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Granola Dance Party: When Maharlika Turns the Kitchen into a Stage
My granola station found a new use, #maharlika2023la's dance stage. He is favoring my granola over the banana. What a messy house we have right now, yet full of exploration, handprints, crumbs and toys all over. My 81yo husband said he is now entering his second...
Grateful for a Special Invitation and Delicious Homemade Breakfast
Rose Estepa Ibanez is feeling grateful with Prosy Delacruz and 2 others. … thankful for the special invitation from our very good friends and couple Prosy Delacruz & Enrique de la Cruz PROSY - your delicious homemade breakfast was so tasty...
A Filipino Food Lover’s Culinary Journey Across the US
I am renewing my taste buds' engagement with high quality Filipino food enterpreneurs: Kuya Lord, Larosecafe Hollywood, Manila Inasal LA, and Max & Lucy’s. Manila Sunset in LA is back, too with a bigger place, now quickly overwhelmed by returning customers. I also...
Finding Joy in the Everyday
He likes cold water to drink. "Agua," he said. I was ready. He took a sip in my Stanley cup, now his. This cup was a gift from my hubby. It is now #maharlika2023la as he drinks from a straw. Did he feel our loving care? I believe so, he slept for 3 hours. When he woke...
Maharlika’s Day Out: Mango, Tandem Bike, and Missing Mama
#maharlika2023la came by with #princess2015la. He ate, fed himself mango - competently spooned it and ate #homemade#bananacalamansi#bread. Hewent on a tandem bike ride with his Lolo, minutes later, he fell asleep. He woke up now looking for his mama.
A Gourmet Lunch and Heartfelt Conversation: Celebrating Nicole’s Art of Motherhood
It is always a blessing and an inspired get-together with Nicole David Yalong, my goddaughter in marriage. I admire how she balances her work as a mom: cooking, homeschooling twins, manage a household, take on creative gigs of singing with her brother at weddings,...
A Family’s 40 Days: Healing Through Patience, Selflessness, and Presence
So nourished by the Holy Spirit, the Lord, Mama Mary, Fr. Rodel's presence, selflessness and patience, we were blessed as a family, ate heartily and with gusto, enjoyed each other's presence at @incaglendale and @La Bella Pinseria Romana after! It was my sister's...
A Blessed Evening of Healing & Family
So nourished by the Holy Spirit, the Lord, Mama Mary, Fr. Rodel's presence, selflessness and patience, we were blessed as a family, ate heartily and with gusto, enjoyed each other's presence at @incaglendale and @La Bella Pinseria Romana after! It was my sister's...
CSUN’s Philanthropic Heartbeat: A Night of Stories, Community, and Inspiration
Why this site? I surmised many of CSUN's large donors are Jewish. We got to sit with a couple who had sustained conversations with my hubby, a former Department Chair of Asian American Studies, Enrique de la Cruz, a CSUN scholarship donor as I am, though not an alumni...