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Christian San Jose

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Where to go this week: a drinking library, a café that’s also a bar, and a wine depository

Last September, Manila’s first cocktail festival celebrating the capital’s growing mixologist industry was held in…

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My three days of rest and relaxation in the middle of a lake in Laguna, Part 1

Let me begin by saying that, apart from the title, this has very little to…

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Foldable umbrellas in hand-carry bags are now allowed in planes

Have you ever had to let go of something, be it a water bottle or…

LOOK: OPM icons Rene Garcia, Rico J. Puno, and Pepe Smith featured on special-edition stamps

Three of OPM’s most revered icons who passed away just within five months of each…

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The terno is back from the baul. Now what?

A lot has changed since the first staging of TernoCon. The convention and contest, the…

Let’s talk about “the elephant onboard”: airline waste

Just last week I boarded three planes going to Spain from Manila in a span…

Keto burnt cheesecake, taho pie, and other local desserts to try this week

My recent trip to San Sebastian, Spain, however short, was one of the most memorable…

Sisig, inasal, and other Filipino dishes wow at gastronomy congress in Spain

How do you describe Filipino cuisine to people of different nationalities who only have a…

9 out of 11 endemic hornbill species now listed as threatened in DENR’s updated red list

“From seven hornbill species threatened in 2004, we now have nine,” Berhel Doria of the…

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These trippy sweatshirts inspired by mushrooms are made by two London-based Filipinas

“I’m thinking of getting into mushrooms.” We were exploring the last remaining lung of Manila,…