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Restaurants these days rarely survive without serious PR spin-doctoring, but once in a while, a few gems turn up and succeed purely on the basis of the food they serve.

Indian restaurant Queens Crystal Garden on Jupiter Street, Makati has been around for a while now and has not engaged in as much hype as its contemporaries, but its list of VIP regulars is quite impressive for such a low-key venue that often gets mistaken for a Chinese restaurant (seems the words “crystal” and “garden” are automatically associated with siomai and stir-frying).

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BELO MEDICAL CLINIC’s Glow With Love Valentine Promo. Patients who bring a loved one for a treatment will get a 15% discount for both their treatments. February 1 to 28, 2007. Please note that the patients themselves must avail of a treatment as well, as the discount only works if both of them come in for a procedure.

TEAM MANILA Street Wear Sale, up to 30% off on shirts, wallets, bags, etc. Featuring the following brands: Graphic Designed Lifestyle, Re:public, Tru Youth, and Unbreakable. January 30 to February 1, 2007. 9am to 7pm. Teammanila Ecoville Store, Unit 2 Ecoville Executive Townhouses, Metropolitan Avenue, Makati City, near Toyota Bel-Air.

For more info, visit www.teammanila.com.

Regular visitors to this blog might have noticed that I’ve done a series of entries on accessories. There was my post on rings for single people, semiprecious jewelry from Peru, and trendy plastic rings that you can take apart and put together to come up with new styles. I love accessories—they’re a fun, relatively cost-effective way to add oomph to your wardrobe. In my opinion, you can never have too many of ‘em.

I’d be guilty of dereliction of duty, however, if I didn’t write about Jeux, one of my all-time favorite accessories lines. Launched in August 2005, Jeux creates handmade, one-of-a-kind necklaces, bracelets, brooches, and rings for women who aren’t afraid to make a statement with their accessories choices. The design philosophy is big, colorful, eclectic, and urbane, reflected in the brand’s choice of name: Jeux (pronounced “zhooh”) is French for “play.”

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DEBENHAMS Blue Cross Sale, 60% off the original price on all sale items. Women’s tops from P500. Women’s pants from P800. Men’s tops from P450. Men’s pants from P900. Kids’ tops from P200. Kids’ bottoms from P300. Bedlinen sets from P1000. Starts January 26, 2007. 3/F Rustan’s Makati and 3/L Shangri-La Plaza Mall.

POWERBOOKS Outlet Store Sale, 30% off regular items and up to 90% off on bargain books. February 2 to 17, 2007. Powerbooks Main Office, 25 Brixton Street, Kapitolyo Subdivision, Pasig City.

You’ve heard it time and again. Accessories can make or break any outfit. Ask any true-blue fashionista. But for über-simple girls who just can’t seem to part with their shirt-jeans-tsinelas getup, there’s still hope.

Trying something new doesn’t necessarily mean going to the extreme. You can go out of your proverbial fashion box, look somewhat different, yet not so that even you can’t recognize yourself.

With all the different accessories, there are no I-can’t-find-one-that-suits-me excuses. You can change accessories, and your whole look in fact, as quickly as a PMS-ing woman on her mood swing.

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