Rimowa Salsa Sports Trunk 32" Multiwheel

Mommy, Bianca, and I went to Rockwell yesterday. We were just going to go window-shopping, since there wasn't anything better to do on a stormy Sunday. 

We ended up going into the Rimowa store in Rockwell where I had a stark realization - that I might have purchased the wrong luggage!

I really wanted a Rimowa, but the PhP 60,000.00 price range quoted to me when I visited Rimowa in Greenbelt turned me off. Apparently, I asked about the wrong product. That price tag is for the aluminum Rimowas. I wanted a polycarbonate Rimowa which was about half the cost of that. 

I couldn't dwell too much on it, especially since my Bric's Bellagio was a gift from Kim, and we got a really good bargain for it. 

So I considered buying a Rimowa carry-on in blue to match my navy blue Bellagio. Mommy and Bianca wouldn't hear of it. The designs of the two luggage were on polar ends of the spectrum. 

On the one hand, I adore the vintage steamer trunk look of the Bellagio, which gives it a charming old world vibe, and on the other, the minimalist industrial of Rimowa is also quite timeless. 

I decided I would still match my Bric's Bellagio with the 2nd generation hand carry business case:

borrowed from bricstore.com

But that I would buy another set of luggage. I was looking at the Rimowa Salsa Sports Trunk 32" Multiwheel, and I love its shape. I so want one. 

borrowed from the bestthings.com

Another thing I realized last Sunday - Bric's prices are more expensive than Rimowa. 

They're both beautiful in their own right, and if you're having difficulties deciding between two things, then why not get them both?

Boat Shoe Crazy

I ended up going gaga over boat shoes the past few days. Yes, days apart, I ended up buying boat shoes both from Sebago and Sperry. The first one, the Sebago shoe, was a planned purchase, whereas Sperry was an impulse buy due to a 20% discount coupon that was given to me.

I purchased Sebago's Docksides in Rockwell. Is it just me or are Sebagos cheaper here? Docksides is advertised online at £109.99, but I think I was able to purchase mine in Rockwell for a little under PhP 5,000.00.

Borrowed from Sebago's site, I purchased a pair pf Bijou Blue boat shoes. The leather is so soft, which totally sealed the deal for me.



Then, days later, after finding myself in Trinoma with a discount coupon for the newly opened Sperry's there, I ended up purchasing this beauty:





This one is made of canvas! It was so presko sa paa! It was only PhP 3,700.00, and with the 20% discount, I was able to purchase it for PhP 3,000.00. Danny also purchased a pair from Sperry. The canvas is a beautiful Navy, which honestly, I mistake for grey!

Please do visit Sebago in Rockwell, and Sperry in Trinoma. Will update this post with their contact numbers. Their staff, super helpful! Plus, they have my size, whichis difficult to find here in the country!

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Mamou Too in Rockwell

Several months back, I was able to try Mamou in Serendra. I didn't really enjoy it that much, to think we ordered steaks at that time. Thus, for the longest time, I was trying to avoid trying Mamou Too in Rockwell. Tonight, finally, I gave in to the first seating at 6:30PM.

Apparently, during weekdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, Mamou Too is the place to be for dates. Unfortunate for us, the restaurant was small, and the tables, being miniscule also, were placed so near the other tables. So, being a date place, we fell witness to the awkward trappings of the couple's first date right next to us. Yes! Don't you just hate it! The guy trying so hard to be pa-cool, the girl trying so hard to be pa-sosyal. Spare us the agony, Mamou, get a bigger place, and get bigger tables!

We proceeded to order from the back-to-back menu handed to us.

Danny and I were a bit hungry from the stress for the week. We ordered Mamou Iced Tea. I was surprised, apparently, the iced tea was refillable. Didn't taste like your usual run of the mill powedered iced tea.

Love the whole wheat bread that they served us, or was it molasses bread? I forget.

For starters, we ordered Lorenzo's Truffle Cream Pasta. It was dee-vine! They were not cheap on the truffles at all! And for the price it was being pegged at, I shoulda ordered more to go!

Danny ordered Lamb Tapa which came with a side of some sort of salsa, and balsamic vinegar.  If this were my dish, would've preferred the sunny side ups well done. That's just me.

I ordered the Roast Pork. Pretty good. I would've wanted to order the Kurobota Katsu or Sinigang, ergo, anything Kurobota, but they both weren't available. So I had to make do with the Roast Pork.

Pretty weird that I was craving for pork, though. The waiter kept on recommending the chicken dishes, but they weren't fillets, so I said no. I must be channeling my inner Annabelle Rama because I was looking for baboy!

The restaurant's hostess, or resident intern, chatted us up over dinner. Probably because she didn't want to bother the first-date-couples, and was able to convince us to try the Key Lime Pie. Oddly enough, I was eyeing the same dessert when I first glanced on the menu, probably because I heard it mentioned in True Blood or something.

This time around, I enjoyed dinner at Mamou. Save for the tables, and the first-date-couples, my experience was close to perfect. Had no complaints about the food at all, even if they weren't pure Italian or Japanese. We ordered, apparently, a lot by their standards already as the waiters were having a hard time placing the dishes on the table, and I didn't even have my Paul Smith clutch on the table. So I guess, it was the table's fault then.

Keep you posted for more!

For everyone's reference:

Mamou Too Rockwell
L R1 148A Lopez Drive,
Brgy. Poblacion, Makati
tel. no. 822.6218 / 0917.806.2668