AS I write this, I am still in shock from the news about a lovely young woman I went diving with in Fiji in 2019, and who died suddenly of a…
Amazed in Pompeii
LOU Gonzales of the Diarist has the well-deserved monopoly of food pieces here, because she cooks and eats well. Me? I…
The 500-year-old ‘tilma’ imprinted with Mama Mary’s image. The recessed frame can be pulled in and covered at night. In November 1921…
Photographs by Dr. Mike Macrohon
FIRST off, a caveat: I am not writing this to showcase admirable piety or a special designation as a…
I’VE only sobbed underwater twice in my life (and no, for a long-time scuba-diver, that’s not life-threatening). First was when we…
Kitchen stars: Chefs Tina Legarda, Kevin Navoa, Thirdy Dolatre, Sau del Rosario, and Francis Lacson
IT was 1998 when chef Myrna Segismundo…
THINK—or read—“Doreen Gamboa Fernandez,” and although she was also a teacher, Filipino academic, chronicler of culture, and writer…
ONE of the most memorable moments in my breast cancer journey was joining my first ICanServe gathering, where founding president Kara…
WHEN did I first grasp the need to save money and invest in protection, in case things didn’t go as planned, and because I had neither…
I’VE lived most of my life without a father at this point—42 of my almost 60 years—and the pain can still be overwhelming. If…
