We Want Mo’ Momos! A Diwali celebration with Nepali street food

“Any other food today is going to be such a disappointment.” – co-worker after eating Gita’s Momo Kitchen sample.

Last week, friend Ravi Grover messaged me on Facebook about the new catering business he and his wife Gita started, and did I want to try some samples of Nepali food? All organic, all vegetarian.

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What Lea Salonga Thinks of Don’t Buy Miss Saigon

“Anything that talks about a dark part of history — it needs to be told.” – Lea Salonga

People who are not of Filipino heritage or who aren’t particularly into musical theatre may not know the name Lea Salonga, but they would probably know her voice. Continue reading “What Lea Salonga Thinks of Don’t Buy Miss Saigon”

Rizal Shrine day trip: Consul General Lim takes us to school on Philippines History [sponsored]

Manila, July 10.

Sixteen buses carrying five hundred delegates were in the convoy. Ten buses were to go to Calamba, the boyhood home and shrine to Dr. Jose Rizal, and six were traveling to Kawit. Kawit is the hometown of General Emilio Aguinaldo and birthplace of the Philippine Revolution, where, on June 12, 1898, a group signed a declaration of independence from their Spanish overlords, flew their colors for the first time and publicly dedicated themselves to the new, yet-to-be determined independent nation. Continue reading “Rizal Shrine day trip: Consul General Lim takes us to school on Philippines History [sponsored]”