Food articles posted in Jul 2007

A balancing act

I wasn’t able to cook dinner again. I told the helper to reheat half a gallon of the paksiw na lechon from the leftovers on Speedy’s birthday and that’s what we’ll have. I fell asleep in the middle of the afternoon. Dead tired. Because I have been out for two days this week to attend [...]

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When Marks and Spencer is a necessity

I admit it. I’m a cheapskate. What I can buy from the nearest tiangge, I will not buy from boutiques. If a 500 peso blouse with a Korean tag fits, I won’t give the gorgeous blouse from Vida Doria another look.
But when I buy my bra, I splurge. Without guilt whatsoever. For those of [...]

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Not immune to the shopping bug

Last Sunday, July 1, was the last day of the mall-wide sale at the Power Plant Mall. I didn’t know there was a sale until we were in the area and there were all those street signs pointing to the sale. We weren’t even planning on driving all the way to Makati that day. We [...]

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Scenes from a shopping mall

I don’t remember the last time I went to a shopping mall where there was an ongoing mall-wide sale and bought nothing. I don’t think it ever happened before. Well, until last Sunday. We only had time to eat, have coffee and watch Transformers.
My daughter Sam enjoyed herself immensely though. Taking photos.

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Sexy is not sex-starved nor a sex toy

I was waiting for the furor to die down before writing my thoughts about the “sexy mom” slash “sexy Filipina” issue. I figured there wasn’t any point in raising another angry reaction.
First of all, I hope that those who have taken the side of the original “sexy mom“, Dine, has not done so out [...]

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When a blender is most useful

During the first weeks of summer, I bought a new blender. Haven’t had one since Sam was a baby. I’ve been content with my Thunderstick which chopped veggies well enough. But my kids are crazy about smoothies and fruit shakes and a blender would not only keep them busy over the vacation, I would benefit [...]

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Unexpected dietary changes

Alex got her braces on her upper front teeth last Sunday. Then, after a month, the braces on the lower front teeth. Alex specifically wanted colored elastics to go with the braces and, for this month, the elastics are blue. She was wondering aloud last night what color they’ll be next month.
Alex was the one [...]

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