A Cultural Celebration up North - Sitio Remedios is situated on more than 18,000 sq m of land in Barangay Victoria, Currimao, facing the placid South China Sea in Ilocos Norte, near the northwest »

Bangkok's Best of Both Worlds - In this City of Angels, you can learn to cook Thai cuisine, or just sit back and enjoy some excellent Italian appetizers. For a moment there, it seemed as »

Bohol and bounty - To travel through Bohol is to experience a new world. It means exploring areas teeming with rich biodiversity unlike any other in the country. The island »

Floral fiesta - Pictorial  »

Have Baby, Will Eat - My definition of a life well lived is eating well. There have been times when I've had two lunches because the first one didn't work out. Now, having »

Heart & Angelica: Hongkong high - Pictorial  »

Honeymoon adventure - Once engaged, and word gets out of your upcoming wedding, most people you meet will be asking about the wedding -- when, where, what theme? Then, after six »

Island bride - The blue sea, the powdery sand, the swaying palm trees -- what more perfect setting is there for these exquisite bridal gowns? With Venus, the Goddess of Love and »

Long haulers - Mt. Halcon will put you to hard work as much as any self-respecting warden would a chain gang, and your feet would definitely bear much of the burden. »

Macau: east of Portugal, south of China - It speaks much of what Macau was in the past that its World Heritage sites include both temples and churches, fortresses and squares, barracks and mansions. It »

Memories of Morocco - For years, Maritess Tantoco has been a traveling spirit. In her 20 years as a buyer for Rustan's, her work has taken her to every corner of the »

One Guide, One Halo-Halo - It all started with a Time magazine cover story dated May 22, 2006: "The Best of Asia," filled with lovely Afghan landscapes and Thai tigers. I leafed »

Pieces of Paradise - For those with a yen for the unhurried, relaxed pace of the countryside, but who aren't willing to let go of the conveniences of city life , there's »

Ripping through treasure - MENTION "The Washing Machine" of Verde Island, and see the glint of excitement that appears in the eyes of rabid divers. That's a nickname they have for Nalayag »

Singapore For Him - This year's Singapore Fashion Festival was an action-packed 10-day event at Ngee Ann City along Orchard Road. We say action-packed because the ramp had all kinds of beautiful »

Spirit of the times - Unlike Sito Remedios' Dr. Joven Cuanang, well-known fashion designer Lito Perez is not from Ilocos, but he has become so smitten with Vigan that he now plays an »

Stoked in La Union - Surfing is one sport I thought was beyond me. It was not for lack of desire, but rather ignorance of Philippine geography. For one, I never thought there were »

Sun, Sea, Sand -- and Shops - SITTING under the wings of Juan Elizalde's Mongkok Restaurant in the shadow of a Star City import, I chewed on this thought (and on some delectable dimsum dipped »

The Revillas in La-La Land - Pictorial  »

The ultimate wedding by the sea - At El Nido, the perfect seaside ceremony and reception are possible, with a host of other romantic touches More than a sunset wedding on the beach, Ricardo 'Ricky? Barba »

Touching heaven - Near the bridge connecting Panglao Island to the Bohol mainland stands one of the province's best-preserved and most beautiful structures. Set in one of Bohol's oldest and most »

Twice as lovely and loved - Lucky is the lady who gets to marry the man of her dreams twice. For former model and Studio 23 VJ Audrey Tan, the double date before the »

World wildlife fund - If a week's worth of mosquito bites, seasickness and instant cup noodle nirvana is your idea of great fun -- then you should be giving World Wildlife Fund »