The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
On Saturday, after lunch, we were watching TV and Sam had her guinea pig on her lap. Pepper, our cat, came in, sprawled on the floor, Sam picked her up and decided it was bonding time for guinea pig and cat. She called me over to show how the two were getting along. I got ... (more)
New Year’s Eve was family day. It always is. And while we don’t do traditional stuff that are associated with superstitious beliefs, there are some traditional activities that we take part in. Like attending an annual reunion of Speedy’s clan (on his mother’s side) for lunch. While it’s always good to see the same old ... (more)
We were at Tiendesitas earlier tonight. If you’re new to this blog, my younger daughter Alex lost two white cats over the last few years: a Persian named Salt and a blue-eyed macho cat named Maki. When Alex spotted a grey Persian at a pet shop tonight, she started getting antsy. Alex: “Mommyyyyyy… I want ... (more)
Sam has only two items on her agenda today: one, convince Speedy and I to agree to see Iron Man 2 on opening day; two, clip Astro’s nails and give him a bath. Speedy and I agreed to see Iron Man 2 but I have two conditions: first, only on the last full show as ... (more)
Back in the old neighborhood, there was a stray male cat that got all our female cats pregnant. He was a large cat, black and white (we called him Blackie), and there were times when he would sneak inside the house. He got Sam’s old cat, Bebe (a stray kitten that we adopted), pregnant more ... (more)
All I really wanted was to post an entry with lots of photos about how we spent a relaxing Sunday playing with the pets, doing paper crafts, cooking, baking… But there’s been a twist in the comment thread of the entry about monkeys and how paradigms are formed and my perspective took a turn. I’m ... (more)
Last Sunday, Alex was washing her hand in the kitchen when she called to show me something. I looked and said, “Hold it, let me take photos.” These were taken with my tiny iXus so the resolution and colors aren’t so good but, hey, at least I managed to capture the moment. The girls played ... (more)
If I could always have things my way, I’d be updating each of my blogs everyday. I like writing things as they happen; I like writing down my thoughts almost as soon as they cross my mind. But it’s been a busy week. Family first. Two family dinner get-togethers in three days. And yesterday was ... (more)
I like taking photos in a series — they’re like movie stills. Back in the old house, I took photos of Astro falling asleep on my foot pillow. Recently, I was able to do the same with Twix. That was the first and the last time Twix slept on our bed. We don’t even allow ... (more)
Six kittens. One stillborn. Five born alive. None left. They were too small. We’ve been through so many cat births in the house and we had never seen newborn kittens as small as Pepper’s. My first theory was that they were born too soon. Considering that Pepper has access to the gardens, and stray male ... (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 … »»
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