Tonight In a private ceremony Daddy & Mommy renewed their vows. After the ceremony we fought Manila traffic and went to Podium at the Ortigas Center for a great Chinese dinner. Later Daddy took Tante and myself for desert and coffee at UCC. Daddy claims they make the best coffee in the world! BTW they …
Category Archives: Food
We got Malled
Today after a big breakfast we went to the Greenhills Mall. The flea market atmosphere was something to behold. Rows upon rows of vendors selling just about any and everything. Now the important stuff. We had a wonderful lunch at Gerry’s Grill. I’m told there is one in Fremont. I definitely want to visit that …
Shangri-la
Today we met with the party coordinator at the Shangri-la for some last minute details on Mommy & Daddy’s 50th Wedding Anniversary. Now this is one beautiful hotel. Auntie Presy & Auntie Puring arrived today from San Diego and we met them at the Makati Sports Club for lunch. While waiting, Alex got a good …
Dog Day Afternoon
We spent this afternoon with the dogs… Princess & Freddie that is. Hard working dirty dogs need a good washing. Princess is self reliant while Fred is a bit more hands on. Later we went to Iceberg’s for a light, light snack and desert. This was followed by a dinner at the Rallos house, which …
Philippines Day 2
Jetlag still has a hold of me so I woke up at 4:30am today. After a little geek time on the PC, I started out on breakfast #1. Half an hour later when the rest of the household got up, I hit breakfast #2. We rounded everyone up and went to the Makati Sports Club …
Alex is here!
Last night Alex arrived from South Carolina to accompany us on our trip to the Philippines. We decided to cook something EZ… yeah Steak! Sorry forgot to photograph it. Our flight day was spent taking Judy to the Burd Hotel and lunch at the India Palace.
Havana II
Tonight we met Jim & Kelly at Havana for dinner. The food was excellent as were the mojitos. Jim brought his Smart Car, I want one now. Of course I was early so I strolled downtown Alameda and took a couple of shots.
It’s another Fridate
Sandy had to pick up some chocolates for our Philippine trip so I took the ferry in and met her at Godiva. Well we decided to turn it into a date and had numerous appetizers at Osha.
It’s too hot to cook
I got on the ferry to San Francisco this evening and met Sandy for a date. We went to Fuzio at the Embarcadero for some mango sangria, pasta and chocolate coconut bread pudding.
The Nierva’s
Today, long time friends Ricky & Angie came over to visit. We got to know darling Olivia and the newest addition to their family, little sister Lili. I grilled a bacon wrapped porkloin and Sandy made her favorite Israeli couscous & fruit dish. Of course Ricky and I played some ukulele. It’s been so long …