...there are certain things I dread to encounter and deal with before that I appreciate now.

It is always exciting to try new recipes, especially after a good year and a half of limited outside dining. Add it up to the stress of keeping the meals fresh and less redundant, and having to think of what’s for dinner for basically,...

Adobo is a Filipino dish . A simple combination of chicken marinated in garlic, vinegar, and soy sauce.

Mother's Day is fast approaching, and much as we want to make things special for the first woman in our lives, over the years it has gotten

Homesickness is real. I realized it fast when I arrived at the airport in the U.S. in the dead of winter.

With homemaking comes meal planning. When Joe and I were dating back in the Philippines, we’d go to a local place that serves purely Filipino food, and he eventually had his personal favorites. By the time I moved with him to Harrisburg, we...

The idea to become a blogger initially sparked on me as an opportunity to share my experience as a Filipina living abroad, with no friends or immediate family, and trying to adjust as fast as I could to life here in the U.S. And the possibility of...

So, how is everyone doing? I have not gotten the time and the push to start my actual blogging since I put this site up. But now being cooped up in our home, I figure I get the chance to restart (for real) in the craziest of situations that we are...

So, my in-laws called this morning. It’s part of our regular routine to call each other and check on what’s going on with our lives for the week (and them to check on Vince for the most part). They mentioned they’re going out on a...