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Aug 19, 2024 | 
plus.inquirer.net | Cheche V. Moral |Pam Pastor
Property giant Megaworld welcomed Olympian Carlos Yulo back to the country with the three-bedroom condo in McKinley Hill that they promised as a reward after he won two gold medals in Paris. The P32-million, 100-square meter unit came fully furnished, with thoughtful touches like the framed front pages of newspapers featuring the gymnast’s historic feat and a coffee table that looks just like Yulo’s gold medals.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Lala Singian |Carl Martin Agustin |Cheche V. Moral |Sophia Berbano Concordia
A few days ago, Dr. Michael Martin Malabanan wrote an emotional piece on his Instagram after winning at the Fitness International Federation tilt held last week in Singapore. It was the radiation oncologist’s first time to compete in a bodybuilding competition, one that he trained for passionately for many months. Malabanan—or Doc Mike to this writer, a former patient—wrote that he was dedicating his win to his dad, who died from chronic alcoholism six years ago.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Sophia Berbano Concordia |Lala Singian |Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Cheche V. Moral
The Belgian fashion designer is officially retiring from his namesake label Dries Van Noten, legendary Belgian fashion designer and a member of the ‘Antwerp Six’ has officially announced his departure from his namesake label. Van Noten’s final show will be his Men’s Spring 2025 collection in June. A successor has yet to be announced.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Lala Singian |Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Cheche V. Moral |Pam Pastor
The abstract expressionist artist strives to create positive change in San Juan through her latest exhibit “Allure”Abstract expressionism is a breed of painting that confronts the viewer while reflecting the inner world of the painter. The complexities in paint mirror the complexities of the human experience.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Lala Singian |Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Cheche V. Moral |Pam Pastor
In their newest flagship showroom, Philux reimagines personalized furniture with intentional designWalking through the fourth level of the Mega Fashion Hall in SM Megamall, the warm light from the Philux showroom beckons passersby to take a look inside. Inspired by the “spirit of home,” the space is dressed in earthy hues and natural materials. Apart from earthy tones, arched mirrors light up the space, and accent walls in a Venetian plaster finish add an element of patina.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Cheche V. Moral |Pam Pastor |Alya B. Honasan
Celine Murillo turns over a P5 coin to reveal an embossed image of a Strongylodon macrobotrys, more commonly known as turquoise jade vine, jade vine or the local tayabak. In a short, digestible video, she proceeds to show and tell her followers and subscribers across various social media accounts (currently adding up to over 297,000) about this beautiful flowering plant that is endemic, not just native—and there’s a difference—to the Philippines.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Cheche V. Moral |Pam Pastor |Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Alya B. Honasan
If they were my mother or my father, how would I like to take care of them?”That’s what Sister Sandra da Silva reminds herself of daily as she performs her duties looking after the 82 grandmothers under her care at Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly, the San Juan City-based sanctuary for abandoned lolas. “We try to accomplish the words of our foundress: ‘to take care of their bodies in order to save their souls,’” she says.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Amadís Ma. Guerrero |Cheche V. Moral |Carl Martin Agustin |Lala Singian
In selected provinces across Luzon and the Visayas, Schools of Living Tradition (SLTs) have been established in the indigenous communities. In these schools, cultural masters train the young, called learners, to appreciate the way of life, the arts and crafts and the cultural traditions of their ancestors. The end in view is to make the youths proud of their heritage and to make them face the future conscious of their cultural identity.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Cheche V. Moral |Carl Martin Agustin |Lala Singian |Colleen Cosme
I started purging my closet for things I haven’t worn in a year, for donation, during the short Christmas break. I’m not even halfway done and now I have to make more room for gifts received during Christmas—many of which, quite frankly, just have no place in a limited condo living space. I don’t mean to sound ungracious and ungrateful, but I know I wouldn’t be alone in admitting we receive unwanted gifts at all times of the year, but especially during Christmas.
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Apr 9, 2023 | 
inquirersuper.com.ph | Cheche V. Moral
In Seoul, a parade of Korean Stars at Hermès Posted at 14:17h in Super K 0 Comments When I was talking to my colleague Ruth, our resident Hallyu expert and Inquirer Super K editor, about my upcoming trip to Seoul for the Hermès’ event called “Hermès Parade,” a global presentation of the French luxury house’s home collection, she asked that I please let her know if there would be Korean stars in attendance. Don’t get your hopes up, I warned her. I’ve covered many of Hermès’ major events abroad...
