If not for the dinner date / get-together that AJ's college chums arranged last weekend at the New East Wing, Shangri-La Plaza, I wouldn't have discovered Maple and all the good things about it. For one, Maple is the sister company of Pancake House so expect only the best pancakes and waffles here. Highly recommended is their Big Maple Breakfast (P540.00) which AJ and I ... READ MORE
Rachel Ashwell’s Shabby Chic Style
I am a big fan of Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Couture and if only we're not living in the city where dust is everywhere, I'd most likely have painted all walls in our apartment white and buy distressed furniture for a complete shabby chic look. That aside, I love looking at and reading about her shabby chic inspirations which she documented well in her books - that's 7 ... READ MORE
The Manga Book of Judith
Look what I found today: Two-volume Manga books on the story of Judith - one of the prominent heroic characters in the Bible that's female. I got them from this little bazaar selling prayer books at the office today for....(drum roll, please)....P25.00 a piece. So these two books are just P50.00 (or just a little over a dollar). Winner! You may not know this but ... READ MORE
Weekend Loots: Books and Saizen Items
Look what we've brought home from the weekend sale at Robinson's Place in Manila: Hardbound books from Booksale! Only P60 each (around $1.40 each)! Nikolai Grozni's Turtle Feet has long been in my book list and it was a pleasant surprise to find it among the many hardbound books on sale at Booksale. And as I have been a big fan of Anita Diamant since I read The Red ... READ MORE
Book Trees
Do you love books? How do you organize them at home? AJ and I each have a vast collection of books that we brought into our apartment. Here are just some of mine (sorry for the bad photo, I took this using my fone): Since we have a modest-sized apartment for me, we decided to store most of the books for now, but left some for display. We wanted our start-up home ... READ MORE
Book Review: An Amish Wedding
I have recently joined BookSneeze, which allows you to pick a book from their list, and will mail it to you - for free! In exchange, you have to read and write a review about it. Not bad, huh? I placed my request sometime last year and actually forgot about it, until I received a notice from the post office in December last year. It was the book I requested from ... READ MORE
A Tale of 3 Books
I was able to pick up on my book reading over the long break last December, and there were 2 books that I was able to see through its ending, and one that I simply could not process anymore and decided to retire in our "book box". The 2 books that I finished till the end were Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat and Obsession by Julie Powell and The Lost Symbol by Dan ... READ MORE
One Day by David Nicholls
I've just finished this book and I totally love it - the story, the writing style of David Nicholls, the characters. Just everything about this book is brilliant! Now, I am not really a fan of books-turned-into-a-movie (except for the Harry Potter books) but when I learned that Anne Hathaway got the role of Emma Morley, I know I just have to watch the book's film ... READ MORE