Do your own BTS tour of Seoul—it’s a great time to be Army
Who would’ve thought that when it debuted in 2013, Bangtan Sonyeondan, or BTS—comprised of Kim Namjoon (RM), Kim Seokjin (Jin), Min Yoongi (Suga),…
It never ceases to amaze me to see the droves of people who shamelessly gravitate to the rich and famous, the high and mighty. Why are power and pelf like magnets for us lesser mortals?
“This morning, before we met up, I was at home in bed playing with my two boys,” gushes Delamar Arias. “And I thought to myself, what a life. I really have to enjoy this!”
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.
The epiphany came to me the moment the needle dropped on the first track of the record and that epic electric guitar riff came through the speakers.
There are only two museums owned by artists in the country: BenCab Museum in Baguio and Museo Orlina in Tagaytay.
Out of the rains and stormy weather of the past weeks that marooned us indoors came the blessing of unexpected preoccupations—one old, the other new.
WHILE revisiting Baboo Mondoñedo’s book, “Stepping Stones,” I was struck by her sense of urgency as she lived out her days wearing the different hats she was comfortable with: “mother and grandmother, a writer, a bridge, a creator, a midwife, a comic, a child, an artist and an activist. At any turn, I may be asked to do what is called for at the moment.”
The hipster chariot du jour is the café racer, a low-slung, stripped-down speed machine that exudes a vintage vibe and the ineffable, Steve McQueen-like air of cool toughness (or tough coolness) that every man-boy aspires to.
Despite the numerous accolades he has received in his career, historian and book author Ambeth R. Ocampo said he was humbled after being chosen as a recipient of this year’s Fukuoka Prize.
I help people transition—not just your ordinary kind of passage, but more like crossing over to the eternal, where there...
