27 Jul, 2009
I was away for a couple of days in Cebu and Bacolod. Every waking minute in Bacolod was filled with non-stop activity, and I didn’t even get a chance to text Lee and Hchie who are long-time readers of this blog and who reside in Bacolod and Silay, my apologies. But I…
23 Jul, 2009
My post on “Bed Bugs at The Marco Polo Gateway” that I wrote on July 9, 2009 resulted in a lot of reader response, both in the form of comments and in page views, an indicator that the topic is something that interests/offends/attracts/repels folks. It is also a post that seems to have…
23 Jul, 2009
A few months after we started the feeding program at the Banawa Elementary School in Cebu, I noticed that the school started growing vegetables in the school yard. It was actually amazing how healthy and prolific the vegetables seemed, particularly since they seemed to make a conscious choice of planting these “above ground”…
22 Jul, 2009
The turnout at Mamou yesterday was simply phenomenal! The proceeds of yesterday’s sales (including all staff service charges) will provide nearly 6,000 meals for undernourished public school children in Taguig! Isn’t that just sensational? Mamou regulars and marketmanila.com readers turned out in full force for Mamou’s 2nd anniversary, and the owners have generously…
21 Jul, 2009
From seed to table. It sounds so ideal. And I suppose lots of folks could still meet this ideal, at least those with gardens during the summer in Western countries and for most of the year in the tropics. But so many of us now rely directly on the airconditioned groceries…
21 Jul, 2009
As much as I like the thought of a huge kitchen garden out back, with a constant supply of the freshest organic greens and herbs, it just isn’t going to happen. In our city home, we have about 6 square meters and several large pots devoted to kaffir lime bushes (for leaves), kalamansi…
21 Jul, 2009
You know where we will be having dinner tonight. And this is the little write-up that is going to be placed at each table at lunch and dinner today:
Studies show that in the Philippines, 28-30% of children from ages 0 to 10 are undernourished. For these children, their development becomes severely compromised unless…
20 Jul, 2009
The restaurant Mamou, at Serendra in Fort Bonifacio turns two on Tuesday, 21 July 2009. And to celebrate this milestone, they have again pledged to donate ALL OF THE REVENUES (excluding VAT) from their restaurant on that day to the Marketmanila.com feeding program at the Tenement Elementary School in Taguig, Metro Manila. …