The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
There were two things I was supposed to write about today — how I feel about Vice President Binay’s “request” for an official residence and the electoral protest filed by Senator MAR Roxas. Those were my thoughts before I went to bed before nine o’clock last night, feeling a bit busted after working all day. ... (more)
Actress Judy Ann Santos has been on the news lately with her very public reaction to statements made by Senator Jamby Madrigal about political candidates and their celebrity endorsers. Using Judy Ann’s name as a key phase to read other write-ups on the exchange between senator and former endorser, I came across an article about ... (more)
My father told me that he wanted to be cremated and his ashes scattered along the ridge of Tagaytay City overlooking Taal volcano. I had two small children when he died, couldn’t manage the long drive to Tagaytay and the best I could do was scatter his ashes on the hillsides of Antipolo. I knew ... (more)
We’re going away for a few days next week and Alex suggested we bring our Scrabble set along. I told her that’s a big thing to bring along since our Scrabble board does not fold in half. Sam suggested the Monopoly set instead — which is smaller — but I still think that’s too big ... (more)
When I started Breakfast Daily, I had a goal. I was going to develop the habit of eating breakfast and get my family to do the same thing. Right. No one here is a breakfast eater. And it was something I wanted to change. I wanted us to be more like other families who get ... (more)
“Family credentials” refer to the reputation attached to a family name. It is the concept behind the thinking that the son of a qualified statesman is qualified to be a statesman himself. We see this in every election and I’ve written about it so many times. It is like saying that family name determines the ... (more)
For the past two years, we have been making personalized gift tags for Christmas. Two years ago, the gift tags were simple computer printed affairs but especially designed by the girls. Last year, it was something more. We cut figures from colored paper and glued glitters on the gift tags. I love doing projects like ... (more)
THE DAY came and went, not as smoothly as we would have wanted, but we’re just too happy to entertain thoughts of blaming and whining. What went wrong? Well, we thought we did the packing thoroughly but it turned out that little things got overlooked. But all’s well that ends well. The old house is ... (more)
Every time we pass by a shop window displaying girls’ dresses in pretty floral pastels, I reminisce about the days when I chose all of Sam’s and Alex’s clothes. That was a long time ago. Thing is, as children grow older, they form their own preferences and sense of style. That’s why there was a ... (more)
The online version of The Australian recently published a report about a growing movement of parents to ban junk food ads especially on television. The reason? Because “the advertising was undermining their efforts to teach children good eating habits.” Heaven knows I’d like to see something similar in the Philippines, but the question is who ... (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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