The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
A mere few days before the incident that set a chain reaction and all hell started to break loose, we were in U.P. Los Baños and happily taking photos. It was the kind of day that one wishes could just go on and on. Balmy, dreamy, relaxed. Well, reality isn’t always so kind.
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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.
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You look so cool here po! Everything looks so relaxed.
Thanks, it was a great outing for my family.