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Highlights of Cebu City

Posted on 29 April 2016 by sheg4184

A weekend in Cebu City. A friend’s birthday. A room at The Henry. A table  at Anzani . A Sunday recovery barbecue by the pool in the friend’s garden. A recipe for a super weekend. Our hotel may be a good place to … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Milk or Mother’s Ruin?

Posted on 22 April 2016 by sheg4184

“Red meat and gin.” – Julia Child, on the ingredients for a long life. Ten years ago micro-breweries hit the market with ‘craft’ or ‘boutique’ beers, providing the world with interesting alternatives to the mass-produced European style lagers.  Today, word … Continue reading →

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A Host of Golden Daffodils

Posted on 12 April 2016 by sheg4184

Manila is the natural habitat of the small dog, given the proliferation of high rise apartments and limited green space. In our own area of Manila, I often pass herds of tiny dogs, sometimes dressed in slippers and jackets, occasionally … Continue reading →

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Dancing with Dolphins

Posted on 4 April 2016 by sheg4184

  Another March, another birthday, and finding I had no great inclination to party, we headed north to Subic instead, where rumour had it there were dolphins to be met. It’s a three-hour drive from Makati – about 120 km north-west … Continue reading →

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“My Precious”

Posted on 21 March 2016 by sheg4184

Hiding in the shadows of dense Filipino forest – the Aeta of the animal kingdom – a petite, palm-sized primate clings to a branch with padded fingers. The platypus of the Philippines, – shy, elusive, unassuming – with a halo … Continue reading →

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Down on the Farm

Posted on 14 March 2016 by sheg4184

The sky was clear, with no hint of rain, and a beautiful breeze across the paddocks all day – perfect weather for a picnic… Last weekend, a small group from the Social Welfare Committee of the Asian Development Bank Spouses Association … Continue reading →

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A World of Fruit

Posted on 8 March 2016 by sheg4184

‘It is not only the taste, or the freshness, but especially the memories, the beliefs, the associations – the whole cultural package – that makes the fruit more than food.”   So says the late, great Doreen Fernandez,  food writer and … Continue reading →

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A World of Wine Bars

Posted on 24 February 2016 by sheg4184

“A tasty beverage is an adult experience It’s a clear punctuation mark in life’s daily round Be it a full stop to a day’s work done A question mark on what’s to come Or an exclamation mark as the game’s … Continue reading →

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Valentine Wines

Posted on 17 February 2016 by sheg4184

Day-colored wine, night-colored wine, wine with purple feet or wine with topaz blood, wine, starry child of earth, wine, smooth as a golden sword, soft as lascivious velvet, wine, spiral-seashelled and full of wonder, amorous, marine; never has one goblet … Continue reading →

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Wine, Cheese and Charity

Posted on 11 February 2016 by sheg4184

So I was about to head home to Manila after a long, hot summer in Australia when I suddenly remembered an unfulfilled promise and the need to raise some funds for the children at Tulay Ng Kabataan (please refer to … Continue reading →

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