12 Feb, 2009
Roses are the traditional flower for Valentine’s Day. But tell me this particular lotus bloom isn’t stunning, delicate, soft and alluring… and I’ll tell you that you might be missing a romantic gene. I spotted this rather healthy Thai lotus plant for sale at the garden show this morning and immediately…
12 Feb, 2009
The Philippine Orchid Society along with other organizations have organized what is probably this year’s largest floral show, currently running through Feb 16 on the grounds of the Philippine Orchidarium near Quezon Circle in Quezon City. I was there this morning to kill three birds with one stone… a post for marketmanila, a…
12 Feb, 2009
OMG, it’s just a few days to the No Reservations Philippines episode on Monday, Feb 16, 2009 at 10pm Eastern, in the U.S., and the episode is now featured on the No Reservations Website, with a new short video teaser for the show, here. The photo on the NR website, of Anthony…
11 Feb, 2009
An oasis in the midst of chaos. I so regret not planning our trip to Siem Reap earlier and moving heaven and earth to secure a room at Amansara, looking the other way at the astronomical room rates. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we are certifiable “amanjunkies,” or huge fans…
11 Feb, 2009
Some good friends of ours, who also happen to be neighbors, have a long-time cook/housekeeper that they have employed for some 15+ years. They first hired their cook, C, in Hong Kong, and later they moved to Manila, and C moved with them. C, who grew up in Leyte, has worked abroad…
11 Feb, 2009
I have received no marketmanila.com email in two days. If you have written me with a life and death question, well, sorry, you would have died by now waiting for a reply. I should have a new post up by the end of today… but out of curiosity… what would you like…
10 Feb, 2009
We ran into a “clam vendor” for the first time while in the midst of a temple sightseeing day. I figured out they were food of some sort, so I asked the guide what the man with the cart was selling. He answered that they were freshwater clams. I assumed the…
09 Feb, 2009
Noodles and simple fried foods are a big thing for breakfast in Cambodia. At least that’s what it seemed like at the market. With a guide that practically wouldn’t look at anything with meat or fish in it, it was kind of hard to keep track of everything I was taking photographs…