Sitio Lucia Resort: Happiness Through GoPro’s Lens
An entire neighborhood block excursion-ing. I must’ve been bonkers to say yes. The introvert…
Author: Gretchen Filart
Gretchen is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and essayist from the Philippines, where she embraces life while managing bipolar disorder and ADHD. Her confessional pieces unpack the complexities of grief, healing, motherhood, love, and intersections, garnering recognition from the Greg Grummer Poetry Contest and Navigator's Travel Writing Competition.
Our Kitchen: Cheap Italian Food That Sticks
The one takeaway from growing up in a family of pasta lovers then…
Candaba Wetlands, Finally
On every traveler’s bucketlist lies that one elusive place that for some weird,…
Mad About Sisiman (And That Lightless Lighthouse)
Wow, I muttered repetitiously under my breath. I was there to make a…
5 Ways Breastfeeding Makes Traveling Easier For Me
Breastfeeding Month brings many stirring thoughts to mind. Some revel, some argue, and…
Losing A Cat and Closing Shop
*Half of this was written on November 2013, when our Persian cat passed…
Stories in Tongues and Coming Home To Matnog
There are places you go to for great barbecue, sun and sand or…
Looking For Bicol’s Pili?
Here’s a short and straight answer: Albay Pilinut Candy (formerly New Albay Central…
Debunking Hearsay: Hoyop-Hoyopan Cave, Camalig, Albay
Hordes of NPAs. Slippery moss-draped floors. Deep dark forests and snakes. Dangerous and…
Photo Essay: Views from Daraga Church, Albay
My mother pulled over to the uphill lot occupied by rows of churchgoers…
On Pack Dynamics and Quitting My Social Media Accounts
In what seems like a bizarre turn of events, I did something that…
DTC Reveals New Fit-for-Travel Smart Devices and Brand Advocates in Grand Launch
Robinson’s Place Manila’s Midtown Atrium sizzled last Sunday as economy mobile device maker…
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No Cliche’: Legazpi Boulevard and Embarcadero, Albay
Albay as a whole still keeps many little-known awe-inspiring spots – some of…