My Manila

The Delta Lambda Sigma sorority of the University of the Philippines - Diliman is more than 65 years old. The wooden frame of their cork b...

We call this small and simple bent iron and wood chair a batibot chair. Batibot means small but strong, which is an apt description of the...

Chairs made out of the corrugated cardboard used in packing boxes! Aren't they fantastic? Quite appropriate for the store of my favorit...

My two favorite pieces in Plet Bolipata-Borlongan's imagiNATION installation at the Ateneo de Manila University were also the most dif...

At Plet Bolipata-Borlongan's imagiNATION: Elephants are sturdy and can easily handle a teenager hanging onto them while carrying the re...

In her notes for imagiNATION, artist Plet Bolipata-Borlongan says that tigers, lions, and other big cats are fierce so she conceptualized ...

At Plet Bolipata-Borlongan's imagiNATION exhibit, the kangaroos wait in expectation for someone to sit on the bathtub bench they are c...

A quirky and wonderfully comfortable loveseat by artist Plet Bolipata-Borlongan made out of an old bathtub covered with a painting, croche...

Sungka is a Philippine mancala game. The sungkaan (the game board) is usually made of wood, shaped like a canoe, and is portable. Howeve...

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...

The wrought iron benches at the Rizal Park are made for two people, but not for lovers. My Manila will be on autopilot from November 1 ...

Number 10 Alabama Street in New Manila, Quezon City (see the previous two posts) is the home of Resurrection Furniture and Found Objects Ga...

Follow us to the home, garden, and workshop of master potter Ugu Bigyan , whose art is inspired by the leaves and roots of plant...

Your heart and body were just too weak to sustain your love and joie de vivre. Our offices will miss your cheerful, efficient and caring pr...

Barbara's Café in the old walled city of Intramuros is located in one of the wide passageways that lead from the street to the inner co...

Kabisera ni Dencio's , a restaurant at Bonifacio High Street , is a showcase not just of Filipino food but also of Filipino furniture an...

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. I'd like to propose another, which I think is more appropriate to this day and age: ...

Early last month, I mentioned that my husband and I watched the Philippine Educational Theater Association's " Noli at Fili: Dekada...