A date with Italy’s finest

By Johnny Litton | June 6, 2013 - 12:00am

Spending precious time with friends is something to look forward to as you get to catch up with each other’s activities and reminisce on the good times you’ve shared.

All the best for Café Ysabel

All the best for Café Ysabel

By Johnny Litton | November 15, 2012 - 12:00am

The five-star Marco Polo Plaza Cebu, led by its visionary general manager Hans Hauri, recently hosted the 30th anniversary...

The value of taking turns on Sabadabadog

June 11, 2011 - 12:00am

Today at 8:45 on GMA 7’s Sabadabadog, JM and Ysabel will argue on who gets to play with the PSP first.

Parker Encisa at Metro Gallery

October 11, 2010 - 12:00am

Parker Encisa meditates on emerging from the shadows and expressing a declaration of freedom on “Negative plus Negative equals Positive,” which opens on Oct. 16 at The Metro Gallery,

Arts and Culture

CafÃ© Ysabel: 'Yes tables' and paellas

By Tanya T. Lara | August 5, 2010 - 12:00am

Six years ago, Café Ysabel owner and chef-patron Gene Gonzalez was in the restaurant and saw a guy kneeling on the floor.

Food and Leisure

Once a chef, always a chef

By Mayenne Carmona | September 5, 2009 - 12:00am

Twenty-five years ago, my friends and I were invited to a quaint neighborhood restaurant on Wilson Street in San Juan.

Festive dining with SM hypermarket

October 26, 2008 - 12:00am

Since it opened in 2001, SM Hypermarket has given shoppers many reasons to celebrate with a concept that has brought unparalleled ...

Sunday Lifestyle

My first Pinoy comfort food

By Scott R. Garceau | October 9, 2005 - 12:00am

There’s a story behind this story, of course. We all ended up at Café Ysabel one Sunday afternoon to sample a smorgasbord of traditional dishes cooked up by the staff of owner Gene Gonzalez. But what...

Sunday Lifestyle

My first Pinoy comfort food

By Scott R. Garceau | October 9, 2005 - 12:00am

There’s a story behind this story, of course. We all ended up at Café Ysabel one Sunday afternoon to sample a smorgasbord of traditional dishes cooked up by the staff of owner Gene Gonzalez. But what...

Sunday Lifestyle

Binago ang itsura’t pangalan ni Apreal

By Aster Amoyo | September 4, 2004 - 12:00am

Natutuwa kami para kay Aiai delas Alas dahil napakalayo na rin ng naabot nito sa tulong ng kanyang manager na si Boy Abunda. Siya ngayon ang pinakamainit among our comediennes pero ang maganda kay Aiai, pareho...