My Manila

"The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Alaska. Now Santa Claus is missing." ~Steven Wright, American c...

I seem to see them everywhere these days.

The pavilions of The Blue Leaf in Taguig City open to a garden which can be used as an extension area for events held in the pavilions. No...

I spent the last three days at Betania Retreat House, run by the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary , in Tagaytay City in th...

The house across ours has been empty for about half a year now. It was supposedly bought by a developer who was going to build row houses, ...

The detailed ornamentation of the pavilions in the Chinese Garden of the Rizal Park is amazing. Tiles, woodwork and painting—I cannot even...

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...

Welcome to Plet Bolipata-Borlongan's imagiNATION exhibit at the Ateneo de Manila University , where benches similar to yesterday's...

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...

Chef Gene Gonzalez 's Café Ysabel in San Juan City is a cozy restaurant located in a restored 1927 house with romantic, old fountains ...

The mall SM City North EDSA has a waterfall flowing from its Sky Garden . Too bad no one's allowed anywhere near it.

One of the vine-roofed walkways of the Rizal Park Orchidarium.

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

Patis Tito Garden Café is located in the City of San Pablo in the province of Laguna , about 85 kilometers away from Manila.   Featur...

A gazebo over a tiny pond in the Chinese Garden of the Rizal Park . I was going to wish you all peace, prosperity, success, good health ...

In the garden between the Loyola House of Studies and the Loyola School of Theology is a statue of St. Ignatius as a pilgrim beside the C...

The arch over the entrance to the Chinese Garden of the Rizal Park . If anyone knows what those four characters mean, I'd appreciate a...