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Somebody is celebrating her birthday soon! Somebody is going to have a couple of fab parties, lots of gifts, and yummy stuff to eat like cakes, pastas, chicken, and ice cream. And a particular someone is going to be stuck with lots of leftovers. Uh-oh. I’d better prepare my refrigerator now and start making some [...]

We celebrated my mom’s birthday at Gumbo at Robinson’s Place in Manila. No wrinkle creams needed for this young lady! Happy birthday mom! A must on our order list was the Seafood Jambalaya, mostly because the theme of the restaurant was “A Taste of New Orleans”, and a jambalaya is a signature dish from the [...]

Nothing beats Pinas barbecue, that much I can tell you. I’ve had all kinds of barbecues from every State we’ve lived in but, for me, Filipino-style is still the best. But since I’m not as brave about buying sticks of barbecues from the random lady down the street as I was years ago, I now [...]

Carbo loading because of these green beauties? Of course. That’s why I need to look into diet pill comparisons right now, haha! We went to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo last weekend. Truthfully, there are two other things I make a pilgrimage to every time I go [...]

One of the things I like to do while waiting, aside from window shopping, is to spend some leisurely time snacking. Yes, and it’s no wonder I have gained a few pounds over the past few weeks. When you’re in the Philippines, there’s always something to snack on. The cream puffs at Beard Papa’s have [...]

We visited the local aquarium a few weeks back. We’ve been to lots of aquariums – big and small – but my daughter never seems to get tired of looking at fishes. In fact, every time we look at fishes, she always asks me if we could have our own aquarium at home (which isn’t [...]

My godchild celebrated her first birthday a few months back. The theme for her birthday is perfect for the LaPiS theme: Strawberry Shortcake. The picture above is a basket of chocolate-covered strawberries which served as the main centerpiece. Her Strawberry Shortcake fondant cake was homemade by a good friend. It had a lot of, of [...]