The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
People get excited when Christmas draws near for different reasons. For some, it’s the anticipation of gifts, bonuses and the mandatory 13th month pay (did you know, by the way, that the Philippines is the only country with a mandatory 13th month pay?). For others, it’s the thought of holidays — no work, no school ... (more)
Some people spend a lot of money to view the New Year’s eve fireworks display from a vantage point. All we had to do was stand in our garden and we watched fireworks shows from different locations — for free. Speedy and Alex took videos. Sam and I took photos. Sam hasn’t shown me her ... (more)
I shouldn’t complain. I have a great family, we’re in good health, we’re financially stable, we live in a beautiful house, our kids go to a good school… it’s a grand life. At least, for the most part. But there are things that I still wish and long for not because I’m a whining bitch ... (more)
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)
On Thursday evening, the rains poured and power went out in several portions of the suburb where we live. What was there to do? I had all that I needed for a good photo op — a cooperative daughter (Sam), a candle and a camera. Good time to experiment with camera lenses, shutter speeds and ... (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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