All Sweets
When we were kids, Auntie Lourdes handed out candy after every weekly dinner- each time a different kind. Smooth rectangular bars of...
Culinary Carpet Ride
Epiphanies (and not ampalaya-induced, lol) during The Kusinang Pilipino Culinary Experience last night at the Oakland Asian Cultural...
In the Thick of my Inside Out Skin
Life lives me, especially these past few months of the year. I haven't been able to decide what adjective to place in front of "year":...
Acceptance
Such an ambiguous place to be, Acceptance. Today, my piece, "Ampalaya Epiphany" was accepted by the food anthology project, My Food...
Holding Hands With My Muse
Aberi tutu awa leriso Aberi tutu awa leriso ore baba Babaluaiye awa leriso ore baba My muse lives across the sky from me while our...
Safe travels, Tito Tesoro
Only 90 days ago, Mark and I stayed at PatisTito Garden Cafe in Laguna--our first stop of an intensive ten-day stay in the Philippines...
Not by Chance
"Not by Chance." This would have been my choice for the title but my editors at PositivelyFilipino.com thought otherwise. Here is my...
On the good ship, ANA
On the good ship, ANA It's a sweet trip to Manila Bay Where traffic plays StopGoStop til you're in a daze. Mark's very first stop in the...
To Them, She was Manang Angie
A letter arrived today from the REAL #30 Collantes Street in Quezon City!! It took the Medical Mission Sisters over a month to receive my...
Like Savor Every Nuance
"GY" (who doesn't use social media, at least not under "GY") gave me permission to post her comment about #30 Collantes Street: "I sooo...
