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YOU can barely hear a breath, as you walk past the cubicles of publicists, publishers, and editors on the 4th floor of 375 Hudson, the office of Penguin Books.
"That’s because we’re all reading," said the modern, "Classics" editorial director with hip short hair, Elda Rotor.
From one of those readings came the fruition of the recognition of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal’s revolutionary novel, "Noli Me Tangere." After all, where else can you claim that a country’s ...
SAN FRANCISCO –Philippine Airlines has announced a yearlong celebration leading to its 70th anniversary in March 2011 by launching a series of promotional events throughout the year.
In a cocktail reception dubbed “Soaring into the Seventies,” the PAL office in San Francisco, led by PAL Chief Commercial Adviser Richard Miller and incoming Country Manager- Americas Joanne Sarmiento toasted the approaching milestone with the Bay Area’s leading personalities in government, ...
TOKYO - Nintendo has unveiled plans to launch a handheld 3D video game console that does not require special glasses, seeking to harness surging interest in images that appear to jump out of the screen.
The Japanese electronics giant, which competes with Sony and Microsoft in the multi-billion dollar video game industry, said the new machine, tentatively called the Nintendo 3DS, would be introduced some time by March next year.
The device will succeed Nintendo's DS series -- the best-selling p...
- Flower power
- Published: March 19, 2010 | Author: - - | Rate: 4
FOR a few days in February, Baguio becomes a city in full bloom.
Session Road, its premier street, becomes a promenade for flower carts and sidewalks cafes. Taking center stage are plants and every kind of flower there is: fresh, artifact, dried and fossilized. In addition, food, paintings, woodcarvings, musical instruments, handmade paper, handicrafts and other local products are also on display – and on sale.
In the evenings, promenaders, shoppers and diners are serenaded with concerts...
LOS ANGELES --- For the first time, two Filipino designers’ gowns were on parade at the Oscars red carpet.
Twilight” superstar Kristen Stewart stood out in a classy Monique Lhuillier navy blue satin gown. So did Susan Geston Bridges, the wife of Best Actor winner Jeff Bridges (“Crazy Heart”). She was in a stunning black hugger, also by Lhuillier
Although Oliver Tolentino did not make the Oscars Designers Challenge 2010 for up-and-coming designers, he felt like a winner ...
Photos by Oi Ling Hu.
NEW YORK -- Executive Chef Aris Tuazon hobnobbed from crowd to crowd during opening night of Krystal’s Café 81, the newest Filipino bar-restaurant in
the ever-changing landscape of East Village eateries.
Café 81 is the recent reincarnation of Krystal’s Café in Manhattan, which once was a Filipino Karaoke oasis on First Avenue before a Japanese noodle bar took over the
location.
Café ...
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NEW YORK – Late last year, design expert Jerry Sibal celebrated a milestone in his career. He launched his first book, “An Event to Remember: Designing Spectacular Special Occasions,” at the Cipriani Wall Street, a New York landmark
The coffee table book is a collection of Sibal’s designs, and what makes them a hit with Macy’s, “Architectural Digest,” and Celine Dion. Corporate clients include Citigroup, The New York ...
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