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Wanderlust: Holy Capilano!

This post is really about both Capilano Suspension Bridge and Grouse Mountain. Despite the title seeming it’s only about Capilano, I’ve learned that in Vancouver, these two attraction sites go hand in hand. There’s been so much to do and I’ve slowly been updating the blog’s layout, but I’ve finally found some time completing a [...]

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Wanderlust: O, Canada!

I don’t know about you, but one of my regular pastimes is to search for travel deals, even if taking vacations doesn’t come as easily for Chef as it does for me. So, these searches spike when we know a holiday is coming up. Do you find yourself browsing through Expedia, Jetsetter, Hayes and Jarvis, [...]

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Le Critique: Hole in the Wall: Bouchon in Napa Valley

Bouchon 6534 Washington Street Yountville, California 94599 707.944.8037 Recently, I posted about a visit to Yountville, where I raved about the land of Thomas Keller, in a quaint town in Napa Valley reminiscent of Europe. It could have easily been one of my French, Spanish or Greek holidays taken or to be taken. Travel is [...]

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Blinks: Florence – The Birthplace of Rebirth

A couple of weeks ago I was having a discussion with my coworker about living in a different time. We both agreed that we’d rather not live during any other time than now, when plumbing has been mastered and taking a bath is not a rarity nor a luxury (well, for the most part). However, [...]

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Impromptu SoCal Trip

I think most of my friends back in the Philippines will agree when I say lastminuteholidays have better chances of pushing through than those that have been planned for months. Now that I think about it, most of the out-of-town trips Um and I have taken are spur-of-the-moment trips. I have repeatedly said in this [...]

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Wanderlust: A Jaunt to Yountville

There are just definitely those times when a quick trip to somewhere new becomes a wonderful surprise leaving you in awe and excitement at the same time. Times when you thought you were going to one place then you suddenly changed the plans and went somewhere else for practicality’s sake but then wondered why that [...]

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Wanderlust: Bucket List: Yunak Evleri

Taking Ms. V’s advice, I started putting things together and made myself a vision board. It serves as reminder for me to get motivated as well as a means for me to tell the universe, “Here! These are my heart’s desire. Conspire to make it happen!” I have always known that I want to get [...]

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Wanderlust: La Mesa Ecopark

Spring break has come and gone. The week went by so fast. Yep…just one week. I wonder if it is like that in all schools – even colleges – here in the States. It reminds me of my super short term breaks at De La Salle and how my friends from other universities (who usually [...]

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Blinks: Narnia

taken: April 19, 2011 photo: Ms C Taken while on board the steam-powered train in Sacramento. Mrs. Beaver: It’s the world, dear! Did you expect it to be small? Susan Pevensie: Smaller.

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Guilty Pleasure: An Idiot Abroad

The Science Channel calls it a practical-joke-turned-social-experiment. An Idiot Abroad is the best reality show there is since The Amazing Race. Like The Amazing Race, An Idiot Abroad showcases the magnificent beauty of the world, and its historical and cultural (sometimes, idiosyncratic) richness. The latter, however, allows the “cast” and the viewers more opportunity to [...]

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Music and Lyrics: Life is a Highway – Rascal Flatts

Parent-Teacher Conferences were held last week, Thursday and Friday, giving Captain Awesome and Little HRH two extra days for the weekend. We wanted to maximize the kids’ days off and take them out. Um and I originally thought of going on a day trip to Monterey, but Faja suggested that, with Captain Awesome and Little [...]