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Christian San Jose

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Glorious Dias will soon be gone but its scrunchies made from vintage barong are here to stay

Last week, the creative force behind Glorious Dias Jodinand Aguillon announced that his beloved vintage…

Yes, you can kimchi (verb) watermelon—all of it

Take it from New York’s popular Asian fusion restaurant Mission

Buying art at this year’s virtual Art in the Park is as easy as shopping online

Today is the day! The first-ever online Art in the Park opens virtually to the…

OPINION: Mayor Isko Moreno’s idea of ‘reviving’ a park—a free public space—is putting up a coffee shop. Really?

While Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso may be one of the better leaders out there especially…

The emperor’s new clothes strictly for the ’gram

For the price of two mass-produced tops, you can get anything from a “virtual” skin-tight rash guard to a puffy bowed gown. Question is, are you willing to pay that much for “nothing”?

What to do with ayuda canned goods? Make cheesy corned beef muffins

Do you realize that by next week, we’ve already been in quarantine for five months?…

Galleries may be closed but its backrooms are open and online

Local art galleries were just starting to reopen and mount new exhibitions after months of…

Where to buy ceramic plates, bowls, mugs and decor by local potters online

My quarantine banana bread was secondhand ceramics—emphasis on was. I wrote semi-extensively about this passing…

Who let the ostriches out and is it even legal to have them as pets?

A much-needed break from the circus of news, a comic relief amid isolation—this is how…

Tourists can visit Baguio as early as next month—if they’re willing to go through rigorous protocols

Travel as we know it, is not returning anytime soon. By estimates, global international travel…