The Cutest Bazaar in The South

Feeling claustrophobic with all the big bazaars going on? Check out the Private Bazaar at Hillsborough Village today, and actually enjoy your shopping experience!

Catch The Grand Christmas Bazaar at The Bellevue on November 22

Don’t miss The Grand Christmas Bazaar from 9AM to 8PM, Saturday, November 22, where choice vendors from Manila’s best fashionistas and creative entrepreneurs will offer unique gift ideas, Christmas treasures and rare finds… not to mention yummy holiday delicacies and gastronomic creations that go perfectly with everyone’s Noche Buena Feast—all at bazaar bargain prices! For more details, see the full post.

Southbound goes Green

The Southbound crew unload some old monitors at the SM Waste Market—and discover how easy it is to do good by the environment!

Flower Power in BF Homes (and Alabang, too!)

Farah can’t wait to get flowers this Valentine’s Day, and so she shares some tips on where to score beautiful blooms.

Jars and More at Unique Finds

The quest for Sam Milby’s jars ends and Johanna’s artistic flair begins at a quaint roadside stall in Tagaytay as she stumbles across a “unique find” down South.

SM Waste Market Fair - Where your old appliances go to die ;)

Spring cleaning is good, but Christmas cleaning is better. This is the time of year when you discover all that odds and ends you’ve stored away over the past 12 months, as it comes crashing down over your heads when you unearth the Christmas tree with matching boxes of jumbled decorations and tangled lights. I’ve […]

Ruins Shopping - Real midnight madness

The nights are longer, the air is colder, our wallets are getting thinner and we, unfortunately, are not. Yep, Christmas is definitely around the corner. Ah, Christmas. The season of loving, of giving and, of course…shopping!

The Good Shepherd Bazaar (also known as the “Ruins”) in BF Homes has long earned its reputation as the little […]

St. James (Cuenca) Bazaar - More gift ideas from the Mother of All Bazaars

If you’re the type who has your Christmas list typed up in Excel and all your gifts wrapped and labeled by early November, then this announcement probably isn’t for you. Chances are, you’ve already gone out and bought everything at some yearlong tiangge, like our very own Ruins in BF. Most of us, however, are […]

The First Fashion Swap Meet Heads South!

Powered by its oozing sense and style, the FASHION SWAP MEET is shifting its gear, stepping on the gas, and heading South!
With Southbound.ph on its passenger seat and a trunk loaded with fashion treasures, a bigger and hipper event awaits you at the pitstop!
Start raiding your closets and join us at the Italia 500 Apartments […]

Trash into cash - SM Supermalls’ Waste Market

Most of my rainy days are spent at home doing, ehem, �home improvement.� This pretty much translates to cleaning my house by wading through years of accumulated stuff and throwing out all the kalat. Or at least that�s how it�s supposed to be, in theory. The reality is I end up surrounded by clouds of […]

The First Fashion Swap Meet in Manila!

If you’ve ever stood in front of your full closet, pressed for time, but with absolutely nothing to wear, like I have (many, many times!) then you should seriously consider trying out this new concept: a fashion swap meet. The idea is to take the clothes in your closet that you never seem to wear […]

Road Trip, Food Trip, Part 2 - No food this time, just flowers

Or, the further adventures of Hanzel Sleepyhead.
This is a belated Valentine’s post, delayed since we tried to get, er, more vivid pictures of the flowers at Tagaytay for your viewing pleasure. Hanz had some pictures, but unfortunately they were taken with a camera phone at 1 in the morning, so the flowers were less than […]

Narra Market - A great way to spend your Saturday mornings

Last week my sister and I went to the Narra Market for the first time. We’ve known about the Narra Market (and its siblings, the Salcedo Market, and previously the Legaspi Market) for a long time now, and we’ve always intended to go, but we never seemed to get around to it. I’d always find […]

Road Trip, Food Trip, Part 1 - Bulalo at Mahogany Market

Or, the adventures of Hanzel (gluttonos exploratus).
 

(Please forgive me again for the pictures. I still don’t have a decent digicam to take photos with. I’m still using my caveman age cam phone.)
I know it, I’m slacking off, I’m a bum, I have no work (until February, that is), and editor Betty is nagging me to […]