Archives: Apr 2008
The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
Resorts continue to pop up in Boracay at a steady rate, but every decade or so a big fish comes along and ups the ante. Fridays did it in the early 80s when they built the fanciest rooms on the
Paradise Lost
In May of 2004, four people were brutally murdered in a hilltop villa in Boracay known as La Dolce Vita. The media had a field day, speculating theories about botched burglaries, bloody love
Why We Surf
Surfing, the ancient sport of Polynesian kings, is more than just about riding the waves. The elation one derives from charging down the face of a 20-foot beast and gliding across water has been
Room With A View
One of the country’s most popular models, Isabel Roces, has used her celebrity to promote organizations such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA. The granddaughter of the
Call of the Wild
Since she first burst into the limelight as “the Ivory girl,” 29-year-old model Bianca Araneta-Elizalde was defined by the commercial definition of beauty, living in an artificial world that
