My Manila

"Every act of construction is an act of destruction." ~Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Spanish artist Yet another building is bei...

"I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond." ~Leonard Laude...

"If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, tha...

"When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intellig...

"Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or...

This was the view from my room during my first-ever overnight stay in a hospital in mid-April, in The Medical City . We are looking southea...

Cafe Juanita (see the previous two posts) is located in a converted house in Barangay Kapitolyo in Pasig City. To maximize the space for cu...

Of the gazillion items to see at Cafe Juanita (see yesterday's post), this was the one item that truly caught my eye. I haven't see...

Cafe Juanita in Pasig City has to have the most eclectic decorations I have seen in any restaurant.   Buddha in many poses, an infant Jesu...

If you ever plan on visiting Manila, a good place to stay is The Linden Suites at the Ortigas Center, which is roughly in the middle of th...

At the Ortigas Park .

It took me some time to realize what these silver tubes hanging from the ceiling of Ye Dang Korean BBQ Restaurant were. I'd never seen ...

The son of Francisco Ortigas (Don Paco), Francisco Jr. (Don Paquito), was the president of Ortigas and Company from 1935 to 1998, and it w...

The company that developed Hacienda de Mandaloyon (see yesterday's post) into what is now Greenhills and Ortigas Center was incorporat...

The commercial, residential and shopping complexes that are now Greenhills and Ortigas Center , which straddle four cities in Metro Manila,...

Hidden among the tall office and condominium buildings of Ortigas Center is the tiny Ortigas Park, which has several cafés nearby. We were ...

THEME DAY: GRAFFITI • The city government of Pasig spent quite a lot of resources prettifying the area under the elevated portion of Meralc...

We had lunch with my husband's family at The Podium mall yesterday, where a fencing competition was going on. Sponsored by the mall and...

The second dining room of Café 1771 is called "The Lounge" and it's easy to see why. This long table was the one set up for o...

Café 1771 has two distinct dining rooms. This light-hearted, colorful room is called "Whimsy."