The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
Speedy and I have a weird social life. Our together social life consists mostly of family. We go out and party with his family or my family or, sometimes, with both families together. When it comes to friends though, we have separate social lives. He goes out and parties with his friends; I go out ... (more)
One of the most quoted saying I heard in my childhood is that “the best way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” Isn’t that so darn medieval? The message is that a woman can beguile a man by pleasing him through womanly ways — like being an efficient housekeeper and a good cook. ... (more)
Last night. Me: “I’m ovulating… Do you want another baby?” Speedy: “Go to sleep.” Me: “But it’s CSI night!” Speedy: “After CSI, go to sleep.” Okay, he definitely doesn’t want another baby.
If you’re familiar with the 1986 film About Last Night, there’s a part where the lead female character Deborah describes to her friend, Joan, the dining arrangement she has with her live-in partner, Danny. Two nights a week, I cook. Two nights a week, he cooks. Two nights, we go out. And then, there’s sandwich ... (more)
Before I put up that section that Sam wants, the family conversations “too hilarious not to be shared with the entire world,” I want to say something about Speedy. And I want to say it now because once the section that Sam wants is up (it’s mostly about her father’s booboos), Speedy might not talk ... (more)
After my incessant nocturnal food tripping over the past three weeks — from barbecued isaw to hopia to siopao and everything in between — Speedy finally bought a pregnancy test kit before lunch today. He came home still wearing a surprised look on his face. “Ang mura na pala nyang mga ganyan ngayon (Those things ... (more)
The other night, on a whim, Speedy and I went out at midnight for some food tripping. You can read about our Banchetto adventure at the food blog. Driving home, Speedy remarked that it was the third night in a row that he drove out at midnight and returned two hours or so later. See, ... (more)
Yesterday was our 19th wedding anniversary. Initially, I was planning on an out-of-town trip. All four of us. But the girls’ schedules wouldn’t permit it. Sam just wrapped up with a music video that she and her friend had been shooting for the past several weeks. They just finished post production and they’re now about ... (more)
Not to indulge in gossip but, as a lawyer, I don’t get it. If, as their oldest daughter claims and as the wife confirms, “The details of the annulment of Robin Padilla’s marriage to Liezl Sicangco in Australia are now being finalized,” then the marriages of both parties to their new partners are bigamous. And, ... (more)
Last night, after dropping the girls off at the condo, I checked my watch while we were driving along Ayala Avenue and I told Speedy it was still early enough to catch CSI: Miami on AXN. Speedy replied, “Ma-traffic,” and started to drive slower. I giggled. The truth is, Speedy would rather sleep than see ... (more)
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Casa is Spanish for house. CASA is also an acronym for Connie, Antonio, Sam and Alex. We are all surnamed Veneracion. We all love to take photos -- of anything that catches our fancy. It's a family obsession.
This is a journal of how we live, eat, learn, play and have fun. Work? Work is part of playing and having fun. Seriously.
In 2003, a time when I hadn't heard of the term "blog", I started a recipe website at cooking.houseonahill.net using a now defunct content management system that ran on ASP. Ok, never mind the geek talk, I'm sure you're not interested in that. The contents easily multiplied and, in 2004, I moved the food site to pinoycook.net. Always unhappy with the fact that the dot com versions of houseonahill and pinoycook weren't … (click here to read all »)
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