The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
That’s Christine Keeler in the photo. If you haven’t heard of her before, modern history credits (or discredits) her for bringing down the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963. A woman brought down a government? It’s a matter of perspective, of course. Keeler had an affair with John Profumo, the British ... (more)
You’d think that with dozens of cable channels to choose from, one would never run of television entertainment. You’d think that with the number of movies that premiere each week, there will at least be one winner that will be remembered, talked about, dissected and debated over coffee, wine or beer. “Hellboy 2″ put me ... (more)
Sam made us promise that we’d go and see a movie after the UPCAT last Sunday. We promised but there was a problem about which movie to see. Alex had been waiting for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ever since she read about the third Mummy film. The Dark Knight was Sam’s choice. ... (more)
Finally, we got to see Iron Man. Loved it! Not only because I am a huge Robert Downey Jr. fan but because the feeling that I was going to puke which prevailed during the first 15 minutes or so of the movie did not last long enough to allow prejudice to build. See, when the ... (more)
Weeks after I started my book list and movie list, I neglected them. I was trying to update both, realized how many books I’ve bought and movies I’ve seen that I hadn’t added to the lists. Too many, in fact, that I can’t recall all of them right now. There are two films, however, that ... (more)
If you’re into Filipino movies, you have probably heard of Mike de Leon, a film director who re-defined Filipino movie making which such films as Itim, Kakabakaba Ka Ba? and Sister Stella L. Although Itim and Kakabakaba Ka Ba? will always be my favorites among his work, Kung Mangarap Ka’t Magising left a distinct impression ... (more)
My head feels like it’s floating and it’s been this way since I got out of bed this morning. See, I stayed up until 1.00 a.m. to watch Chinatown. When Chinatown was shown in the local movie houses, I was still in grade school. When it was nominated in the Oscar Awards, I saw the ... (more)
Me: “How would like to have a baby sister?” Alex: “NO.” (Yeah, like she said it in caps.) Me: “No? What if she looked like you? A mini-Alex…” Alex: “NO.” (Again, like she said it in caps.) Me: “Oh come on. We’ll name her Danielle, like Drew Barrymore in Ever After (the only version of ... (more)
There is only one period of English history that I studied with genuine interest–the reign of Elizabeth I. Because she was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, whose three-year reign ended when Henry ordered her beheaded, it was natural that I would get to read about them too. If I ... (more)
I wonder if you remember MacGyver. Or were you too young to remember? Both and Speedy and I remember him quite fondly — me, because I was in love with the brainy character and Richard Dean Anderson‘s rugged good looks; Speedy, because before there was Brad Pitt, he kinda fancied he looked like MacGyver. Anyway, ... (more)
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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