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Sunny with a Kiss of Cool // 10 Reasons We Love Brooklyn

Posted by Arlu on Dec 8, 2012 in Art, Books, Culture, Fashion, Featured, Food, Shopping, Thought Bubbles, Travel | 0 comments

Join us for a fun stroll around Williamsburg in Brooklyn, as we give you our top ten reasons why it continues to be one of our favorite neighborhoods in NYC. Oh, and keep your eyes open for a celebrity sighting. You never know… (wink)

Up Close and Personal with Salman Rushdie

Posted by Arlu on Nov 24, 2012 in Books, Culture, Featured, Thought Bubbles | 0 comments

I jumped at the chance to attend the launch of Salman Rushdie‘s latest book, Joseph Anton: A Memoir, at the Powerhouse Arena, which happened to coincide with our visit to New York City a few weeks back.

Warhol, Warhol Everywhere // Boppin’ around NYC’s Met Museum

Posted by Arlu on Nov 11, 2012 in Art, Culture, Featured, Thought Bubbles, Travel | 0 comments

I was practically in tears — happy tears, of course — when I realized that the Metropolitan Museum‘s latest Warhol exhibition would be opening the same week we got to New York. Imagine, to be in my most favorite city in the world during my favorite time of the year, and spend an afternoon with my favorite artists… It makes me so happy to finally be able to share these photos from that splendid afternoon in New York.

Lunch with the Jukebox King (Or So We Thought)

Posted by Arlu on Aug 31, 2012 in Culture, Featured, Food, Thought Bubbles, Travel | 4 comments

I don’t think I’ve ever expressed publicly how much I love soup. It’s one of those things that have a high likelihood of “hitting the spot” with me, just like any song by Wilson Phillips or two-for-one frozen margaritas by the beach.

Our Surprise Encounter with BenCab

Posted by Arlu on Aug 16, 2012 in Art, Culture, Featured, Thought Bubbles, Travel | 4 comments

We are thrilled to present Part Two of our blog post from the BenCab museum in Baguio — This time, we invite you to feast your eyes on the delicious masterpieces by BenCab himself, then join us for a little shopping at the museum gift shop, where, apparently, destiny had a most wonderful surprise waiting for us.

Cheekbones and Silhouettes // An Afternoon at the BenCab Museum (Part 1)

Posted by Arlu on Aug 7, 2012 in Art, Culture, Featured, Thought Bubbles, Travel | 1 comment

We were ecstatic to finally be visiting the BenCab museum in Baguio, as we have heard so many good things about it. In fact, it would always come up in conversations with friends as one of the “must visits” in the City of Pines, and was right up there with Camp John Hay, Cafe By the Ruins, and of course, the Good Shepherd Convent, home of the best ube (purple yam) jam in the country.