Dear Waiting Heart:    If he misses you, he’ll get in touch with you.    He *will.*    Whether or not he’s busy. Whether or not he’s changed his SIM & lost your phone number. Whether or not blah blah blah (insert whatever excuse you’ve made up for him here).    He’s a man. And men are designed to go after what they *know* they want.    Just observe them.    When they want [...]

  My introduction to the “pole dancing and stripping as an exercise” concept began when I first saw Sheila Kelley – actress, wife, mother, and woman in her forties – move across Oprah’s living room stage in a languid & delicious prowl she called the S Walk.   Sheila had discovered the seductively empowering & body-strengthening benefits of stripping and pole dancing while she was doing research for one of her film roles, so she [...]

Asian Premiere of Love, Loss, and What I Wore Runs at the RCBC Plaza Until July 17 Only By Aileen Santos       Is a dress just a dress, a shoe just a shoe?   In the Nora & Delia Ephron play titled “Love, Loss, and What I Wore,” they most definitely are not.   Described as “an intimate collection of stories about life and fashion,” the play presents clothes (and various accessories) in [...]

  SereniTea Milk Tea Bar: Alternative Drink and Snack Choices for Alabang Town Center Movie Goers by Aileen Santos     What’s a milk tea and snack bar called SereniTea doing in the middle of the bustling entertainment center of Alabang Town Center? A pretty good job, actually!   Wedged in between noisy arcade pods and located just a few steps away from the cinemas, SereniTea is like an oasis of green in the middle [...]

Charming, Feminine And Shaped Just ForMe by Aileen Santos     Women’s bodies are uniquely beautiful, and we come in different shapes and packages.   This is a fact that clothing brand ForMe has always realized, and since 2004 they’ve made it their mission to dress women in classic styles that bring out our best assets while, uhm, skimming over the not-so-best ones.   Last Saturday, however – at SMX Function Room 5, to be [...]