A night of beautiful faces

Before anything else, palanggas, let me greet that phenomenal success story, Dish, a happy, happy first anniversary. The event will be marked with grand bashes on July 17 and July 18. The bashes will feature great sounds from super popular bands, barrels of drinks and tons of fun.

Be part of the happening, dahlings! I know moi will.

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Dahlings, did you ever wish you’d be stranded on a desert island with no one but your favorite celebrity and nothing but a bar filled with thirst-quenching drinks?

Well, palanggas, you could have enjoyed exactly that half a full moon ago at Dish in Rockwell’s Powerplant Mall where 21 of the hottest showbiz personas got together to participate in the "Second Celebrity Dish-out".

The event’s main purpose was to donate all proceeds to its beneficiary for the night, that tres charitable organization, Habitat for Humanity. The eye-catching celebrities, palanggas, included gorgeous and smart F gals Cher Calvin, Angel Aquino and Daphne Oseña-Paez; Angel Jacob; Angelu de Leon; Carmina Constantine; singer Aliya Parcs; Nancy Castiglione; model Kenjie Marquez; Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo; Wheel of Fortune’s Rustom Padilla; Maike Everts; Studio 23 VJ JM Rodriguez; Cheri Mercado; handsome basketball hunk Vince Hizon; Julia Clarete; gorgeous MTV VJ Sarah Meier; good-looking Southern gent Calvin Millado; and the celebrity who sold the most drinks, the tres alluring Mylene Dizon. They all served as waiters, dahlings.

Enchanting miss with the four B’s Celine Lopez; macho man Derek Ramsey; and the eye-popping Joey Mead served as the best bartenders in town that night, while sexy Pia Guanio hosted the event.

Beautiful celebrities like these wouldn’t be serving their hearts out, naturellement, without the support of fellow celebrities like hunks Diether Ocampo and Piolo Pascual; handsome couple Richard and Lucy Gomez; Jomari Yllana; MTB’s John Estrada; delicious looking Concert Queen Pops Fernandez; enticing Patricia Javier; and the tres charming JC Gonzales.

Others who lent their support to this super cause were Margarita Locsin; banker and entrepreneur Raul Manzano; Kat Tantoco; Presidential Daughter, brilliant Luli Macapagal Arroyo; Tatler’s Superman Anton San Diego; PMAP’s Phoemela Barranda and Wilma Doesnt; eligible hot bachelors Dudo Vaca and guapo Francisco Delgado; Kashieca lady Karen Santos; gorgeous Tricia Cu-Unjieng; Arlyn Fausto; Sandy Ocampo; vibrant Nicole Schulze; super fun couple Elbert Cuenca and MEGA Mag’s Liza with an "L" Ilarde-C.; Bench’s man of all seasons Ben Chan; Rep. Sherwin Gatchalian; the popular Mati Resto’s Geni Psinakis and tres charmant Yorgos Psinakis; and Itsie Bitsie boutique’s Ines Delgado.

Moi also zoomed in on adorable Lampel Potenciano; smart and sharp Lisa Gokongwei; Man of the Hour Lance Gokongwei and his attractive wife Jay G.; Louie and Cynthia Chuidian; GP Reyes; vivacious head turner Bing Bing Gonzalez; Anton and Mike Huang; beautiful couple, Rustan’s hip new guard Joel Tantoco and sultry looking Cherrie del Rosario; handsome Dave and well-liked Berna Puyat; Flute’s lady Christine San Diego; Camille Samson; Jackie Aquino; gorgeous Cathy Escaño; Bam Aquino; David and Mike Hillado; plus others like them too beautiful and famous to mention, dahlings.

A party like this makes you want to dance ’till you drop to sounds played by the fantastic Rage. And not only that, palanggas, but to quench your thirst with drinks like "Habitat," "Blue Overhaul," "Lush Life," "Ultraviolet," "Fix Mix," specially named after the beneficiary and sponsors, Fix Gel and Overhaul Jeans (by one of the best, Bench, natch), Cruzan-flavored rum, Ultraviolet (by Paco Rabanne) and Lush (by Stores Specialists, Inc.).

This inimitable happening could have originated at the one and only place to beat, Dish. But where else, palanggas?

Miracles do happen

Following last year’s successful launch of Miracle for women, Lancome launched its latest fragrance for men, dahlings, the vibrant, spicy and sensual Miracle Homme.

The launch took place at that fabi Mediterranean resto and bar, Mati in Rockwell Center. Living up to its name, the event made miracles happen by "auctioning" four of Manille’s most eligible bachelors and donating all proceeds to the Little Miracles Foundation established by gorgeous Bianca Araneta, no less. The foundation makes it possible for street children to go to school.

Miracle Homme, dahlings, is a fragrance that helps men to leave their mark in the world.

With this in mind, palanggas, Lancome chose four Miracle men because of their (self-made) success in their specific fields of expertise: entrepreneur extraordinaire Juan Miguel Ongsiako; golfer Juami Rocha; businessman Fitz Puyat; and top event organizer, Bigfish’s Domini Primero.

Miracle Homme, dahlings, is available in all Lancome counters (Rustans Makati, Shangri-La and Alabang Town Center).

Check it out, palanggas. You can even help some of our pitiful street children go to school by doing so.

Say cheese(cake)!

The hottest dessert place in town, dahlings, is still Cheesecake, etc., which celebrated its first birthday and also the opening of its newest branch at the poshiest mall in the Ortigas Center Area, the splendid Podium.

A three-man "orchestra" serenaded the sweet-toothed invitees who enjoyed nibbling on the heavenly yummy cheesecakes and other fabi food. Asia’s most loved and adored VJ Donita Rose was cheesecake, etc.’s special Miss of the Hour.

Hosting the fun event, palanggas, was Studio 23 VJ, Southern gent JM Rodriguez, who introduced the new addition to the Cheesecake, etc. menu for all of us health buffs: the Low Fat Green Serenitea, Sugar Free Double Chocolate and Sugar Free French Espresso, which also cater personas who are on a diet. To prove that Cheesecakes, etc. has moved beyond being just a dessert place, they now offer hot dishes like Chicken Pot Pie and Seafood Pot Pie, both of which were big hits among the invitees that night like witty Wilma Doesnt, gorgeous Phoemela Barranda, and absolutely a delicious eye-catcher Angel Jacob who served the guests mouthwatering cheesecakes.

Also potted during the event, palanggas, were SM founder and chairman, taipan Henry Sy; adorable actress Gelli de Belen and her husband, popular singer Ariel Rivera; Breathe Thin proponent Arsi Baltazar; plus others like them too nice to mention.

Beaming with pride over the successful opening was Infinite Ideas Advertising chairman, well-liked hotshot Gelo Serrano.

Check them out, palanggas. You can’t go wrong being cheek-y with cheesecake, etc.

That’s it! Just three of Cosmo Manille’s never-ending series of exciting happenings.

Have a super weekend, palanggas. Do drive carefully.

See you.