Another fabi reason to celebrate was that FILAs mother company in Italy just granted Butch and FILA Phils. a solid 25-year contract to sell and operate the brand in the country, including sub-licensing and sub-franchising. So our celebrator gathered pals and famille and superstar basketball endorsers to an evening of great food, fun and music.
Having a great time was, naturellement, FILAs first lady and VP, stunning Cris Abad Santos A. and son Carlo, her dad Antonio Abad Santos, mom Wanda Louwallien, FILA endorser Jojo Lastimosa with wife Butchie, Greg and Thess Yang, socialite with the 4 Bs (as in beauty, brains, breeding and bucks) Marivic Vasquez, Geny and Lhianna Bautista, Sebastian and Ronald Walker and Cris best pals Margot Yulo and Irene Razon, Philip Tan and Jerry Reyes, plus so many other namedroppables, palanggas!
The Cafe Restaurant offered excellent lunch and dinner buffets of Filipino and Thai delicacies. Live entertainment featured a Filipino guitarist and Thai dancers who performed both at The Cafe and at Benjarong Royal Thai Restaurant.