Iloilo City is my transit point between Manila, where I live and work for 18 years now, and Antique, my province. I go home regularly and I am always happy to stop for a while in the city. There are college batchmates and writer friends to meet-up for lunch and dinner over talaba and tinola.…
Continue reading ➞ When in Downtown Iloilo: Gallery i, D’Top’s Bookstore, and KongKee
There are available versions online of the legend of Islas de Higantes that you can read. For the version of our tour guides, this is the one-sentence summary: There was once a giant who stole cabugao fruits from Negros and when chased and caught he dropped them and these became this group of islands now…
Continue reading ➞ Islas de Higantes: My First Taste of Wasay-Wasay & The Lesson of The Lagoon
Heard about Takuri Cafe from friends. So I decided to hold my lunch meeting there last Monday. I reserved through their Facebook page and received a prompt reply and confirmation. It is located at Cuartero in Jaro. I flagged a cab from SM City and in less than 10 minutes we were there. With or…
Hopped into a Nasugbu-bound bus this Sunday to check-out Marcia Adams in Alfonso. Went down along Residence Inn and walked toward the arch to the right side of the road. From there, I walked down the road and found Marcia Adams. From Manila, this is after Antonio's and before Sonya's. I arrived an hour earlier…
Continue reading ➞ Love @ First Visit: Marcia Adams’ Tuscany-Garden Restaurant
I insist to call it in Kinaray-a, our language in Antique, where this island is located, a barangay of Culasi, a big town up north: Mararison. This means defiant, and according to legends, in relation to Mount Madya-as, the highest peak in the whole island of Panay towering the town of Culasi. My crew of…
Balay Sugidanun 