The womenfolk are in for a stressful time during Chuseok, or Thanksgiving Day in Korea.
While spring has not been so bountiful, there is not much to look forward to in fall either for the tourism industry in Bhutan that saw a drop in international tourist arrivals by about 14.62 per cent as of August this year.
Sliced heirloom tomatoes, steamed lobster and house-made burrata greeted Pope Francis on his first night in New York, where a celebrity chef cooking for her second Pontiff said her menu was inspired by Francis’ humility and simplicity.
Auggie Cordero can laugh about it now, but he still remembers the numbing, disquieting feeling when the realization finally dawned 29 years ago: No one was going to knock on his door anymore. Not today, never mind tomorrow.
Abe (pronounced Ah-beh) is the Kapampangan word for companion or friend. It is also the name of a popular upscale Filipino restaurant named in honor of Emilio Aguilar Cruz—writer, painter, diplomat, gourmand and raconteur.
I’ve been married for almost 35 years and I thought my marriage was made in heaven until I discovered that my husband has a girlfriend on the side. I confronted him and the woman but they denied their affair!
These days, the talk of the town are two phenomena: “Aldub,” the continuing love story on noontime TV; and “Heneral Luna,” a historical film that has achieved the near-impossible feat of sold-out screenings in most theaters for a month now since it opened.
IT IS a touching gesture that Emilio Aguilar Cruz’s legacy of patriotism and service has been upheld by his family, and in giving his artworks to the nation through the National Museum, the works have become even more significant.
Although I miss both of them, Tatang (Abe Cruz) and his son, Larry —together now, no doubt, enjoying the mother of all royal feasts in the real foodie haven, complete with dancing girls—I can’t help but giggle, pardon the irreverence, when I think about Tatang’s wake. You see, I made a bit of a scene.
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