Just one more sleep and its Christmas Eve! Theres something about a whole lot of glitter that gets me in the holiday mood. I wonder if Santa has me on his nice list this year ... wouldnt be nice...
Still chipping away at your Christmas list? I got a headstart on my shopping this year and did an online shopping blitz a week ago so I finally have a relaxed lead-up to Christmas. But I know what it...
Currently salivating over these adorable, albeit slightly impractical, items in the massive Kate Spade sale going on in Gilt right now. Sequined duffel bag, anyone? If you havent signed up for Gilt y...
How gorgeous are the Fanning sisters on W Magazines December issue? Forget Christmas trees and sprightly elves ... nothing puts me in a holiday mood like a glitzy magazine cover!
The Hunter boots sale just started on Gilt! How fast can you click? If youve been hiding under a rock and havent signed up for Gilt yet, click here to join.
Having been raised by a faithfully mustachioed man, Ive always been quite amused by the stuff. It takes commitment to grow a stache—just ask my dad who, for all of my 30 years on earth, has been utte...
Im so in love with this Tom Ford window display at Bergdorf Goodman right now. It is an outrageously decadent portrait of delicious exhaustion. Thats just what Im feeling right now after a jam...
Ever since I saw Viv at Ish & Chis lovely pink tips, Ive had pink hair on the brain. It could never work for me because a) pink hair doesnt fly in a conservative workplace and b) I would look lik...
It took superhuman self-control but I managed to clear out of the Target website with just two things: the sleeveless shift dress on the left below and those cute printed shorts on the right. My ship...
During my visit to Manila last month, I had the pleasure of paying a visit to Elberts Steak Room, an elegant establishment tucked in a nondescript building in Salcedo Village. Finding the place prove...
As a passionate and unabashed carnivore, Im ashamed that it wasnt until April that I finally dug into The Breslins meaty menu. Liza Ilarde was in town so we rounded up some former MEGA girls for a ge...
Im not usually big on Halloween sweets but I gotta say, these spooky cupcakes that my roommate Mitch brought back from Les Glaceurs in Montreal were a pretty great treat! Our dessert crazy friend Bad...
I may be a little bit obsessed with Halloween right now. Just a little. Last year I did some marathon Halloween partying; this year, were making the party come to us. The lovely roomies and I are in ...
I am just loving this campaign, which puts together two things that I love: shoes and the city of New York! While I normally eschew shopping for traveling and eating well, a change in season inevitab...
As big of a glutton as I am, I would not normally be raring to get out of bed on a rainy Sunday. But I do love my friends so I pulled on those wellies and trekked to Soho for our burger brunch date a...
Oh beer, how I love thee. Let me count the ways. I am one of those people who, at the end of a long and tough day, finds solace in an ice cold brewsky. After running 26.2 miles over the course of 5 h...
I love dimsum. I love the mayhem of it: the little Chinese ladies pushing around metal carts loaded with dumpling- and bun-filled bamboo steamers; the aggressive and usually elderly women who accost ...
I find that a very well-made cocktail c an be as satisfying as a delicious meal. So when I read about the first ever NYC Cocktail Week going on from June 15-29, I was beyond e...
One of the things that makes summer exciting: the profusion of bright and shiny new summer cocktail menus. As taken as I am with winter-perfect concoctions involving whiskey, egg and spices...
When we were young, a food hall (or food court, as we call them in the Philippines) was akin to a culinary Switzerland—a place where my parents could take all the kids with dissimilar cravings and fe...
Its been brought to my attention that people who work in kitchens generally loathe brunch. Ive been on the receiving end of a disapproving "Oh, youre one of those people" comments followed up...
The weather has been gray and gloomy in New York lately and its making me crave color. So Im really digging these chic separates by I Heart Matilda that come in invigorating, poppy hues. Sadly (for m...
Have you ever been faced with so many good food choices that your brain shut down and you ended up eating Cheetos for dinner? Yeah, me neither. But I did come pretty close to it Thursday night when I...
One of the most used items in my closet is the humble canvas shopping bag. I love using them for everything from toting groceries to my Spanish workbooks. During my last whirlwind Cali-Philippines-Ho...
"Without the bitter, baby, the sweet aint as sweet." - Vanilla SkyA few months ago, Zoe, Amanda and I went on a quest to get chummy with bitters. During olden times, these alcoholic herbal in...
It took some time before I felt comfortable wearing red lipstick. As a ballet dancer for many years, I thought of red lips as stage makeup and found it weird to wear it out in the "real world....
Hi, my name is Celine and Im a group discount addict. Im supposed to be on a spending freeze but I can never resist a good deal—especially when it comes to classes that I take or have been wanting to...
"Youre the only girl I know wholl order fried chicken for brunch," Monica said as she watched me tear into my plate of fried chicken smothered in pepper gravy at Millers Tavern. "Its frie...
Arthurs Tavern, you sneaky sonofab*tch. You hit me in my weak spot. I had a firm strategy in place when I was perusing the menu: Order a glass of cabernet sauvignon to go with the 24-ounce steak. No ...
A little bird named Avery shared some exciting shopping news with me today. To celebrate 5 years of bringing designer aesthetics to the masses, Target is re-releasing 34 of its most popular GO Intern...
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