Category Archives: Philippines

The Scottish Bard

Posted on 6 February 2015 by sheg4184

“Fair and full is your honest, jolly face, great chieftain of the sausage race!                                                     … Continue reading →

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Purging Dr Zeuss

Posted on 23 January 2015 by sheg4184

Remember that children’s book, ‘Are You My Mother’ by P.D. Eastman? It’s that one where the baby bird hatches only to find he is all alone, so he bravely leaps out of the nest, and sets off to find his … Continue reading →

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Villa Escudero

Posted on 13 January 2015 by sheg4184

It was our daughter’s birthday last week, and with our men folk off about their own business, we decided a Mother/Daughter road trip might be fun. We packed the car and headed south for her favourite spot: Stilts, in Calatagan, … Continue reading →

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Hiding Out at The Henry

Posted on 4 January 2015 by sheg4184

The behemoth that is December in the Philippines had descended on Makati like a tidal wave. Cars rolled doggedly down EDSA and Ayala Avenue, bumper-to-tailgate, like an insuperable lava flow. Every shopping mall was seething with excited shoppers walking four … Continue reading →

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A Manila Christmas Carol

Posted on 31 December 2014 by sheg4184

                Lechon roasting on an open fire, Parum-papum-pum, spinning slowly over glowing coals until glossy copper skin snaps and cracks like toffee, promising juicy, fragrant flesh beneath. The traffic churns, thick and smoky … Continue reading →

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Tea & Tranquility

Posted on 28 December 2014 by sheg4184

“When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.”   ~  Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog. It is almost Christmas and the streets and shopping malls of Makati … Continue reading →

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Baa Baa Black Sheep

Posted on 30 November 2014 by sheg4184

Black Sheep is the newest Single-Malt-Whisky-Bar-and-Modern-Gastronomy-Restaurant in town. Try saying that after a couple of drinks! Situated in the penthouse atop that eye-catching black, white and blue checkered building West Fifth in Bonifacio Global City, the kitchen is in the capable … Continue reading →

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Trendy Mediocrity with a Side Order of Inconsistency

Posted on 25 October 2014 by sheg4184

I love Rockwell. There is always some new restaurant to try amongst the plethora to be found both inside and outside Power Plant Mall. My latest, belated discovery is Rambla. Apparently it has actually been there for almost twelve months, but … Continue reading →

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Blackbird: a transformation

Posted on 4 October 2014 by sheg4184

One of the first snippets of local history I was handed when I arrived in the Philippines: Ayala Triangle, now the focal point of the Makati business district,  was once an airport among rice fields, its original runway the stretch of … Continue reading →

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