Wow, my spirits are still soaring after visiting the sensational children of Friendship Home today! It was a big day – the Halloween Party! There were three stations for the kids to rotate between and I brought bags of candy that they had to do “tricks” to receive! It...
It was a big weekend folks. My first dress-up, large-scale event in Manila. And it was not just any event, it was the Annual Hoedown put on by the American Women’s Club of the Philippines. This event unites the expat community (men and women alike) around down home cookin’ and...
Ahh, some days my new life amuses me. Like today, when I was invited to “High Tea” at the Peninsula Hotel. Can’t say I’ve ever been to “Tea” before, let along “High Tea”. This brings up a whole series of questions like: What does one wear to...
I think I’ve mentioned this before but the Manila Embassy has a charity organization called the US Embassy Club (USEC). They sponsor eight different welfare projects in the city and fundraise primarily through two Bazaars per year (one of which is in jeopardy by another impending...