was loved even if I didn’t know who he was.”
