Year-ender: 2012 Rewind and Looking Ahead to 2013
While people across the globe took 2012 with a grain of salt (with…
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.
A Tagaytay Wedding: San Antonio de Padua and Taal Vista
Weddings tend to be a very sentimental occasion for me. Ninety-nine percent of…
4am
Nursing a debilitated rib cage and back, I rise from bed albeit unsteadily from…
Good Taste, Great Pairings with San Miguel Lifestyle Brews
For many people, celebrations have become synonymous with beer. And for us fun-loving…
Have you been inside a cargo ship?
No? Well, neither have I. But it was thisclose.
Candaba Swamp: On failed trips and finding a solemate
After much prodding, I was able to get the husband to say yes…
Winners of the Early Xmas Giveaway for November
Without further ado, here are the lucky winners of the November leg of Filipina Explorer’s…
Meter
“A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.“ – Groucho Marx When…
Review: Dalampasigan Beach Resort, Sariaya, Quezon
Out in the massive parking lot, Dalampasigan Beach Resort seemed alien from the…
Honesty
During Lia’s check up/ routine vaccination last weekend, the sonologist’s assistant from the…
Foodtrip Friday: Emerald Garden Jumbo Siopao
One of my fondest memories of childhood are Sunday breakfasts with the entire…
OFW Treat: Mega Balikbayan/ OFW Expo 2012
People often say that OFWs are the Philippines’ modern-day heroes and ain’t that…
Photo Essay: Rekindling the Manila affair
I was supposed to draft a review about Dalampasigan Beach Resort in Sariaya,…
Foodtrip Friday: Lipa Grill, Batangas
On the way home from Sariaya past herds of honking drivers making their…
Grin Department Vocalist Passes Away
I was surprised when someone commented “RIP Idol” on the Filipina Explorer FB fan page…
And the winner of the Baby Carnival Giveaway is…
Andrea Renevera-Bancud! Congratulations, dear. You win for yourself 3 passes to the Baby…