Ride Horses in BF Homes

Sign up for some horseback riding lessons for your kids or for yourself (great lower body workout) at my friend Janine's Riding School in BF Homes, Paranaque. She holds classes for kids and adults alike. My kids went for a trial session to see if they liked riding on real-sized (ie, not Baguio horse-sized) horsies and, well, they really enjoyed themselves.

Here's Janine getting my daughter on Peppermint, one of the smallest horses they had:

For more information or for class schedules and fees, please call Janine Santos-Felix at 0917-8122672 or email her at janinefelix@gmail.com.

Rockwell Club's Car Boot SALE

I know, I know... a SALE in Makati?? That's not even HCC territory! But this was forwarded to me by someone who actively supports efforts to clean up our poor Pasig River. So if you can, please go. It's only P25 a ticket and this goes directly to the Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig Foundation.

Her email goes on to say:

WHAT CAN YOU FIND AT THE CAR BOOT SALE?

Clothes, Shoes, Bags, Accessories, Books, DVDs/CDs, Home-made Food, Arts & Crafts materials, Housewares, Baking Tools, Plants and Organic and Eco-Friendly
Products and much, much more!

So in case you'll be in the Makati area over the weekend, help the Pasig River by shopping at the Car Boot sale!

Travel well with LUXE City Guides

The LUXE City Guide is the perfect travel companion. Beautifully-designed, discreet and filled with useful gems of information for over 30 cities around the world, these little pocket guides are the perfect present for your favorite friends, relatives, co-workers, and of course... yourself!

With all the discount flights now available (thank you Cebu Pacific), save on your airfare but eat and shop well when you get to your destination. LUXE City Guides can be purchased individually, or as a set (below is the Europe set of 3 guides)...

Or, for a perfect wedding present or gift to impress, you can choose to purchase one of the lovely Grand Tour boxes. From (L-R): The Europe Grand Tour, Asia Grand Tour or World Grand Tour collections.

LUXE City Guides are priced at P480 each and can be found at Fully Booked Stores, Powerbooks Alabang Town Center and Greenbelt 2, Manila Cigars at NAIA 1&2, all FIRMA stores and at selected National Bookstores.

or, you can purchase them directly from me, Kat. Please email me at katripoll@gmail.com or text me 0917-8930586. Delivery is FREE to Alabang, BF or Cupang areas.

Scarlet Begonia Flowers for beautiful blooms and arrangements

For Mother's Day this year, I received a memorably beautiful bouquet of hot pink roses from my husband and kids. They were from Scarlet Begonia Flowers, a relatively new company based in the HCC area.

Scarlet Begonia can fulfill all your floral needs -- whether it be a bouquet for a special person or to enhance personal occasions (birthdays, weddings, dinner parties) to fixing up a corporate event or even beautifying your office space. Their eye for detail and flexibility in terms of working with their clients will guarantee you'll come away happy.

For more information, visit their website at www.scarletbegoniaflowers.com or call Djuna at 0918-9181083

Ecomarket helps you go green!

I was at the Palms' bazaar last weekend and came across a booth selling all sorts of environmentally friendly and organic products. There were brands I knew like Messy Bessy and Plantex, and new ones like a great brand of kids' shampoos from Kids Heart Nature (made by the people behind Gawad Kalinga).

Ecomarket is a one-stop shop for a green mom's home and personal care products. The brands they currently carry are: Messy Bessy, INDIGO baby, Giga Ventures, Victoria Herbal Laundry, Planet Noah, All Organics, Wild Organics, Leyende, Dharma, Plantex, BotanyWorks, Ilog Maria, EcoSack.

Their current top selling products are:

1. Plantex Green Bath Soap 130g, Php60
2. Daila Thrifty Dishwashing Liquid 1 Liter, Php75
3. Nature's Therapy No Pain 12g, Php95

Visit Ecomarket's store -Ground level, Market!Market! (by the main entrance, across Mercury Drug) or check out http://www.ecomarket.multiply.com/ .

For the Cupang and Alabang areas, email them at ecomarket.ph@gmail.com or text 0915-5147534 and ask them to send you their comprehensive product list. Then text in your order and pick up Wednesdays or Saturdays from a home-based branch.