The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
Too excited to sleep. Too worked up to rest. No, not caffeine. The last cup of coffee I had was more than seven hours ago. It’s not alcohol either because alcohol makes me chatty but not necessarily hyper. It’s something else. But I can’t tell you yet. Suffice to say it’s something major and it ... (more)
Tagaytay City, about 60 km. from Manila, is near enough for a day trip. But experiencing the cool weather at night requires an overnight stay. There are lots of hotels in the area, some on the ridge, others on the opposite side of Aguinaldo Highway, but if you want space and privacy, there are houses ... (more)
We spent the long weekend in Tagaytay in a house that overlooks Taal Lake and Taal Volcano. At the time I made arrangements to occupy the house, we didn’t know that the volcano was on alert status. We didn’t cancel the trip — Tagaytay is far enough from the volcano and there is no serious ... (more)
We were in U.P. Los Baños and Tagaytay earlier today, a kind of spontaneous thing, we left at the crack of dawn and before I could submit my column for Tuesday’s paper. Work is work, just because it’s a school holiday didn’t mean I had an excuse for not submitting my column. So, after lunch, ... (more)
[Today's column] Everyone believes in something and many consider their beliefs to be causes worth fighting and dying for. For some, it’s hoarding money even when it’s really taxpayers’ money. For others, it’s bad-mouthing whoever sits in power. There are those who seek to protect something like the animals rights activists and the environmentalists. There ... (more)
Speedy was invited to a christening party in Alfonso, Cavite and the baby’s mother asked him to bring his family. The christening was Sunday (yesterday) and Speedy suggested we drive to Tagaytay on Saturday afternoon and spend the night there. And so we did. Time was when a day’s trip to Tagaytay meant picnics 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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