
Every week, I get an e-mail alert from Photo Friday, a weekly photo event with varying themes. I don't always join but when I find the theme interesting, I do. The current … [Read more...]
Family, food, photography

Every week, I get an e-mail alert from Photo Friday, a weekly photo event with varying themes. I don't always join but when I find the theme interesting, I do. The current … [Read more...]

Speedy took the photo in Boracay last week. The sailboats look like lovers meeting at sunset. … [Read more...]

I couldn't have been more empathic -- except for the frolicking on Puca Beach, I didn't like Boracay very much. In fact, my first reaction upon seeing the beach was, "Where's … [Read more...]

So Speedy arrived last night with a thousand photos from their four-day stay in Boracay. They went reef walking, an activity I didn't know about when we were there last … [Read more...]

I had version 2.5 installed before the public release came out. This blog had been running on the RC2 (Release Candidate 2) version for a couple of days and I had been playing … [Read more...]
If you think Boracay is paradise, you'd only be half right. True, the quality of the fine white sand is not exaggerated, and the water is still cleaner and clearer than a lot … [Read more...]

Across the entrance to the Mandarin Spa in Boracay is a stall of native artworks. Okay, not exactly a stall but a large table. We stopped by that table two or three … [Read more...]

For years, I had been dreaming of going to Boracay. But we kept putting it off. First, the kids were too young and the transfers from plane to land vehicle to boat to land … [Read more...]

It's our 20th wedding anniversary. When Speedy greeted me shortly after midnight, I exclaimed, "Imagine... 20 years of seeing you everyday..." And Sam interjected, "No, that's 20 years of … »»

Making European-style pastries used to intimidate me. They look so dainty and delicate and I'm always worried that I'm too heavy handed to execute them. Well, I'm slowly overcoming the fear. … »»

Some years ago, when we were still Dream Satellite subscribers and loyal fans of Discovery's Travel and Living Channel, I saw David Rocco cook a pasta dish with chocolate sauce called penne … »»

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 … »






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