I heaved a sign of relief when our plane landed at JFK after 23 looong hours of travel from Manila to New York. Finally! It's our first time back in NYC in 5 years, first time to go there as a family, first long flight with the twins. As we unbuckled the girls off their seats ...
I Wish You All Have Seen Allegiance Broadway
My husband and I happened to have tickets to Allegiance in one of those rare nights Lea Salonga was down with colds and couldn't make it to the show. There was a bit of confusion, even disappointment, upon receiving our Playbills and seeing someone else's name under "Kei ...
Never too late for “Merry Christmas!”
I'm pretty sure your Christmas trees are still up and we're all still enjoying what's left of the Christmas season (and the leftover sugar cookies). So I'll just go ahead and finish this Christmas greeting I started drafting the day before Christmas, just before everything went ...
Rockefeller Christmas Tree at Midnight
A few nights after the Rockefeller Christmas Tree was lit, and on one of the coldest nights in my life (heads up: I'm from the tropics so what's cold for me may just be a normal cold to you), David and I, with his whole family, had a late night road trip to the city to see the ...
Bikeathon at Central Park
It's my third week here in NY. I wish there's a way I could make time slow down a bit! David and I have been to just a few places so far. As much as we want to spend more time outdoors during the day, he has to be at work and so do I, so we only get to date out in the evenings ...
Tuesdate at Downtown Manhattan
Reposting from FB, November 16. Date backtracked. Photo Dump! When I went here in 2008, taking the Staten Island ferry to see the Statue of Liberty was a special event. Now, it's a way of life. It's the fastest commute to Manhattan from Staten Island after all. I ...
Don’t You Just Love New York in the Fall?
(I just had to use that line. Again.) This is my version of Street View: the 5-minute walk from where I'm staying in Staten Island to the nearby public library, one of my hang out spots here. (You know me, where there's wifi, that's where I'll be.) There's just so much beauty ...
Thoughts About Packing and Pocket-Sized Mothers
It's hard to keep up with my life sometimes. I relocated from one apartment to another in the past 5 years faster than I could empty out boxes from my previous move, I would repack my bags even before I've fully adjusted to a new place, and I would say goodbye to neighbors, ...
You know who, I mean, what I’m really missing right now?
New York, care free days, and blue skies. Someone please give me an excuse to go back and see New York again. ...
