Monthly Archives: November 2013

We wanted to show Carrie and Simone some of the Philippines so we picked them up from the hotel and headed to Tagatay.  Tagatay is a city up in the mountains Taal Volcano which sits in the middle of a lake.  It’s about an hour and a half each way but we were lucky ourContinue reading “Road trip”

Just last week we found out that our friends Carrie, Frederick and Simone were coming to the Philippines! This is Adam’s first visit from a friend of his and he’s having the best time with her. The last time they were together was the day before we left DC, and they looked like this. Now,Continue reading “Simone is here!”

This Saturday Randy and I got all dressed up and headed to the Marine Ball. It’s was the 238 birthday of the Marines and every year on their birthday there’s a big black tie ball.  Everyone in the embassy cleans up and heads over.  It’s sort of like a wedding without a bride and groom. Continue reading “Happy 238th Marines”

We had a wonderful lazy three day weekend full of long walks and naps.  Come Sunday we decided to make some treats for a picnic and head to Ayala Triangle.  I made some spinach pies (as delicious as ever) and we made a yummy cobb salad and we got some cheeses and crackers. Once AdamContinue reading “Manila Style Picnic”

We’ve already been to the Aquarium a bunch, but when some friends invited us we couldn’t resist another trip. We went on election day in Manila which means it was a holiday here and the roads were amazingly free of traffic.  What took us two hours the other night in traffic took me 15 minutes.Continue reading “Aquarium – take three”