Church: Nuestra Senora de Gracia
Reception: Coconut Palace
Wedding Date: Saturday,January 27, 2007, 3:30PM
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Caterer : Josiah’s Catering
Photo: Dino Lara Photography
Video: Threelogy Digital Video
Bridal Gown: Frederick Peralta
Entourage Gown: Raymund Saul
Hair & Make up: Peps Silvetre
Event Planner: The 3rd Party Wedding Planners
Invites: Unifair
Flowers: Carlo Verdadero
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Dino Lara : The Fusion of Fine Art, Technology and Photojournalism in Weddings.
Before following his ultimate passion in life, Dino Lara was in the Telecommunications Industry for ten years doing product development and management. Although he worked in the corporate world, Dino’s artistic nature has always been evident. From 1995 to 1996, he was into painting with watercolor and oil paints. He shifted to photography after battling with his curiosity in it and photography’s nature of being an expensive hobby. When he discovered this newfound passion, he found himself printing …

Josiah’s Catering is the creation of husband-and-wife team Judith and Felix Versoza. Since 1990, Josiah’s Catering has been noted for the personalized services they offer and has made QUALITY CATERING SYNONYMOUS TO THEIR NAME. The company has etched their name in the industry by coming up with worry-free party handling.
Fifteen years of hard work has paid off because today, Josiah’s Catering is one of the top caterers in the country. They have even put up their main office in Marikina. Word-of-mouth and recommendations from pleased clients are what helped put …

Constructed in 1599 by the Augustinian friars, the oldest religious order in the Philippines, this baroque church was originally called Nuestra Senora de Gracia (Our Lady of Grace), in honor of a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary housed inside. The architecture is marked by four Doric columns and leaf carvings above the main entrence. A big bell tower stands at the right side of the church. The sacristy is behind the apse, while a door at the left side of the altar leads out to an old cemetery.
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Veluz strives to achieve a perfect fit with all her custom made gowns and dresses. She believes the perfect fit actually begins when she listens to what the client wants, understands her, identifies her confidences and realizes her weakness. Only then does the suitable dress begin to take form. Fitting perfection in this case happens with attention to detail and numerous measurement taking. There really is no magic involve, it takes a lot of preparation, effort and skill to achieve the best fit. And if it doesn’t (a rarity today, …

The garden was originally built by Father Manuel Blanco, an Agustinian Friar, who is also considered as the Father of Philippine Botany. Father Blanco was the first person to have published a complete guide to Philippine flora and Fauna through his book Flora de Filipinas. Unfortunately, the garden was not spared of the World War II bombings, but was rebuilt in 1991.
The ruins of Father Blanco’s garden is now a favorite spot for wedding receptions and pictorials.

Father Blanco’s exclusive caterer is Makati Skyline.
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The Church of San Sebastian was raised into the status of a minor basilica by Pope Leo XIII on June 24, 1890. The following year, on August 15, 1891, the all-steel church of San Sebastian was inaugurated and blessed. The interior of the church displays groined vaults just like what a Gothic architecture should be, the steel parts of columns, walls and ceiling were painted to resemble marble and jasper by Filipino artist Lorenzo Rocha and his students. True to the Gothic revival spirit of the church are its confessionals, …

The Manila Cathedral, also known as the minor basilica of the Immaculate Conception, was the seat of the Archbishop of Manila during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines, and still remains the ecclesisastical seat of the Archdiocese of Manila.
The See of Manila, with jurisdiction over all the Philippine Islands and suffragan to the See of Mexico, was erected in 1578. The first bishop, Domingo de Salazar (born 1512), arrived in Sept., 1581.
The first cathedral, made of nipa and bamboos, was built in 1581. It was damaged by a …