Friday, November 30, 2007

REMEMBERING THE WOMAN IN AMSTERDAM

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It's raining now and for some reason I'm remembering our trip to Amsterdam. We stayed in a studio apartment on the Dam Square. T...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

TIME TO DIET

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And now dear Readers, I have to confess that I have to go on a serious diet. All the Chile en Nogada (green chile, with white walnut sauce ...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

NUNS ON BARSTOOLS & NUNS IN BUMPER CARS

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I found these pictures of nuns. They are so cute. They remind me of the time Lauren and I were in Rome, near the Santa Maria de Magiorre. ...
Monday, November 26, 2007

THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS IN SAN DIEGO

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My friend Elizabeth Allen and I went to the San Diego Natural History Museum to see the exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls . The scrolls are...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

ROASTING BONELESS LEG OF LAMB FOR THANKSGIVING

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My sister-in-law Kim is making the turkey; I've got 2 legs of lamb (boneless) roasting. They each weigh approx. 4.65 lbs. I bought the...
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

OOO - LA - LA, ANOTHER BIRTHDAY! Some Jokes to Make you Smile

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Here's a birthday card that I got that made me laugh: ~~~~~~~ Here's an excerpt from Louie Nacorda's email that mentions St. Cec...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

NEWS FROM CEBU WRITER CHINGGAY UTZURRUM

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Thanks to Cebu writer (and dear friend) Chinggay Utzurrum, who sent some news clippings and pictures of my last visit to Cebu in June-July 2...
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

SOME FAVORITE PICTURES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

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Monday, November 5, 2007

UPDATE ARROWHEAD MINI-REUNION WITH MARYKNOLLERS

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There was something that happened to us. We went to the same college, and we probably weren't even that close then. After college, we w...
Saturday, November 3, 2007

DIDI RIESE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!

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Last night we stopped by Didi Riese for dessert. Didi Riese is in Westwood Village, near the Bruin Theater. The order lines are long, espe...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

LUKE AND ROBERT, HALLOWEEN

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM LUKE AND ROBERT BRAINARD, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ELMO AND TIGGER!

COOKING LENGUA ESTOFADA FOR THE MARYKNOLLERS

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Today I am cooking tongue. I should say "Lengua" to make it sound more dignified, but it's tongue nonetheless - a huge cow...
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Sunday, October 28, 2007

MOVIES: DARJEELING LIMITED & DAN IN REAL LIFE

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I thought "Darjeeling Limited" would be an Indian film, in the tradition of "Water" by the Canadian Indian filmmaker, De...
Friday, October 26, 2007

CANADA & NEW ENGLAND

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I didn't have internet access for a while, thus the silence. We boarded the Grand Princess in New York and headed north, to Boston, Ba...
Sunday, October 7, 2007

NEW YORK, NEW YORK!

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The last time I visited New York City was a few months after 911. My friend Susan Montepio and I went to Connecticut for a conference at th...
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Thursday, October 4, 2007

UPDATE GETTYSBURG, PA

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We visited the Eisenhower National Site, which was the home and farm of Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower. They bought the farm in 1950, after...
Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Valley Forge, Amish, Buddhist Monks in Burma

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From Philadelphia, Lauren and I drove to Valley Forge where we visited the Center and drove around the National Park. The site is where Geor...

PETITION ON BURMA

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Terrible news about Burma continues. The Buddhist monks in prisons are staging protests by refusing to eat. More reports are popping up ab...
Tuesday, October 2, 2007

MASSACRE OF BUDDHIST MONKS IN BURMA

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Very, very disturbing news from Australia's Herald Sun about Burma or Myanmar - here quoted: "October 02, 2007 12:00am A SENIOR Bur...
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Philadelphia and Map of Old Cebu

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Lauren and I arrived Philadelphia yesterday and toured today: Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and American Constitu...
Friday, September 28, 2007

MYANMAR BLOG FOR CURRENT NEWS

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The political situation in Myanmar breaks my heart. Here's a news excerpt dated September 22. There have been more protests and subseq...
Friday, September 21, 2007

OLD CEBU TRIVIA

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Louie Nacorda sent in this Old Cebu Trivia about Zulueta Street in Old Cebu: "Anyway, I found some Old Cebu trivia that could be of int...
Wednesday, September 5, 2007

COFRADIA SAN JUAN BATISTA IN CEBU

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Louie Narcorda, founder of the Cofradia of St. John the Baptist in Cebu City, sent some pictures of their recent celebration of St. John...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

1896 CEBU GENEALOGY - JUANA LOPEZ DIOSOMITO

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My friend Gavin Bagares in Cebu sent me the following historical materials that have to do with my great-greatgrandmother, Juana Lopez y Di...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

SOME OLD BRAINARD PICTURES

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Husband Lauren was given a bunch of old pictures and I've posted some of them. I never met Grandpa Mac (McKay), the father of Lauren...