Greetings!

Divanity Blogspot is a joint venture between the foursome of girlishness mayhem based in Manila, Philippines - Hannah Señeres-Francisco, Hazel Señeres, Mia Gaspar & yours truly, Monique Jaramillo. Representing 1/4 of and on behalf of the blogspot team, I would like to introduce you to our world of basking in: spa treatments, wining and dining, retail abuse, and all things diva despite our constant intent to save.

The idea of this combined effort came about spontaneously over a dinner discussion at a french-fusion resto (of which will be the first topic of our "pink palate" section). We realized that through every experience brought on by our battered pocketbooks, a lot of good came out of the same beyond self-satisfaction. For example, we were able to attain in-depth insights and critiques, provide word-of-mouth marketing of Manila's best-kept secrets to friends and colleagues, and even notable tips and mementos. Concisely, we felt that we had so much to share with women everywhere and documenting in a modus operandi manner in writing and with photo/videos would be the way to go.

Again, I would like to stress that we are your average working ladies, getting by and attempting to beef up assets, none of us exceptionally privileged. Nevertheless, we each have the common belief that true therapeutic relief comes with a price and transpires from pure indulgence. We are, however, conscious of the fact that frequently splurging is not responsible nor practical. But don't fret, we have a lot of quality places to visit, things to do and buy for competitive rates. Just like you, we save the sinfully-extravagant benders for special occasions only (ahem ahem, right sista girls?

So ladies, keep reading on about our fabulous antics, the ratings we give, and everything you need to know about our urban darling filled with so much more "divanity" than meets the eye - Manila.

Raise your cosmos.
Clink,
Monique