BEING an only child with overprotective parents, I grew up using “No” as my default answer to everything. Let’s go outside and play in the rain? No. Let’s ride a boat to the deep part of the…
I HAVE come to the sad conclusion that the species called ‘gentleman’ is slowly becoming a thing of the past. There are a lot of nice guys, yes, and they can be funny, attractive, smart, interesting or…
I LOVE movies and I love fashion. So when these two collide, the result to me is truly an exhilarating experience. There used to be a time (before Google and cellphones) where, as an eight-year-old girl, I’d…
MID-KIKAY conversation with friends, someone piped up that the only reason anybody is ugly these days is that they’re lazy. I couldn’t help but laugh – how true indeed. There’s a solution out there for every malady,…
IT’S OFFICIALLY the first day of summer in the US and several countries in Europe. That means, of course, that store racks are about to get a total overhaul of new loot for us to lust over!…
MY FRIENDS and I have the most interesting, random conversations. In about an hour, topics covered can range from the lack of infrastructure to support tourism in the country, why Mystique became the heroine of “X-Men: Apocalypse,”…
“WHY are you single?” I never really know how to answer that question. Sometimes, it is asked with simple curiosity, sometimes with disbelief (maybe you’re too choosy), sometimes with suspicion (there must be something wrong with you),…
IN THE news the other day, it was reported that the heat index experienced in the country hit 52 degrees. That’s worse than a raging fever or a heated bikram yoga studio. And yes, while we whine…
SUFFICE it to say I am not, nor have I ever been, nor did I ever want to become, an outdoorsy person. My life has been happily and comfortably spent mostly in the confines of my house,…
Holi WHAT makes an “It Girl”? I’ve thought about that question so many times and still can’t find a perfect answer. We’ve seen the likes of Kate Moss, Liv Tyler and Winona Ryder of the ‘90s; Angelina…
I WOULD like to start off the year by telling you about my biggest and best adventure of 2015. I decided to make my dreams come true and finally visit New York City. It was always a…
I’M back from the Big Apple and crashed right into the holiday madness in the Philippines — land of the 10,000 Christmas parties, with matching gift exchanges, out-of-this world traffic jams, sudden typhoons, and a major, major…
