Over a month or so ago now Bob and I started that all of us in the house will eat breakfast together. We were thinking of dinner, but some of the kids in the house will be going home late because of school. So the dinner together idea is off the table for now. We […]
This Kano and Kanin
Being of Irish descent, and remembering my Grandparents telling me of the Great Potato Famine of their youth, and of their migration to America. I’ll freely confess that in my life Potatoes have been a mainstay in my diet. I won’t list the many and varied ways that potatoes can be cooked or prepared as […]
What Was the Name of That Typhoon?
There was a typhoon scheduled by the Pag-Asa (Weather Dept.) Supposed to hit on Saturday or within a day or two last week, here on Luzon (It’s not an exact science), what do you do? You could panic, and run in circles with your arms in the air shouting, Aye, Aye Aye trying to figure […]
How Hungry Are You?
In the long distant past while consuming adult beverages with the neighbors here in my Purok, the subject of pulutan (Snack food consumed while drinking) and the subject of eating dog (Aso in Tagalog) meat had come up a few times, without my saying a word my friends knew how I felt about that, as […]
Taho!! Taaahhhhhoooooo!
Over the past couple of weeks we have been following a couple of American guys desperately trying to make a living in the Philippines. First, two weeks ago they tried driving a Jeepney in Manila, they got some passengers, but it’s a tough way to make money. Truth is, they barely made enough to buy […]
I’ve Got Dessert
I was eating some ice cream the other day and got to thinking about something my Dad taught me 30 years ago. We had driven over to Tampa from Clearwater to a famous Steak House named Bern’s for dinner. The waiter brought the menu to my Father and he quickly went to the dessert section […]