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  • Venice – The city for Lovers
    Posted in: Italy, Places, Tourism, Travel, World

    Savoring Italy: A blend of Treviso and Venice Travel impressions through lovers’ eyes Part 2: Venice (The city for Lovers) by Danette Garcia-De Brael Venice is undoubtedly a very romantic place filled with emotions and historical treasures. It’s like a dramatic play stage coming alive before your eyes. I just agree with what novel writer […]

  • TREVISO – Gateway to nearby Venice
    Posted in: Places

    Savoring Italy: A blend of Treviso and Venice Travel impressions through lovers’ eyes Part 1 TREVISO – (Gateway to nearby Venice) by Danette Garcia-De Brael For travellers  who come as couples, Treviso is a perfect place to stay in Italy especially when we are concerned about maximizing visual pleasure without necessarily having to pay more. […]

  • Bistro Ravioli
    Posted in: Menu, Restaurant

    Passing through Glorietta 3 in Makati, I would not stop by had it not been for the smell of brick-oven pizza, the poster that promises fresh pasta, and the background music that exuded a European Bistro vibe. Think of ‘La Vie En Rose’, ’Un Homme et Un Femme, and ‘Dream a Little Dream.’ Ultimately, the […]

  • NBA Café
    Posted in: American, Food, Restaurant

    Themed restaurants and bars are increasingly becoming a fad in Metro Manila. Somewhere in Quezon City, we hear about a restaurant that offers board games. It is called Ludo, but we have yet to write about it when we actually visit the place. Meanwhile, there’s finally a place for basketball afficionados of this game. At […]

  • Sarsa and the Saucier Way to eat Chicken Inasal
    Posted in: Food, Menu, Restaurant

    When eating out becomes a way of life that is no longer limited to the upper echelon of society, restaurants, fastfood and other eating places now find themselves in a vast opportunity to grab the largest possible share of the stomach. If the eating establishment is serious about this, then it will also seriously rethink […]

  • Adlaw Sang Suba – My Nostalgia of Himogaan River
    Posted in: Events, Lifestyle, Places, Tourism, Vizayas

    Sagay City is conducting an annual event called “Adlaw Sang Suba” (River Day) in line with the advocacy to save this river. The event coincides with the Environment Month Celebration. The good thing is that nowadays, even if we are living far away from our home, a tool called Facebook keeps our loved ones close […]

  • Throwback Tuesday: Gymboree Learning Lab Program
    Posted in: Events, Lifestyle

    (As posted in the Bulletin Board of Gymboree Play and Music Serendra Branch, February 26, 2008, Tuesday 9:30am-12:00 noon) Today Kit and I took a time off from work so that we could see to it that we’d be there for another milestone for my son. Even though today was just a preview of the […]

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    The Side Tripper

    “Make sure you don’t take any side trips,” warns Schumler, from a phrase in the 1993 American film Swing Kids. If you are someone who does not have time to lose, then it is better for you to stick to your main agenda, because there is something about side tripping that submerges the soul in experiences that sometimes make you hope that time would stand still, as the experiences they bring can be more impactful than the main trip itself. It is that free flowing agenda, an unexpected sleepover or a detour that has unintentionally brought pleasant surprises. You can live without it, like you can eat a cake without its icing, but your journey may not be as meaningful. If travel is the ‘best medicine for the heart’,* then for me, side trips are secret ingredients to the most memorable travels and other events that can happen in between or off the main route of one’s itineraries. Welcome to Side Tripper, a collection of photographs and blogs about the many side trip adventures of our family and friends. *Source: The Global Commission on Aging and Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, in partnership with the U.S. Travel Association (Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2013 by Chris Erskine)