The Breakfast Journal

Give in to Giving

Presenting: The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 2012 Planner It's a planner that's made with a lot of heart, by magic of new friendships! This is a project that we are all very proud of. I st...

Fri-Date: Silahis in Intramuros

On and off for over a year now, I've been doing research for a personal design project, reading books and collecting photos from local provincial museums around the country. Yesterday, after pickin...

FotoSet: 11.01

Random crafts and doodles from a long, sticky All Saints' Day.  1) Nov.1 in the cemetery. 2) ♥ made from candle wax drippings. 3) Digital self-portrait.

Recipe: Spinach & Mushroom Quinoa

I've been getting a few e-mail requests to post recipes here. For those of you who are trying to go vegetarian/vegan, it's important that you learn to prepare your own food because veg options won'...

This Vegetarian ♥'s Hong Kong

Two of my best friends, whom I usually spend Halloween with, flew to HK last week, leaving me with a party-less long weekend! Boo!!! (And that's not "Boo" in a halloween-y way.) I'm so jealous they...

Mio x Alessa

I was 5 when I begged my mom to take me out of ballet & piano classes and just enroll me in an art workshop. She gave in, and got me a private art tutor (wow!). I was lucky that one of our neig...

Our Very 'Local' Halloween Costumes

I just found out last night that we're attending a halloween party tonight. PANIC! #1, I don't have a costume. #2, It's gonna be a busy Saturday for me with 3 meetings today, so I don't have TIME t...

Napa & Bay Area Food Trip

Spent a week in the Bay Area and Napa with my (preggo) cousins Ate Ria and Rizza. Rizza & I flew in from LA with my nephew Hoops. (Yes, his name is really Hoops.) First stop: the candy store at...

Happy Birthday, Pipino!

  Pipino is ONE and we are celebrating with a New Menu! (click on Menus to enlarge) Breakfast Menu is available on Weekends from 7am Old Favorites are still part of the lineup. We ...

29 with 29

Last night, I celebrated my 29th birthday with 29 GirlFriends. (No boys allowed, haha! :P) I wanted it to be an intimate affair --which turned out to be a VERY NOISY intimate affair with nonstop...