Job: Interior designer and property developer, Maria Luisa Homes
Live: Cebu
Happiness: My Family
Brunch: Sitting in my boat, moored in front of a beautiful island, eating an all out Filipino breakfast!
Drink: Fresh coconut juice, a really cold beer on a hot day, sharing a glass of excellent wine with my Dad.
Eat: Peoples Palace - Manila, Hong Kong Country Club for Chinese food, and Lechon, especially Cebuano Lechon.
Escape: Amanpulo – I never tire of that island.
Read: Design books published by Beta-plus, Cookbooks-always in the hope that I will be a good cook one day, Meditations - Marcus Aurelius, Elle Décor, Architectural digest
Listen: Lounge, Bossa nova, House
Watch: I love all the James Bond movies (always wanted to be a Bond Girl), hate reality shows, and never pass up a Miss Universe contest or a Manny Pacquiao fight.
Indulge: Day dreaming, dark chocolate, and shoes, shoes, shoes!
Shop: Lane Crawford, Hong Kong, Barneys and Saks, Los Angeles. Billion dollar babes
Fashion: Monique Lhuillier, Rose Anne de Pampelonne, Herve Leger.
Aspire: To be loved and revered, like both my grandmothers.
Charity: Cebu Hope Center for girls and Don Bosco Boys home. Cebu Design Education Foundation.
Dream: To design a dream house that is beautiful and eco friendly and an inspiration for others to do the same.
Accessory: I love every single Rafe bag that I own. From my hippie fringe cross body, to my python metallic clutch and most recently the mother of pearl minaudiere ( I'm holding it in the photo) which he named after me! They all update my wardrobe and give my outfits that extra Wow factor.
P.S. The Maryanne minaudiere is sold out online but can be bought at these specialty stores.
Garmany in Red Bank, New Jersey, telephone (732) 576-8500
Menina in Westfield, New Jersey, telephone (908) 654 0358
