The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
Because he pays the electric bill, Speedy has rules. And he gets really upset when his rules are not followed. You know, like switching the lights off when leaving a room or turning the TV off before going to sleep. But because he has this nasty habit of dozing off almost as soon as his ... (more)
Yesterday was an exceptionally hot and humid summer day. Just when all I could think of was spending the entire afternoon in the bath tub with a pitcher of cold drink beside me, Speedy came home with an ice chest full of shaved ice, two cartons of milk and two cans of sweet corn kernels. Cold, cold, COLD maiz con hielo on such a hot afternoon was nothing short of heavenly.
I thought that the water conservation tips I received from the EcoWaste Coalition came at an opportune time. Perhaps, we need to be reminded of the difficulties we have experienced in the past lest we get too comfortable with the Manila Water service. I get EcoWaste’s press releases in my mailbox regularly, I find most of them very useful and practical so let me reproduce their 15 water tipid tips.
By dinner time, I was willing to concede that the tables on the brightly lit beach did have a charm all their own. Still, not being one to enjoy life in crowded places, I kept wishing there was more to Boracay than what I had seen so far. That wish would be granted the following day when we went island hopping.
White Beach is nothing compared to the solitude and pristine beauty of Puca Island and Crystal Cove.
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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