Bulacan coffee shops

3 aesthetic cafes in Bulacan for a mid-road trip coffee break

Bulacan is a province rich in history, heritage, and craftsmanship, but now it’s also slowly growing its cafe culture

bettina tañedo jos mundo edible spread filipino food
How a pastry chef created an island-themed spread with an edible Virgin Mary grotto-inspired centerpiece

Bettina Tañedo’s latest work for woman-owned studio Jos Mundo is a religious and delicious experience replete with Filipino sweets and flavors. And yes, you can eat all of them—save for the rocks and the moss

Halfsaints private dining. HS/ SOCIALS
Half Saints launches private dining and studio

The versatile new space is located on the second floor of the QC restaurant

bettina tañedo jos mundo edible spread filipino food
How a pastry chef created an island-themed spread with an edible Virgin Mary grotto-inspired centerpiece

Bettina Tañedo’s latest work for woman-owned studio Jos Mundo is a religious and delicious experience replete with Filipino sweets and flavors. And yes, you can eat all of them—save for the rocks and the moss

Halfsaints private dining. HS/ SOCIALS
Half Saints launches private dining and studio

The versatile new space is located on the second floor of the QC restaurant

Virtue & Vice
Indulgent or intimate? This Poblacion speakeasy offers both sides

Virtue & Vice is a bar split in two—a speakeasy for intimate conversations over drinks, and a hangout for nights you won’t remember

shoyu inu shiba dog the alley at karrivin
Lost no more: Inu, the Shiba who wandered into Karrivin, has found a home

Prior to being adopted, Shoyu Inu (his new name), was nurtured by the members of the Karrivin community in Makati from the time he was found in December

Don’t just worry about heat strokes. Worry about heat cramps and exhaustion, too

Summer is getting dangerously hot. Watch out for these symptoms if you want to avoid a spontaneous trip to the emergency room

one more chance popoy and basha
Popoy and Basha’s love story gets the theater treatment in ‘One More Chance’ musical

Expanded characterizations and scenes, backed by Ben&Ben’s songs make the musical a fair 2024 update

cafe siriusdan
A Mandaluyong cafe built by a love for travel and craft

Tucked within the streets of Mandaluyong is a paradise for wanderlusts and café aficionados alike

banana chips savory flavor sour cream barbecue roasted garlic
Savory banana chips exist! I may never go back to sweet ones

Move over, original sweet banana chips! These barbecue-, sour cream-, and garlic-flavored variants are now my go-tos

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The unending humanity of Geloy Concepcion photographs

He is a photographer, confidant, and keeper of internet strangers’ dreams, desires, and pains that social media would rather not show you

Home for the holidays and every time in between

For this friend group of creatives, to live in proximity of each other is a way to approximate a shared experience of longing for a physical and proverbial space

Meet Lokalpedia, the food heritage advocate documenting overlooked endemic Filipino ingredients

John Sherwin Felix AKA Lokalpedia’s photo collection documents artisanal salts and edible flowers

Wareco’s Therese Regalado goes beyond the limits of light and lightness

With a new six-piece collection of rattan furniture reinforced with metal and glass, the maker rethinks the material bounds of creativity

Relearning one’s sense of place with filmmaker Shireen Seno

The filmmaker shares her path to self-discovery through learning about the in-betweens of being Filipino.

a hand holding a woven basahan mat

Basahan makers in Payatas hope their P15 mats get same recognition, value as American design

Reacting to the viral Vogue feature of woven creations reminiscent of a basahan, mat makers are actually happy that people recognize their designs. But they also hope it will lead to bigger margins and possible government support

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