My Manila

The hotels, apartments and office buildings of the Malate, Manila area of Roxas Boulevard as seen across the harbor of the Manila Yacht Clu...

On several stretches of Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City , you'd see vendors selling corn on the cob, both raw and cooked. They chose are...

The student theater group Tanghalang Ateneo is currently staging William Shakespeare's "Othello," beautifully translated into...

Finally, just a word about our accommodations and travel. We stayed at the small and old Burnham Hotel just off Session Road, which is Bagu...

Walking back to our hotel after breakfast on the last day of our weekend getaway, this was all I could glimpse of the Baguio City Hall beca...

During our trip to Baguio City , my husband and I made sure that we ate each meal at a different place. No, I'm not going to post photos...

We're still at Burnham Park in Baguio City . I saw a thriving informal economy at the park and couldn't resist taking photos of the...

The famous American architect and urban planner Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846–1912), who designed many of Chicago's older buildings, crea...

I guess it really used to be a park, but when you go to Mines View Park in Baguio City now, all you'll see from the street are stalls s...

One of Baguio City 's nicknames is "The City of Pines" because it's the only city in the Philippines where the weather is ...

Saturday afternoon was the only time we experienced rainy weather while we were in Baguio City . After a late lunch, we decided to visit the...

Pardon me for disappearing suddenly again, but my husband and I went off for the weekend and Friday night's schedule was too tight to po...

A feature of all Ayala Malls that I'm sure parents appreciate is a play area for kids. They started it with Glorietta in Makati City an...

We had a small emergency at home two weekends ago when an exposed portion of water pipe broke. My husband shut off the main valve and called...