Family, food, photography
Sometimes, I envy my husband. His company actually pays him to travel. He was in Batangas earlier today and he took these photos with his Olympus MJU 720SW.
Above, Mount Makiling (partly hidden by clouds) in Laguna as seen from the South Luzon Expressway.
If a food show has a reality TV format, I skip it. It's that simple. I prefer informative and entertaining but sans the contrived drama. Like Good Eats with Alton Brown. And Foodography. … »»
The inspiration started with a photo. The finished dessert turned out to be something else because, believe or not, it was partially made with “failed cookies.” What failed … »»
A story I almost forgot to tell. It was in December between Christmas and New Year and my mother wanted to go out to buy her Christmas gifts for the girls. The gift-buying part took a very … »»
porch
Morris Chair
Indoor planters. The plants are real. I think.
It's tempting to simply ask that you Google "Connie Veneracion" or "Sassy Lawyer" or "Pinoy Cook" and have this page done with. But that might give you the wrong idea about me. A third of what's been written about me is true, a third is half-true and the rest consists of drug-induced hallucinations. I suppose I'd better let me, rather than them, tell you about me. I'm … »
*This article was last updated on October 2, 2011. 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 … »
The plants in picture 2 are cattails not pussy-willows. The tree you are thinking of is a Weeping Willow.
Ooohhh… thanks for that. I took a lot of photos of this plant yesterday and was about to post them. Now, I can label them properly.