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THE X-PAT FILES
A luxe library stocked with libations and spirits
by Scott Garceau - August 3, 2023 - 12:00am
Arguably, you could get some reading done while inside The Whisky Library, the newest and most luxurious spirits and cigar bar launched at Newport World Resorts Manila.
Still rockin’ hard with new food, drinks and bands
by Scott Garceau - July 27, 2023 - 12:00am
Someone once sang: “Hey, hey, my, my, rock ‘n’ roll can never die.” Similarly, nothing seems capable of keeping down Hard Rock Café Philippines — not even a global pandemic —...
Gregg Glass is the artist behind whisky masterpieces
by Scott Garceau - July 13, 2023 - 12:00am
If The Dalmore were a TV series, it might first focus on the grand painting located near the entrance of The National Gallery in Edinburgh: it’s a massive 14x17-foot canvas known as “The Fury of the Stag”...
Going under the surface with pacita abad
by Scott R. Garceau - June 12, 2023 - 12:00am
The artist’s work is featured in a major retrospective at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis until Sept. 3.
'Cool new entry points' to exploring the force - Through animation
by Scott R. Garceau - May 15, 2023 - 12:00am
When Disney head Bob Iger spoke of this being the “century of Star Wars” after the company acquired Lucasfilm Ltd., he wasn’t exaggerating. Besides feature releases, the launch of Disney+ streaming...
Art Basel Hong Kong Roars back
by Scott R. Garceau - March 27, 2023 - 12:00am
After three years of hybrids and restrictions, Art Basel Hong Kong reopened to the public, and it came back with a vengeance.
Let’s drink to men’s fashion
by Scott R. Garceau - March 22, 2023 - 12:00am
You might not find a bar to belly up to in Rustan’s Makati, but you’ll find the most fashion-forward men’s looks, right next to the most prized single malt whiskies released by The Dalmore.
Why we should bank on art
by Scott R. Garceau - February 27, 2023 - 12:00am
‘HSBC supports the growth of the rich Philippine arts and culture,’ says HSBC Philippines president Sandeep Uppal.
Meet the 'mavericks' of this award-winning whisky brand
by Scott R. Garceau - November 24, 2022 - 12:00am
Usually, when a world-class spirits company holds an event to celebrate modern-day “mavericks,” it turns out to be tied in with influencers, DJs or fashionistas.
When SAM met Natasha
by Scott R. Garceau - October 24, 2022 - 12:00am
A pair of shaggy, vaguely technological totems, bedecked in artificial straw and tiny bells, stand in one room of Singapore Art Museum, which accommodates much of this year’s Singapore Biennale, aka SB2022,...
Time to get your Disney+ on
by Scott R. Garceau - October 23, 2022 - 12:00am
A collab with BTS management will bring their concert films to Disney+ screens.
Instagrammy moments in the Art Jakarta ecosystem
by Scott R. Garceau - September 5, 2022 - 12:00am
In the ever-shifting landscape of art fairs, work that was once praised as “Instagrammable” is now dismissed as “Instagrammy” — pretty clickbait for the surface of a screen, great for...
Quezon's temper tantrums, fave foods, and political lessons from a dinner
by Scott R. Garceau - August 25, 2022 - 12:00am
Can we understand our leaders through their appetites? It’s an intriguing question, and one raised during the Presidential Speaker series at Samira, Chele Gonzalez’s restaurant at Tagaytay’s Anya...
A spirited homecoming for a pinoy rum master
by Scott R. Garceau - August 18, 2022 - 12:00am
The night gets underway with Lee Watson, owner of The Spirits Library in Poblacion, purveyor of rare books, bottles and spirits, stepping onstage behind the bar and hoisting a large volume: it’s Charles Baker’s...
Welcome to the ice age
by Scott R. Garceau - August 17, 2022 - 12:00am
The Montblanc Glacier Collection appeals to the adventurer in all of us.
Say hello to encapsulated coffee flavor
by Scott R. Garceau - June 2, 2022 - 12:00am
The concept is eye-catching: tiny black and orange capsules containing a single serving of pure Colombian coffee, crystallized and freeze-dried, that you can pour into a glass of either hot or cold water or milk....
The fine art of chocolate decadence
by Scott R. Garceau - May 12, 2022 - 12:00am
It’s been a while since we’ve sat down for a memorable feast at Finestra. So the one-night exclusive degustation dinner “Chocolate Harvest: Farm-to-Table Degustation” felt a little like a...
Art in the year of the hybrid
by Scott R. Garceau - March 7, 2022 - 12:00am
As we hit Alert Level 1 in Metro Manila, we are all a mixture of half-free and half-cautious.
This way to Noche Buena
by Scott R. Garceau - December 9, 2021 - 12:00am
That time of year is fast approaching: noche buena stockpiling has begun in earnest, and people are putting in their orders (online and whatnot) for special food and dessert items this Christmas season. Here are...
Setting up for a festive christmas
by Scott R. Garceau - December 2, 2021 - 12:00am
I will admit that arranging dried flowers and succulents and pinecones for Christmas table settings has never actually been my “thing.” But when Nespresso holds an event called “The Art of Tablescaping...
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