As growing kids we all loved celebrating our birthdays where invited relatives and friends brought lots of presents in all shapes and sizes, the bigger, the better. The menu was pretty simple — spaghetti, pizza and hotdogs with ice cream and cake to match. More importantly, that day was all about us and we loved the attention we received, as it made us feel special.
Regardless of age, birthday celebrations are still very much a part of our tradition. Rose Hennessy, once upon a time international stewardess, invited her closest friends to an evening of wine and picas at Cebu’s latest watering hole, Just Wines.
View allOn that memorable evening, invitees turned up for the joyous occasion and savored the generous cocktail spread prepared by chef Alfonso Martinez. Popular Cebuano guitarist Mario Blanco provided the lively entertainment. The celebrant’s better half Mike Hennessy attended to each guest and made sure glasses were kept full throughout the evening.
Marko Makluf, a long time resident of London while visiting Cebu recently with Cebuana wife Margarita, likewise celebrated his birthday with family, relatives and some closest of the closest of friends. Indeed it was very true to his good natured and down to earth character. Their only daughter Leila, who turned 10 a few days later had her birthday wish come true with a swimming party among new found friends, Teresa, Lorenzo and Roberto Aguilar, Angela and Isabel Garcia and Santi, Paloma and Nacho Manguerra.
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Lisa Mill Irving, eagerly awaiting the birth of her second granddaughter, hosted a baby shower for her youngest daughter Cristina Sasnovsky. Co-hosting the delightful British high tea themed party was her daughter Marge, Ana Fe Lujan, a resident of Valencia, Spain, and Adela Jarque.
The setting was at the well-appointed home of Lisa, which was beautifully decorated entirely in pink and white; pink balloons, bantings, and dainty pink roses clustered in white tea pots.
The fun, all-ladies afternoon gathering culminated with the soon, first-time-mother-to-be, opening gifts for her baby, which included mittens, booties and bibs, crib and bedding set, teething rings and pacifiers, baby tub and a lot more. As expected each guest went home with a nice beautifully wrapped scented candle, naturally in pink.