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Monday, April 25, 2005
People
By Nelia G. Neri
Eve
Restaurateur par excellence Larry J. Cruz came to our Queen City to oversee the finishing touches of his latest "baby," Cafe Havana, at Ayala Center beside Laguna Garden Cafe. He is proud to say that "Cafe Havana is more than just a bar, it is a temple of good, well prepared food that's new and exciting." The resto combines Cuban, Spanish and Caribbean cuisine. Larry's Cebu partners are Dr. Francisco Chio Jr., Atty. Anastacio Muntuerto, Consul Antonio Chiu of the Slovak Republic, businessman Erwin Miranda and Engr. Apollo Enriquez.
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After years of training in Manila, gastroenterologists Dr. Ting Avanzado and Dr. Angelique Dy-Limquiaco are back home to start their practice. Dr. Avanzado has his office at the SPC Medical Center in the Perpetual Succor Hospital complex, while Dr. Dy-Limquiaco practices at Chong Hua Hospital. Doctor-friends organized a Luau welcome party for them. The get-together also served as despedida for hepatologist Dr. Lawrence Liu who is returning to New York.
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When Cebu Pacific's corporate communications dynamo Viveca Singson came for a visit, Charles Lim of Selrahco (PR consultancy firm) gathered friends from media for a dinner get-together at the Cebu Lumpia House. No agenda, just an exercise in "shooting the breeze."
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Chums during their college days in Holy Ghost College (now called College of the Holy Spirit), Davaoeña Norma Basa Soriano and Herminia Nini Yu somehow lost touch these past several years. It was therefore with open arms that Myn welcomed Norma when she came to Cebu for the Ikebana exhibit. Myn and husband Nono hosted dinner at their well-appointed home in Maria Luisa Park for Norma and her companions Alice Reyes and Dendee Bendigo.
Two weeks later, Nono was the superstar in a birthday dinner at their home. It was a small group of relatives and dear friends. Among the guests were Mandaue Mayor Ted and Linda Ouano who are in the throes of preparation for the coming fiesta.
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A lunch tete-a-tete was the order of the day when high school classmates (STC) Nilda Lucero Tempongco and Thelma Zamora Odulio were in town. The lunch hour stretched to mid-afternoon and it was not until they noticed the waiters all done with cleaning up that the "old girls" finally stood up to say their goodbyes.
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Gov. Gwen Garcia and Carmi Durano, the lovely-half of Tourism Secretary Ace D., are the frontliners in the Santacruzan organized by the Clothes for Life Foundation in coordination with HRRAC (Hotel, Resort and Restaurant Ass. of Cebu) and the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel for May 15. They will be Reina Emperatriz and Reina Elena, respectively.
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Now that summer's here Architect Ed Gallego and wifey Dette are spending more and more time at their beautiful seaside home in Alcoy. It is the ideal retreat for the busy and enterprising couple. Dette is the baking whiz behind La Marea at Croosroads.
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After working in a travel agency in the city all these years, Tessie Naidu has moved on to become the manager of Pacific Cebu Divers Travel and Tours of the Pacific Cebu Resort in Suba Basbas in Marigondon. The best of luck, Tess!
(April 25, 2005 issue)
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