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Hot Bitcho-Bitcho
Bitcho-bitcho, also spelled bicho-bicho, is fried elongated bread dipped in sugar. It might have been introduced by the first Chinese settlers in the country. Here’s the Chinese version at a Chinese...
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Cheese Pimiento | Nicole Ortega
Packaged so neatly that you’d think it’s another foreign all-purpose spread hitting the country, but then you realize it looks like your favorite cheese spread, the kind of filling in your old school...
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Photos From Silver Lake
Here’s a one last look at LA’s Sunset Pacific Motel aka Bates Motel (a pin on Hollywood filmmaking and the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock Psycho). Limewashed by French artist Vincent Lamouroux, the...
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Green Find: TonyMoly Pure Eco Aloe Gel
While in constant search for natural products, I discovered that Korean beauty company TonyMoly carries items that suit my preference for non-synthetic products. With more and more Korean cosmetic...
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Cute Find: TonyMoly Panda’s Dream Brightening Eye Base
My eyes zeroed in on the super cute Panda’s Dream eye sticks at TonyMoly. There were two – one is a brightening eye base and the other one is a multitasking, cooling eye serum in a stick. But do they...
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Going Nuts
Do you like snacking on nuts? Nuts are known to provide vitamins and minerals essential in organ function. They are also a good source of protein and fiber. Found nuts from Bicol at Marsha’s...
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Ahmad Brothers Café: Another best of the best eats in Baguio
A melting pot of flavors, Baguio has another winner in the best places to eat that’s not overpriced. Ahmad Brothers Café specializes in authentic Indian and Pakistani Halal food. The menu: Ahmad’s...
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OOTD: Just a tiny bit athleisure
{Top: Forever 21, pajama shorts: Cotton On, Adidas Duramo slides, old F&H sunnies.} Photographed by Brandon Tan © Blauearth™ All Rights Reserved 2009-2015
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Last Day of Summer (mom and daughter OOTDs)
Alexa is the little girl in the About page. I’ve been blogging that long. Tomorrow is her first day at her new school. On her: Cotton On tee, thrifted shorts, Salt-Water sandals, Kultura hat On me:...
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OOTD: Cobalt and Cadmium
{H&M cami, F21 shorts, Havaianas Flat collection flip-flops} Photographed by Dian Sy and BlauEarth © Blauearth™ All Rights Reserved 2009-2015
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TonyMoly Bio EX Active-Cell Dual Cleanser
What’s new in my bathroom real estate? A sleek, space-saving two-in-one facial cleansing system from TonyMoly again (hahah, this is not a sponsored post). An SA showed me the Bio EX Active-Cell Dual...
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A New Home Sweet Home for Ava’s Cakes and Events
Dropped by the new domain of artist couple Kit and Ace Mandac. It has that intentional (I assume) undone look that allows their stylish cakes and taste to stand out. You can’t miss the fresh, creative...
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Nana Dalen: Sunshine Through the Rain
Indigenous abel weaver Magdalena Gamayo was awarded a Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or National Living Treasures Award in 2012. Torrents of rain poured down from dark skies before we reach her village...
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Laoag at 50 Zero Waste Art Exhibit
Local artists creating art from waste join the citywide celebrations of Laoag’s Golden Year of Cityhood through an eco-themed art exhibit entitled “naglabas, agdama, masakbayan [past, present,...
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A flashback of Laoag City’s first 50 years (and a story of malicious intent)
“Ada ag-sibrong diay centro.” As far as I can remember, it was my first mental picture of the world outside the confines of my home. The Gilbert Bridge was being reconstructed. Laoag was in the...
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Laoag at 50 waste to art exhibit: Art from the heart
The Laoag City 50th Charter Day Anniversary was the perfect venue for the just concluded “naglabas, agdama, masakbayan [past, present, future]” eco art exhibition, inspired by “basura ti naglabas,...
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FoodPrints with Sandy Daza in Laguna
Chef Sandy Daza continues his FoodPrints adventure in San Pablo, Laguna, roughly 88 km south of Manila. A city with an even-tempered personality, San Pablo is also known as “The City of Seven Lakes”....
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The first museum of natural history in Northern Luzon opens
Visited the just opened Museum of Natural History of the Northwestern University Ecotourism Park and Botanic Gardens (NUEBG). On display at the museum is an impressive array of life forms curated by...
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Bits of History from Dingras
One among the country’s largest Catholic churches, the St. Joseph Parish Church of Dingras has already been restored from ruins. For a very long time the same spot was known as the Ruins of Dingras....
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Faith in Our Mother of Perpetual Help
I first met missionaries of the Redemptorists in Adams, Ilocos Norte, about 10 years ago. Last Saturday, I had the chance to celebrate with them the proclamation of the jubilee year of the 150th...
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