Back-To-School Midnight Madness Sale at Glorietta This Weekend!

Calendar this, dear readers! Glorietta is having a Back-to-School Midnight Madness Sale this coming Friday to Sunday, May 31 to June 2, 2013. 

Ayala Malls invited the SoMoms and SoDad to a sneak peek of what's going to be part of the sale via a game kind of like The Amazing Race.

We split up into teams and my partner was Cai of Paper Chic Studio!

We went around Glorietta to look for the best deals and documented our finds:

Keepsake/storage boxes at Papemelroti starting at Php59

Baby Couture diaper bag at 50% off, which now sells for Php549.88

Janylin flats with neon trims starting at Php399

Gingersnaps sandals for kids at 50% off, Php425 from Php849.75

Floral shorts from Kamiseta for Php799. Not on sale, but still a steal!

Basics for Kids Floral print dress at 50% off, Php272.50 from Php545

 

Aztec print sling bag at Payless, Php796 from Php995

Preppy belts for little boys from Spanish brand Mayoral, starting at Php485

Gorgeous dresses for little girls, also from Mayoral (not on sale but pretty though!)

Gingersnaps maternity dress, down to Php750 from Php999.75

Cute oversized shirt from Just G. I cannot remember the price but I remember this was a good deal!

These are just but a fraction of the treasures we found, and judging from what the other teams spotted, there's plenty to keep the school age kids, in fact, the entire family happy and ready to get back to school!

If you've got the time, and the cojones to join the mad rush for deals, thrills, and steals, check out the Glorietta Midnight Madness Sale this Friday to Sunday!

PS - Where did the summer go? I can't believe June is just 2 days away!!!

(Photos 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 15 taken by Tammy David) 

The Shoes of Creatives

It has been a while since I last did a post for my Shoe Series no? Well, I have girls lined up, its just that they are all mega busy! I was thinking of doing a spotlight on my shoes, but baka mabisto ni Dada.  Mahirap na. Ahihihi. 

So while I am thinking about featuring my shoes, I just thought I'd show you the shoes of the "Creatives" I have the pleasure of knowing. I just love being with them, it makes me feel well, creative and artsy too. Please rub off some of those creative juices on me so this blog will be more bongga!

Photographer BJ Pascual and his Margiela sneakers

Stylist Sydney Yap and his camo oxfords from Armani

Photographer Tammy David and her Melissa x Gareth Pugh flats

Oh, I haven't told you about UniqNo right? That's our code name for Unique Novelties! Lots of good finds, especially Christmas decorations. My cousin Alessa told me about this. So off I went with my friends Karrots and Paul last month. I got all my Christmas decorations for our tree there, winner!

We just had to pose with the purchases hahaha

Jeweler Paul Syjuco and his snakeskin embossed Pumas

Live Love Lolz host Karrots Nazareno in her Nike hi-top sneakers

Writer/Blogger Christine Dychiao, sige na, sali ako, and my Isabel Marant Betty hi-top sneakers

One thing's for sure here. No boring shoes in this post no!

Stanley Ruiz on The Radar

During the 80s and 90s, when I was growing up, it seemed like a flight of fancy to want to become a photographer, a writer or a designer. To middle class parents, it didn't make economic sense. The "arts" was for people who could afford to indulge in such "hobbies". I don't think it is a sweeping generalization to say that my generation was prodded to go into law, medicine or finance because these were seen as stable, "real" careers. During my time, if you wanted to be a make-up artist or a stylist, the adults would never take you seriously.

 

So of course, I love it when I hear, see or meet people from my generation who have made a name for themselves in the arts. They've thumbed their nose at convention and are so successful at it,  that they are recognized for doing so.

When my friend, jewelry artist Happy David told me about Brooklyn-based Pinoy Stanley Ruiz's feature in Surface Magazine's Avant Guardian issue for 2010, I knew she was on to something special. Here was this guy from the College of Fine Arts in UP Diliman, one of those "grungy, creative types" from the other side of the campus, featured in a New York magazine! Now, none of my doctor, lawyer or even US MBA educated friends have ever been in one, so this was like, "Darnit, told ya we're in the wrong industries!"

Stanley's Raw Clock, which was featured in Avant Guardian, incidentally, is sold exclusively online at Urban Outfitters, o diba!

Curious as to how a creative from UP Diliman found his way to Brooklyn (the place to be if you're an artist in New York), I interviewed Stanley about his work and his Brooklyn hot spots, for my first story for 2011 On the Radar.

(Photos in the article by Tammy David)

Enjoy and be inspired! Read HERE!