May is Out, and it's beautiful

Real Living’s May issue is now out, and I must say, it’s one of our favorites. Aside from the fact that we went to Negros to create this issue (that’s the museum/ancestral house Balay ni Tana Dicang on the cover), the other articles are just as lovely! We started it off with Tisha Alvarez-Angluben’s beautiful Mother’s Day party story…

…Gwyn Guanzon and contrib Arlene Maslog’s elegant piece on how to prettify your medicine stash in the bathroom…

…while we’re on the topic of bathrooms, check out Arlene Sy’s and Katherine Lopez’s special RL Notebook features on bed, bath and beyond...

…plus Coni Tejada’s typically upbeat story on how to get up and out of the house in 15 minutes (the secret is all in your bedroom!!!).

And I have to say that architect Bernie Sason’s Negros house is one of the most beautiful homes I’ve ever seen!

Check out Bernie’s amazing home, as well as a special on Negros heritage, shopping, and travel in Real Living’s May 2010 issue, out in bookstores and newsstands for only P140. (Notebook photo by Louie Aguinaldo, all other photos by Miguel Nacianceno; styling by Gwyn Guanzon, Tisha Angluben, Coni Tejada, and Arlene Sanchez Maslog)

(from Official Blog of Real Living Magazine)

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