The City of Pines: A Place We Used to Call Home

Coming back each time from an assignment overseas back in the early 2000s, we still had to make a 6-hour bus or van ride up the rugged Cordillera mountains before we could bed down for the night. Not exactly a comfortable arrangement but when home is among the pine trees of a mountain town in...

Flower Fields Above the Clouds: Northern Blossom, Atok

The Northern Blossom Flower Farm was largely unknown for some time but has been supplying its gorgeous flowers to Metro Manila and even to as far away as Mindanao. A little over three years ago, however, a local TV network featured the 3-hectare farm and mainly because of social media, the secret was soon out....

Yani Café: Our Newest Vegan-Friendly Joint

Meeting friends over coffee or simply enjoying a cup of latte has been a problem recently as coffee shops at malls in the metro are almost always full by the time we get there. But, on a visit to a bank in downtown Pasig recently, we were surprised to discover a chic but roomy café...