May 2014 - Page 2 of 8

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Dining With The Stars At Movie Stars Cafe

May 24, 2014 No Comments

reviews, other review, kid-friendly restaurant, restaurants — *at the restaurant’s facade with the little man*

The little man is fascinated about superheroes like Iron Man, Spider-man and the likes. That is why when I found out about Movie Stars Cafe, where you can have the experience to dine in with famous superheroes and other celebrities {or atleast cosplayers pretending to be them}, I have wanted to bring Jared there. I was eyeing this good deal in one of the local groupon sites and was contemplating on getting a couple of vouchers, until I got an invite to give the awesome cafe a try!

We went on a Sunday evening after visiting the Manila Zoo and even when the little one is tired from a day’s worth of activities, strolling and marveling at the zoo animal, it did not stop him from enjoying the Movie Stars Cafe and from posing with his favorite superheroes and other characters. And mum was just as giddy as her 4-year old with excitement. 😀

Our Movie Stars Cafe experience

My name was in the reservation list for that Sunday and it only took me a few minutes for my family to be seated. So two thumbs up for the crew for a very prompt service. We were reserved the table near the stage which is very ideal so we won’t miss all the action in the stage and the performance slated for that day. We contemplated on which dishes to try out and it took us a wee bit longer to decide which items to order from menu as we would’ve wanted to try a load of them! And did I mention even their menu is Hollywood-inspired?

While deciding on which items to order from the menu, I busied myself by taking photographs of the interesting items around the cafe and of the little man with his favorite characters as they arrived one by one. The favorite of the night would have to be Atom, from the movie Real Steal, probably because he is simply fascinated with robots and have also just recently seen the film for the nth time.

Announcement, events

The Kiddo-preneur Summer Bazaar 2014

May 23, 2014 No Comments

Wondering where you can showcase and sell your little one’s loom band creations or thinking of effective ways to introduce the concept of entrepreneurship to your impressionable gradeschoolers? Well here is a perfect venue that will allow you to do both ~ the Kiddo-preneur Summre Bazaar 2014. Read all about it in the press release below:

On Saturday, May 31^st, over a hundred children between the ages of 4-17 will launch their very own businesses. Some of them, seasoned Kiddo-preneurs, have been participating in the bazaar since it was established in 2011.

Kiddo-preneur, the first of it’s kind in the country, is a bazaar where all the sellers are children. The first bazaar was held at The Rockwell Club in Makati in December of 2011. Every year since then, Kiddo-preneur has held events aimed at increasing the level of financial literacy in the country and encouraging children to become entrepreneurs.

Kiddo-preneur believes that the values of entrepreneurship and hard work, should be instilled in children early on so that more and more of them grow up wanting to become entrepreneurs in the future.

The Kiddo-preneur Summer Bazaar, which will be held at The Atrium of Robinsons Place Manila, will run from 10am-6pm. Please come and support these bite sized entrepreneurs and their big ideas!

If you have free time over the weekend do not forget to check out this year’s Kiddo-preneur. Am sure even your little ones will be thrilled at the size of mini entrepreneurs manning their booths and selling their wares. If you can, you might as well get a booth for you and your children and experience the bazaar first hand.

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Side A Kicks Off Robinsons Malls’ Soundbites Music Festival

May 22, 2014 26 Comments

announcement, events, music, music, weekends, Where-to-Weekend, concerts, Robinsons Malls — *mum’s VIP entrance tag*

It was one of those rare occasions when this mum gets to have a day off on a Saturday and went on to pursue a couple of things related to my passion ~ reading and music. I shall share all about the reading bit of my weekend off in a separate post. Meanwhile, let me share about my music experience at the Robinsons Malls’ Soundbites Music Festival.

One of my favorite local bands, Side A, kicks off this year’s Soundbites Music Festival at Robinsons Magnolia. It was my first time in this Robinsons Mall branch but I never had the difficulty locating the al fresco garden where the show is slated that day. I arrived at the venue a little past 6pm and everything was set up and just about ready for the show to start. A dinner feast was also prepared for VIP guests and I did enjoy the pesto pasta, as well as the beef salpicao and the desserts that was prepared for us.

The lovely lady trio of Silk opened the show with lively current tunes, most of which I hardly recognize given that it has been ages since I have listened to the radio or watched MTV. But familiar or not, I did enjoy their repertoire. They even included a couple of hits from the 80’s much to the delight of older people in the audience.

After the first set, a fun contest was held and members of the audience were asked to join. It was a pizza-eating contest and the boys group won over the girls group. The contestants all went home with gifts from Robinsons Malls.

Another exciting performance followed and this time around a group of dancers called Fireflies gave a very enthralling dance number/object manipulation. Apart from their cool dance moves, they wowed the audience with their skills at manipulating a hula hoop and balls fire! I have never seen something like this before so I was really captivated by their performance.