One of the best weekends (in Manila) ever!

Spent a fantabulous weekend with R. I'm glad he came home. I wish there will be more pleasant surprises like this in the future. *hint* *hint*

Happiness.

Sharing photos of our fun weekend:

We had our late lunch at Apartment 1B. By late - as in 1:30pm so we were both starved! It's good that the resto is a stone's throw away from Fraser Place - our new favorite service apartment.

Starting my day at Apartment 1B with brewed coffee.
It's good!

Crabcakes for appetizer. R. can't resist ordering it!

Apartmenr 1B's version of corn soup. It's very tasty - but I still prefer
Mandarin Oriental Deli's creamy corn soup. I kinda miss that.

R. tasting his share of the corn soup

My share of the crabcake - R. just had to try food styling.

R.'s Apartment 1B big breakfast. They were not kidding about big.

Eggs benedict with salmon and capers - what I order over and over again.

Yuuuuum!

After lunch, we had to drive to Sikatuna Village to get the hand-painted made-to-order wedges and bangle that I ordered from Joyce. More info about this in my next blog update. I so looooove wearable art!

Picasso-inspired hand-painted wedges and bangle from
Baubles, Bangles N Beads

We wanted to go back to Cubao Expo for more art inspiration but the rain poured heavily. We detoured to Greenbelt instead. After ordering my usual Starbucks cafe mocha and R.'s choco raspberry frap, we decided to watch Angels and Demons.

We both think it's better than The Da Vinci Code.
Must I say, I love Ewan McGregor! He did justice to the role of Carmelengo.

Ang usapan before entering the Louis Vuitton flagship store:
Titingin lang. Walang bibili. Oh well. Iba ang convincing power ng LV.
Dess' (the store attendant) sales pitch: "Wala na pong Speedy Graffiti. Eto na lang."
R.'s conjecture: "Baka wala na rin sa Hong Kong." Okay payn. Bili na!

I feel like a kid coming out of the candy store when we got my LV Speedy Graffiti. After that, we decided to have a light dinner at Kai, Greenbelt 5.

Fried oyster cake. It's different - in a good way.
The texture was good and not slimy.

My yummy Sake Margarita

R. ordered Lychee Sake. It actually tasted better than my Sake Margarita.

R. with our special sashimi platter

Kai's special sashimi platter - reasonably priced at P820.
Everything is fresh!

Kani salad - served later than the rest but definitely worth the wait.
The caviar made it decadent. Yes - it's caviar.

R. about to gorge into his sashimi. I still have a huge crush on him until now. Uy!

Louis Vuitton Speedy Graffiti -
a limited edition from the Stephen Prouse collection.
The orange won over the fuschia pink.

How can this weekend not be perfect?

Thank you, R., for coming home. You made the weekend most perfect.