A diplomat's dinner
Paul and Catherine Jones,
Pangging Rosales, Sarah Peña.
The Rosales' Strawberry Mansion once again lit up their blue Venetian chandeliers when its elegant daughter Beverly "Pangging" Rosales feted visiting U.S. Embassy Deputy Head of Mission, Paul W. Jones and his most charming wife Catherine to a sit down dinner for sixteen a few weeks ago.
Norma Souribio, Paul Jones, Catherine
Jones, Pangging Rosales, Zafito
Ledesma, Sarah Peña, Dr. Vic Souribio.
Among those invited to this rather exclusive affair were Fil-Am Society of Western Visayas President, Dr. Vic Suoribio and wife Norma, power couple Judgee and Sarah Peña, Amigo Terrace Hotel's Maridel Padilla-Uygongco, southern gentry Zafito Ledesma, eminent Ilonggo designer Nono Palmos, Philippine Tatler's top hostess Norma Padilla-Rosales, true blue Negrenses Raffy and Dr. Noel Abello, chic and cool Angela Lopez- Guingona, U.S. Embassy Second Secretary and Vice Consul Gregory L. Bernsteen, and of course yours truly.
Dr. Vic Souribio, Paul and Catherine
Jones,Nonoy Ybiernas, Gregory
Bernsteen
Mr. Paul W. Jones was here in Iloilo as a university guest speaker, he also went to oversee some of their USDA funded projects as well as paying courtesy calls to our top city officials. The charismatic couple also did some rounds to our city's landmarks and a side trip to Miagao to see its famous church and meet its local residents.
Paul Jones, Pangging Rosales, Nono
Palmos, Maridel Uygongco
I would also like to mention, that Mr. Jones' better half Catherine, is a brilliant award- winning cookbook author and food writer. She received critical acclaim for her previous book, Eating for Pregnancy, and won two awards for her first book, A Year of Russian Feasts. Her latest book, Eating for Lower Cholesterol with Elaine B. Trujillo is a must for everyone to read.