• If you still haven’t rushed to Delifrance for your FREE spiked coffee, tonight is your last chance. But you need a password!
• We discovered these lovely fabric-covered stationery boxes with designs by the talented Marge Manalaysay of Indie Art at the Ateneo Celadon show a month ago. Marge’s limited-edition creations are available at Fully Booked branches. We heard she’s coming out with a book soon, so it’s something we’re looking forward to.
• March is International Women’s Month! The UP Film Institute pays homage to the “wandering, wondering, wonderful women” of the diaspora with music, film, lectures, and art exhibits.
• Something to look forward to this April: Ploning starringJudy Ann Santos in Panoramanila’s maiden project.The movie is shot entirely in Cuyo, an island in Palawan.
• This is still too far off, but Christian Bautista plays the lead in Stages’ West Side Story this September, but they’re casting for singers and dancers end of March. See details on the auditions here.
• We absolutely loved Kapihan, the coffee table book on coffee by Noel Sy-Quia, and its wonderful photos by Neal Oshima, and we think no coffee lover can truly proclaim himself as such unless he knows his coffee’s origins.
• The Food and Hotel Asia 2008 in Singapore this April is a good venue for Filipino buyers to source new ingredients, upgrade their equipment, and keep abreast of developments in the food and hospitality industries.
• On I-Witness last week, Howie Severino documents the rats in New York.
• A Filipina author with a strong teen and young adult following: Melissa de la Cruz is known for her best-selling Au Pairs series.

Photo: “Lady Winter” by Roxanne Nebres
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