FEELING FINE AND SANDY Bluewater Maribago Beach Resort beachfront Skin everywhere, as phrased by Alexandria-born American writer André Aciman in his hugely popular 2007 novel Call Me By Your Name , a little too Millennial-ish, said a reader, meaning too youngish, to which I replied, “But the...
Inspired by French epicure Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin’s famous aphorism, here’s a tasting menu of symbolic eats, as served in literature Illustration by Oteph Antipolo Have you ever had dinner with anyone at which no word has been spoken? I suppose it wouldn’t have been an enjoyable one,...
The luxury of summer afternoons AFTERNOON PICNIC Ilonggos and guests on a picnic on the lawn of 93-year-old Beaux-Arts mansion Nelly's Garden in Iloilo Summer afternoon, the two most beautiful words in the English language, said Henry James—and I agree, but maybe because if I were a morning...