Category: Marketing & Public Relations
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Watching the Squirrels: Sanny Leviste’s photos of Lorna’s squirrel basking in the sunshine
In my one my blog entries, I talked about the joys of taking a gratitude break through squirrel-watching. Shortly after I wrote the posting, I badgered Sanny Leviste of Visual Moment.com, a friend of many talents especially in environmentally-sustainable advocacies, to find the photos that I had requested him to take of a squirrel. He…
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Marylou “Dada” Tan’s Food Review: Red Lantern in Redwood City
I wonder when Dada will set up a food blog. I enjoy her food reviews! Red Lantern 808 Winslow St Redwood City, CA 94063 (650) 369-5483 www.RedLanternRWC.com 8) November 18, 2007 Last Wednesday, my family and I wanted to check out this newly opened Asian fusion restaurant in Redwood City. The former government building has…
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Marylou “Dada” Tan: Treat Ice-Cream at Scoops Ice-Cream Shop
Well, I love ice-cream! Here’s something that Dada emailed me sometime ago. Scoops Ice Cream Shop 784 Laurel Street San Carlos, CA 94070 (650) 593-8577 8) August 20, 2006 Hello Everyone! This was sent to me by my friend, Gerry Socco few days ago. I’ve never heard of Treat Ice Cream until last weekend when…
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September’s Fashion Week in New York: What’s New with Monique Lhuillier, the Filipina Designer?
9-11 in New York was rainy and damp — yet the fashionistas had a field day! A Filipina designer, Monique Lhuillier, showed off her Spring Collection at Bryant Park on Fifth Avenue. Her parents, especially my role model (with a warm, welcoming personality and down-to-earth aura to complement her business ventures and philanthropic advocacies) Amparito…
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A Pre-Convention Dinner with Friends of UP Foundation in America (FUPFA)
Today is September 1, 2007. This is written before I go and register for the UPAAA General Assembly & Pre-Centennial Celebration. Date of Dinner: Friday, August 31, 2007 Time: 5:30 p.m. Place: Belden Taverna, 2nd floor at 52 Belden Alley, located at the cusp of San Francisco’s Financial District and Chinatown During the past year,…
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Filipina Travel Blog: Carol Lim Dayonot’s Magnificent Adventure in the Philippines
Who better than a Filipina American friend to tell us her story — for first timers, vacationers, eco-tourism aficionados, or homesick travellers to the Philippines? When I received Carol’s e-mail a few months ago, I was so fascinated by her “talk story” that I just had to ask if I could feature her e-mail as…
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The Power of Blogging in the Filipina Blogosphere: The Aftermath of Malu Fernandez’s Comments about OFWs
August 26, 2007 This morning, I received an e-mail from one of my friends in the Filipina Women’s Network 2006 Future Search Summit google group about the Malu Fernandez fiasco. I decided to write a blog entry a week after the Pinoy blogosphere rocked cyberspace with the story. This is because I wanted to find…
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For Wanna-Be Investigators: Did some of mainstream TV media fake the 9-11 videos?
This posting is for the Sherlock Holmes-type friends in my
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Arkiteknik, The Reality: October 21, 2012
Wow! As a Filipina creative writer, I don’t get to appreciate my own work until many, many years later. A serendipitous meeting with Florence Mendoza in Los Angeles — through the kind introduction of Marivic Anonuevo of Ayala Land Inc. during our first-ever Ayala Land roadshow in 1999 — resulted in a profound connection with…