Category: Drinks & Grub
ChangChui: Bangkok’s Creative Market Set Around a Retired Airplane
If Chatuchak and Pratunam are royalties when it comes to Bangkok’s traditional markets, there’s a growing cohort of younger, more rebellious options. Leading the pack is ChangChui Creative Park, also known as Plane Market for one obvious reason—a decommissioned L-1011 TriStar Lockheed airplane sitting in the center. View this post on Instagram A post shared […]
First Time in La Union? FatWave Surf Resort Is Great For Elyu Newbies
After putting it off for the longest time, my cousins and I finally went on our first La Union trip. After all these years of interviewing surfers for travel magazines and hearing all the stories from friends who love this surfing town, I was ecstatic to finally set foot in the Surfing Capital of the […]
7 Days In Guam
After my Cali–Michigan trip, I headed back to the Philippines to prep for another holiday. For my mom’s birthday, my family spent 7 days and 6 nights in Guam, one of the US territories in the Micronesia sub-region of the western Pacific Ocean. We initially wanted to go to New York, San Francisco (again, for […]
Day Trip To Mackinac Island
This October I visited my Uncle Tom and Aunt Cherry who live in Michigan, where they manage a thriving wedding venue called The Little Red Barn of Nunica. Fall was just starting as the leaves were a few days short of turning full red-orange, matching the pumpkin patch palette of this side of the United […]
Towering Ice Cream in Norm’s Michigan
One of the highlights of my Michigan trip this year is Norm’s Ice Cream, a seasonal local hang out in West Michigan. They have three locations—Grand Haven, North Muskegon, and Fruitport. My new Michigan friends (Hi, Katie and Nate!) took me to the latter. What’s a digital nomad/modern city girl like me doing all the […]
Din Tai Fung’s New Xiaolongbao Flavors
Happy Xiaolongbao Day! Din Tai Fung’s annual week-long celebration is back, and this time they’re dropping new, limited-edition “Flavors of Asia” xiaolongbao baskets—Wagyu Mala and Scallop and Prawn Laksa. I brought my family to Din Tai Fung in Manila to give the new flavors a try. View this post on Instagram A post […]
An Ode to Cali’s Pink Box Doughnuts
Filipinos, whenever you travel to California, what tops your bucket list? While I love Disneyland, Universal Studios, and the outlet shops like every other Pinoy with a cut-out of someone’s foot in their wallet, there’s one thing I look forward to the most in NorCal and SoCal—the pink doughnut box. @replikate How do I love […]
Daytime Clubbing in San Francisco
For elder millennials and Gen X, daytime clubbing is the new night out. I’ve been hearing about this concept for a couple of years now. There are afternoon pool parties that serve parents who take turns watching their kids at the pool while getting their cocktails at the bar—with decibel-safe house music playing in the […]
Wow Wow Lemonade Stand is Now in Vacaville
There’s a cute new lemonade shop in Vacaville, California. Say aloha to Wow Wow Lemonade, a handcrafted beverage shop with roots in Hawaii and has branched out all over the US. Their newest franchise in Vacaville just opened its doors this April. It’s about an hour’s drive from San Francisco or 35 minutes from Sacramento. […]