Random Musings

25 Ways to Wear a Scarf

25 Ways to Wear a Scarf

  See, one of my New Year’s Resolutions is to finish work before the Captain Awesome and Little HRH are home from school. That means, I should not be blogging at this hour. But, my blogger friend, Ces, shared this video of 25 Ways to Wear a Scarf last night and I find it really, uhm, ... ...

Taste Buds

Taste Buds: Spanish Rice that’s not Paella

Taste Buds: Spanish Rice that’s not Paella

Chef and I have been together for 6 years and I never learned how to make Spanish rice until now. I love it, obviously, and I can’t get enough of it whenever we have Mexican food. We discussed over and over what this really is called because it’s been labeled as Spanish rice, though it’s ... ...

Le Critique, Mirror Mirror

Le Critique: Mirror, Mirror: Sibu Beauty

Le Critique: Mirror, Mirror: Sibu Beauty

New Year, new channel! We are launching Mirror, Mirror as a new channel for our Le Critique series to showcase our reviews on beauty vanity products. We are not particularly experts in these, but we’ll try our best.  Like many other unfortunate souls, I suffered from horrible acne breakout in my teenage years. I tried ... ...

Celebrations, Guilty Pleasure, On the Loose

On the Loose: @ideeli Christmas Shopping

On the Loose: @ideeli Christmas Shopping

It’s been a while since we did an On the Loose post. Not that we haven’t done any shopping. On the contrary, I think I have reached my [self-imposed] quota for 2011. Now, before you play the world’s smallest violins for me, 2012 is just a few days away. I’ll be resetting my shopping count ... ...

Taste Buds

Taste Buds: Russian Tea Cakes

Taste Buds: Russian Tea Cakes

Happy Holidays, one and all!! Yes, yes, my greeting, along with blogposts, are a tad bit delayed. Nonetheless, it’s never too late for a good dessert recipe. There’s actually quite a story behind my Russian Tea Cake mini obsession. Three years ago, I took an interim position at another department and met a funny group ... ...

Taste Buds

Taste Buds: Lechon Liempo Pork Tapa with Bagoong

Taste Buds: <s>Lechon Liempo</s> Pork Tapa with Bagoong

Um and I have been skimming the pages of the Yummy Filipino Favorites recipe book that my MIL sent since we got it, but never really cooked anything from it until a week or so ago. Um saw the bagoong (shrimp paste) that I bought from the Filipino store when my parents were over for a ... ...

Celebrations, Wanderlust

Wanderlust: Macy’s Annual Thanksgiving Parade

Millions from all over the world lined the streets of Midtown Manhattan in New York City early Thursday morning to secure great spots for the 85th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. The parade began promptly at 9:00 am on Central Park West at West 77th Street and traveled south. Then, it veered left to go east ... ...

Music & Lyrics

Music and Lyrics: Ramona – Beck

This song is from the original soundtrack of the movie, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. The movie stars Michael Cera from Juno. I have got to say, I’m impressed with his role choices. I couldn’t imagine anyone else playing Scott Pilgrim. Check this movie out! It’s one of those I-don’t-have-to-use-my-brain movies that’ll ...

Hole in the Wall

Le Critique: Hole in the Wall: The Melt

Le Critique: Hole in the Wall: The Melt

The Melt New Montgomery 115 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105   Grilled cheese. American classic. So utterly simple. Get  someone like Jonathan Kaplan, founder of the Flip camera, to complicate it and make it simple all over again. This guy made several hundreds of millions of dollars when he sold Flip to Cisco. The ... ...

Mommy Adventures, Taste Buds

Taste Buds: Pizza Bagels

Taste Buds: Pizza Bagels

I am constantly on the lookout for easy recipes that I can prepare for my family. Since moving to the east coast, I have been cooking and baking more than I have ever had in my entire life. I have said so many times that I am not so good in the kitchen. But I ... ...

IDesign

IDesign: Shapes and Figure/Grounds

IDesign: Shapes and Figure/Grounds

When I started design school, my professor said, “believe me, you will never look at space the same way again.” I didn’t believe her much because I felt that for someone who’s forte is not in space planning, I have a pretty good grasp of how areas should be laid out. But, I was determined ... ...