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Simple Elegance for the Event Stylist/Cake Artist
I didn’t want to miss Kit Mandac’s birthday dinner specially prepared by Chef Nic Rodriguez at his Rufino’s Cafe fronting the gorgeous Paoay Church. Sharing with you photos. The last two pics were...
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Cefi & Me opens at Paseo de Paoay
Sunny, effervescent, refreshing — those three words enter my mind as soon as I step into Cefi & Me. The baker in Toni Carag has been unleashed and baby Cefi, the frosting to her cupcake, appears...
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Eagle’s Nest invites you to its 11th anniversary buffet special
In the past decade, the Eagle’s Nest of Java Hotel became known for the tastiest baby back ribs in Laoag and the only place for appetizing teppanyaki and all-day crispy dinardaraan, along with...
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Kingfisher Beach: Ilocos Norte’s new hideaway
Perhaps, an inadverdent staycation, all by myself, is exactly what my being was looking for after a straight 5 years of blogging. Kingfisher Beach, elsewhere between Saud Cove and Blue Lagoon, is a...
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Ilocos Norte events this Halloween season
It’s the season once again for platefuls of atang and burning candles. When you’ve already exhausted the Nation white paint you bought from Ace Marketing, you may want to pay Requiem a visit. Young...
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Say No To Mining in Adams!
Adams (east of world famous Pagudpud), home to the 11, 794.19-hectare Proposed Northern Ilocos Norte Natural Park of the region’s remaining intact old-growth forests, the 3,250-hectare Adams Wildlife...
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Wake me up: Coffee plantation in Lammin
In northeastern Ilocos Norte, a former mining village in the craggy Cordillera Mountains has begun planting quality arabica coffee to sell to the market. Last year, we heard stories about Rocky...
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Ilocos Norte on Two Wheels
At a tourism workshop, a non-Ilocano tourism student once asked me, “What is the best way to enjoy Ilocos?” Without thinking twice, I shot back “Do you bike?” I’ve been hanging out with local bikers...
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Found my perfect coffee
My clothes fall better and people are noticing it. A change in morning coffee did the trick. Besides the longer, leaner silhouette, I’m sleeping earlier and better, which prompted me to purchase my...
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Laoag pigs out
Laoagueños were nervous watching the premier episode of FoodPrints with Chef Sandy Daza on the Lifestyle Network. And that included me, super! I wasn’t able to focus on the things I said about the...
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Cake and Baking Supplies in Laoag
I wish I were a baker! ‘Coz this store, called Choy’s, at the Laoag Supermarket has virtually everything for the budding baker and those who have not much time to travel for pans and pins and whatnot....
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Northern Archery Range: Teaching the art of archery
The very first time my friend Donna Rabang Peta and I went to the freshly talked about archery range in Ilocos, I wasn’t expecting anything at all. I went with her as a curious blogger. The fenced...
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Where to buy fabric in Laoag
A reader asks, “Where can I buy pretty linen fabric in Laoag?” Happy to have found time to answer the question. There are more or less 5 fabric stores in Laoag, but the one that satisfies my creative...
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Vintar Dam at Sunset
Vintar Dam, after all these years, is still beautifully arcane. A blessed Christmas to all! Photographed by Blauearth © Blauearth™ All Rights Reserved 2009-2014
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Vintar launches Kayam Kayak adventure and hosts the first kayathlon
Still about Vintar Dam, the launch of Kayam Kayak kayaking adventure is finally happening, like I wrote in the Mabuhay Magazine October 2014 issue. A kickoff kayathlon, the first of its kind in the...
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Ylocos Mobile Spa: The spa brought to your home
No matter how small your house is, you can turn it into a royal residence. I actually did that yesterday. I rang Ylocos Moblie Spa and gifted myself with a two-hour home massage. They asked me if I...
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Adams, the Critical Wildlife Habitat, and 2014
On the eve of 2014, I was rushing a story about the DENR-just-declared Adams Wldlife Critical Habitat that got published on Rappler here. Posted another story for BlauEarth here. Same day last year, I...
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Eugene learns to kitesurf @ Kingfisher
The great seaside getaway in Ilocos I’ve discovered last year got even more lucid, with the family getting to love my description of an unperturbed beachful bliss, blissful beach, both. Eugene happens...
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Pagudpud Day Out
Before posting a few photos from Samantha’s birthday blowout, here are the last from their heritage tour, as in roots tour, with yours truly, their lone cousin on the Abad side who lives in Norte. I...
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The Great Ilocos Norte Off-Road Adventure
Warning: This post is photo-heavy! It took me a week to post the awesome trailing adventure with out-and-out adventurers Jeena Llamas, Jason Afable Luengo, Jacq Yu, Jun and Mylene Flores, Isabelle,...
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