18 Oct, 2006
Given the strong response to my previous post on holding a second eyeball, where roughly 60+ folks signified their interest to attend (not to mention spouses, dates, significant others, etc.), I have decided to confirm the gathering. And thanks to Chris, one of my long-time readers and a frequent commenter, who has agreed…
17 Oct, 2006
Mandaue City is right next door to Cebu City and on the way to the airport. In fact, my grandparents’ and father’s cemetery plot is half in Mandaue and half in Cebu; hmm, I wonder what is where within the plots… At any rate, the City of Mandaue is quite famous for…
17 Oct, 2006
If you asked me a few years ago if I wanted to voluntarily munch on a large chunk of mushy pulp from a hard-skinned and seriously pungent fruit, I would probably have said no, thank you. Particularly if you had said durian, since I HAVE in fact tried it twice before and don’t…
15 Oct, 2006
A good friend of ours, (both he and his wife are Canadian), was celebrating his birthday the other night and I was asked to bring some flowers to gussy up the buffet and dinner tables. This friend was the guy who encouraged me to start this blog in the first place and bought…
15 Oct, 2006
How can just 1 pound (16 oz, 454 grams) of anything cause both so much joy and so much horror? This 1 pound box of See’s chocolate (enrobed in a Fall themed jacket) was just dropped off minutes ago by a friend, as a birthday gift for my daughter. When I was…
14 Oct, 2006
I once came across some “Baguio Cherries” in the market at the end of Session Road; I was curious, took a photo, but didn’t buy any. Then a year or two ago someone pointed out a hardy storm resistant tree and said it was “Palawan Cherry” and it had fantastic pinkish blossoms somewhat…
13 Oct, 2006
I was fortunate enough to be offered a sneak preview of the new cookbook “Memories of Philippine Kitchens†by Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan published by Stuart, Tabori & Chang. Photographs by Neal Oshima. Neal was kind enough to lend me his pre-release copy at the height of the Milenyo storm two…
12 Oct, 2006
Today was The Kid’s actual birthday. So to celebrate at school, she brought a few Yellow Cab pizzas for lunch for her entire class. She also requested some cupcakes and a tetra pak of juice for each of the kids. Since she has a fixation on F1 racing, and Michael Schumacher…