Where you have to share
IM MISSED out on this one and didn’t see it taking shape. It just appeared there and brought to my attention by food spotter Ian G. last week.
Riley Simon is the name and it’s at that row of commercial stalls along Mabini Street. It’s right beside Wings and Dips and on the same building...
Present-day galleons
IN THE past, there were state-subsidized galleons sent out to colonize and pillage, the colonized countries would be left to deal with their dead and burnt homes. Their gold stolen. That is for villages that dare stand up against the marauding fleet.
In the heart of Davao Buddhist traditions
ALONG the busy Quirino Avenue is a high-fenced property with the distinctive arched rooftop – the Polian Temple. And since it was the Chinese New Year, fellow ukay-basher Kenneth Ong was apparently going to visit and posted an open invitation in his Facebook account.
I’ve never been to a...
A sneak preview
"REMEMBER Nina?" Carlos asked last week.
"Errrr yes, your friend who has a place in Boracay," I replied. (I met her once or twice over five years ago).
"She and her partner now runs the restaurant at the Pearl Farm Marina," he added.
Hmmmm….
The restaurant at the...
Estremera: The caterpillar doesn’t know
THE title is not original, it’s the title of a book that I still have to read. The book cover says it’s written by Kenneth R. Hey and Peter D. Moore, both authors I haven’t heard nor read about. It’s here, on top of my office table, waiting for me to be done with all the other books I need to...
Estremera: Honesty is such a lonely word
BILLY Joel crooned it for us who are nearer half a century than sweet 16. This was remade by Beyonce and thus, us who are nearer half a century than sweet 16, can make the clueless young ‘uns who have never heard of a person named Billy Joel believe we’re cool and updated with today’s music.
Hong Kong food!
IF YOU have been passing by Lapu-Lapu Street just a few meters from Sta. Ana Church, by now you would have noticed that shop on the right side of the road if you’re heading to Agdao that has a sign with a big letter C.
The capital letter C is in a ragged style and it’s difficult to catch...
Educate the child, not just the brain
WHAT would your child do if she or he was never allowed to watch television throughout her or his childhood? What will your child do?
To many, this may sound unimaginable. But to an education system that strives to develop the natural curiosity of each child and help him explore the world...
Estremera: Always more than we need
THAT tablets, whether iPads, Blackberry Playbook, or Galaxy Tabs that more and more friends are having has further convinced me of a human’s penchant to hoard.
Crabs ala Gusteau’s
TITA Pong was leaving for Canada to spend some time with hubby, and so, despedida was in order. The date: at Gusteau’s in its new location on the fourth floor of Gaisano Mall.
Raya: A collaboration of arts
WHEN artists collaborate and dream up things, expect a deluge of forms and colors you hardly even imagined.
In this tiny shop along Jacinto Extension (in front of Immanuel Baptist Church) are artworks that can take you on a different trip right where you are, in Mindanao.
The name...
Where education is child’s play, yet not
WHAT would your child do if she or he was never allowed to watch television throughout her or his childhood? What will your child do?
Estremera: The confines of today’s generation
IT WAS just one of those Youtube videos of babies usually shared in Facebook. It showed a baby “working” a magazine like it was an iPad.
A nearer Manna
I KNEW it was a Korean restaurant even before I learned its name. With my brain cells trained to zero in on any new place, the target was picked up while my taxi zoomed past Roxas Avenue (on the non-ukay-ukay part).
Brain cells, however, did not file the information immediately, and so it...
Sharing
IT WAS the season for giving, and more…
The devastation in Northern Mindanao brought out anew the quick response of Sun.Star Davao to extend assistance. Soon after confirming the news about the deadly flashfloods in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro Cities, Sun.Star opened its doors once more as...
SushiDito!
JAPANESE cuisine is a real treat, not just for the tummy but for health as well. Known for their light preparations enough to fill up but not to fatten up, it goes with the wish that eating this would become more mainstream, like going out to a hamburger joint to eat. No frills, no pretense....
Estremera: One year gone and another one steps in
WAS that New Year’s Eve just past? Is it really 2012 today? I guess we just have to accept that. Another year zipped by, throttled thousands of our friends and even grabbed their homes from them, but we’re still here.
Estremera: Season of sorrow
JUST one more week and it would have been a merry Christmas, but not, for in just a matter of hours, what started as a wet first Simbang Gabi became a disaster that we in Davao still cannot get a full grasp of. What is happening in Cagayan de Oro? Why are friends among those who are asking for...
Early Xmas treat
IN DAVAO City, there is this group of men who love to go where they should no longer be - in mountainous and riverside terrain and put real meaning on the word off-road. The best part of this group’s addiction is that it’s not only for fun.
American food
CHRISTMAS is fast approaching and like a sled towed by ten speeding reindeers, the days zip fast, finding me with still no place explored on the night before deadline. Panic!
It was providential that there is one relatively new place that escaped exploration the past weeks simply because...
Estremera: Use it
THE ferrets were said to have given human three gifts, read the fable by Richard Bach: the power of fire, the power of the wheel, the power of the written language, and the power of courtesy and respect for each other and for all life. As the ferrets were about to leave, one human asked, “Of...
Precious Garden
IT WAS one of those days off when nothing has been planned, sleeping didn’t sound enticing, and there wasn’t laundry to do… and then up popped in the chat, long-time buddy Edith C., just as restless but just as clueless on what to do. That’s how it is with buddies…
Form and function
IT’S small, it’s barely noticeable until the details in the woodwork on the door catches your eye, and then you will realize that there is more to this tiny shop than what you would expect from a furniture display.
Mining sector can't deliver jobs: study
DAVAO CITY -- A policy paper by the Ateneo de Manila University School of Governance (ADMUSoG) points to official records that show the mining industry does not deliver the promises of economic boom and job generation that those pushing for mining operations in Mindanao, among them National...
Five cheese!
MY PERSONAL gauge for good pizza is Quattro formaggio (four cheese) since tasting it at Picobbelo and making it my favorite forever. And so, any new pizza place that offers more than one cheese ranks high in my ordering priorities, except that its sheer size demands that I go there to eat with...
