GENEROUS, GORGEOUS HEARTS UNITE
The rhythmic and colorful Cuban vibe was just the right mood to get the guests on the roll, dahlings, at a sit-down dinner hosted by one of our hostesses with the moistest, Dr. Vicki Belo-Kho, with co-host/ daughter, the gorgeous Cristalle Belo-Pitt, an event organized by Belo’s PR extraordinaire southern gent Jojie Dingcong — but who else, n’est
ce pas? True to form, the Belos’ sprawling home was superbly transformed with fabulous colorful flowers and foliage to complete the Cuban feel. Styled by none other than southern whiz
Robert Blancaflor, the brilliant dinner was catered by Asia’s top chef Margarita Fores no less, palanggas.
All this for the double celebration in honor of construction magnate Alice Eduardo and the hard-to-beat beauty and brains combo Maricris Zobel, who were not only charming and equally beloved by everyone, but also share the same birth date: March 20. Surrounded by chosen friends and en famille, the music played as the room filled with laughter and juicy catch-ups on comings and goings.
The Eduardo sisters Alice and Melba Solidum were trés visible with other pals, like sultry looker Pops Fernandez, Philippine Tatler’s editor in chief Anton San Diego, the dazzling Korina
Sanchez, and international businesswoman Karen Santos, gourmet master Nicole Ortega, international designer and art collector Jonathan Matti, banker and extraordinaire Andrew
Gan — et moi, of course. The evening was also to honor Fr. Didoy Albano, who has made the Annual Christmas concert at UST a humungous success, along with Dr. Tots Aguila from UST. The women of power discussed how to pull together and help their alma mater. All for a good cause from generous hearts, palanggas! A plan for this year’s mega concert was put into shape, dahlings.