BENCH UNDER THE STARS The Press Preview

It looks like you wanna know what's about to happen tomorrow at Bench Under The Stars, so I'll begin by taking you to the press preview we had a few weeks ago. This is part of Bench's 30th Anniversary celebration so in a nutshell, expect MORE than the usual fashion show. Imagine being under the stars at night, confidently being in your skin and donning the best quality Bench underwear and denim.... giving it your all!

Your favorite stars, your favorite models, will all join in the fun and make you feel it's just YOU and them under the stars. The band called PULSO started things off with model Rob Mananquil on vocals, he's the boyfriend of Maxene Magalona. He's actually pretty good , a great prelude for what's about to happen in the show. Yes it's going to be sexy, it's expected to be undeniably good. In this show you'll also see first timers, some artists from both ABSCBN, GMA, even international models. You'll be seeing Sanya Lopez, Beauty Gonzales, Bianca King, Addy Raj, Bruno Gabriel, Kiko Estrada, Albie Casiño, Kim Domingo, Marco Gumabao, Jodilly Pendre, Miss Universe Maxine Medina and a whole lot more!

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Bianca King Reveals Celebrity Actor Who Broke Up With Her Through Text

Today sparks another addition to TV5's great lineup of shows. They just announced this new entertainment themed program called "Showbiz Konek na Konek" with hosts IC Mendoza, Bianca King and MJ Marfori. This will premier on April 6, 2015 and is scheduled Mondays through Fridays at 11 AM. This would be really perfect for Moms and people at home who are just about to finish preparing lunch but don't want to be lagging behind the latest celebrity news in the country. They're going to do you a favor by rounding up the days issues within an hour and promise to get it straight from the horses mouth as soon as the entertainment news land on their table.

"I have so much to learn, to hone my craft and I think I already told some people in previous presscons that I wanted to have one. (Nagdilang anghel yata ako sa sarili ko!)" says Bianca King. She's pretty new at this and it's nice that she's addressing the fact that she needs to learn. After a few questions from the entertainment press, she said she'll answer everything. They went ahead and asked about her breakup with an ex, she confirmed and said it's obvious from her blogpost entry who it was. The thing is, the guy broke up with her through a text message. Then they went straight to the point and asked if this was Dennis Trillo, she said YES.

There will also have pinch hitters like Nicole Estrada who will be outside the streets asking real people about showbusiness, there's a lot of other portions like Connect The Stars, Who Do You Think You Are (blind items), Throwback Thursdays and a lot more!

IC Mendoza says "The title of showbiz royalty is great but I have big shoes to fill. I know I'm always going to be Inday Badiday's grandson, always going to be Dolly Ann's son, but this show is different, it's not just going to be gay, this time it's going to be a little more serious entertainment news. We're really going to be heavy on social media, it's current and always updated so we could all keep up with the times. I'll have an opinion, I'll say my piece and I don't really run out of things to say."

"We're going to do the legwork, the research and do our best. We'll take it as a challenge, sometimes we might have live stuff happening to keep everything updated. That's where we'll make this show excell especially the portions we have. This is work and I don't have to stop this even if I get married." says MJ Marfori.

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Restaurant review: Runner's Kitchen in Tomas Morato

Facade of Runner's Kitchen

I like being in Quezon City. One of the perks of living here is that you never could stop discovering places to have an adventure, to wine or dine. On the day we had an abrupt food crawl in the Quezon City - Tomas Morato area, my Sensei and New York famed Fashion Photographer Xander Angeles saw me posting food shots on Instagram - and invited us over their new restaurant named Runners Kitchen. It's located at the creek side, on a building beside the bridge in Tomas Morato. It's in between Kamuning Road and E. Rodriguez Avenue. This place spurred from the ideas and plans of running enthusiasts (all members of Run365PH) Xander Angeles, Abby Asistio, Glaiza De Castro, Bianca King, and several partners. These guys run together, Originally, the plan was to have a food truck - but they ran into trouble with permit requirements from individual cities where they wanted to have food to be sold. So the next option was settle in one city (which they find more practical too!), and put up a restaurant here. They are opening this place officially in March. Athletes, runners, bike enthusiasts can enjoy healthy, some gluten free, well balanced meals in this place. 

The Interiors

The moment I stepped in, I meticulously looked at the restaurant's interiors. I asked who did it and they laughed a bit because I was talking to him already. My Sensei Xander has what you can say... aesthetic, much of an artist. Knowing him for quite a number of years, the design sort of made sense to me. He used raw looking wood for the bar, and continued on to the beams on the ceiling to cut off the bare white wall. He also installed desk lamps on a series and got that over the non seating bar (as they're not serving cocktails) but I could see they're making really good cups of coffee and serve a pretty good selection of wines, a choice of good beers, that fervently follow their restaurants theme.

It's like after office hours. When executives sit down and roll up their sleeves, go out and ride their bikes or run on a weekend. Then hang them up so they could recharge, refuel, grab something healthy so they won't be piling up the calories they lost during the sport.

They have ample amount of lighting, no place to actually get blinded or be bothered. It's cozy, a place where you could bring your book - to curl up and sit on a table. Order a cup of coffee and travel through thousands of places virtually. The whimsy, are those light fixtures that mimic flashlights and a real deal working Fixie bike on the wall. Aside from that, the table lamps on the bar, the small wood panels, the writings on the wall, in some way can be a conversation piece.

You get assured, reading inspirational treatments like these in one part of the room. I think it's just a start and they might get more in the other blank walls, though less is more. 

The place could properly seat around 50-70 people, and could probably use the outside areas for that too. They have ample amount of parking, guarded by the building. As for acoustics, that might be a little thing to improve on because you can probably hear everyone else's conversation (but please don't!) since the walls are bare (not padded as with other normal restaurants) with paint. People who usually hang here though are civilized, so if you're a little rowdy, please be nice when you're staying for a while.

The place isn't cramped. They did a good job inserting mirrors on these wall treatments so you get the illusion of a more open space rather than "just a wall". The shelves all have the wines they have available in the restaurant but I'm sure they have these chilled somewhere in the kitchen/commissary. They make everything here including the preparations, so you wouldn't complain a single day about freshness of the produce they use for the food they serve. Our salad was green, no damage, no wilting, no bruises whatsover. I'll tell you about that later.  

I guess my Sensei Xander Angeles and his partners did a pretty good job with this place. I can only imagine how it might have looked before they moved in. This probably took countless months, no, years of preparation. If all the passionate people in the Philippines made their work like this, it'll be bad a$$. See how they got it done here?