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Cakes & walking the ends of the archipelago for good coffee
by Igan D’Bayan - November 14, 2024 - 12:00am
An executive from Bo’s Coffee shows me photos that look more suited to National Geographic than the Food Channel — images of rugged treks through hilly terrain, gathering with local coffee farmers in...
Senator Loren Legarda: ‘We are a nation of storytellers, just like Rizal’
by Igan D’Bayan - November 10, 2024 - 12:00am
It’s happening finally: the Philippines will assume main character duties as the Guest of Honour country at the 77th Frankfurter Buchmesse next year — a move that was envisioned by Senator Loren Legarda,...
The dim sum pairing is a lob fest at Summer Palace
by Igan D’Bayan - October 24, 2024 - 12:00am
Dim sum is not just food; it’s a cultural experience.
In bloom: Filipino artist Ronald Ventura sets new record at Christie’s
by Igan D’Bayan - October 16, 2024 - 10:29am
Through his paintings, Ronald Ventura continues not just to break records at auction houses but also records how society blooms away from its organic bent, gets into a different gear, cocoons and transitions into...
Senator Loren Legarda: A champion of culture & climate, honored by France
by Igan D’Bayan - October 5, 2024 - 12:00am
It was springtime in Paris in 2013 and those were different times: Albert Camus was on the cover of Philosophie magazine; the gargoyles of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris were kissing the velvet skies; past...
Going full Bavarian for Oktoberfest
by Igan D’Bayan - September 19, 2024 - 12:00am
What is the true spirit of Oktoberfest?
Bigger, better and Bavarian to the core
by Igan D’Bayan - September 12, 2024 - 12:00am
Oktoberfest events make me remember the clinking of steins, the slicing of sausage, preying upon pretzels, and the wafting of 99 Luftballoons from speakers courtesy of musicians in dirndl and lederhosen.
Senator Loren Legarda: ‘Junyee proves how art can spark change, inspire action’
by Igan D’Bayan - August 26, 2024 - 12:00am
Years ago, when we visited Senator Loren Legarda’s office in the old Senate, we saw many pieces by Junyee.
For a boldly Filipino food experience, seek and you shall Siklab+
by Igan D’Bayan - August 15, 2024 - 12:00am
It was like Rhaenyra scouring the warring lands for individuals with Targaryen blood to be dragon riders in House of the Dragon: executives from the Bistro Group held a sort of no-holds-barred cookout to see who...
Patek Philippe: How tech intersects with aesthetics
by Igan D’Bayan - July 28, 2024 - 12:00am
The opening of Patek Philippe’s Greenbelt boutique has been a very big step for the brand, because now the people behind it feel that they have a space in which they can translate Patek Philippe beautifully...
Farm to table, heart to heart
by Igan D’Bayan - July 25, 2024 - 12:00am
In many of the best restaurants, food only tells half the story. The much more delicious narratives sometimes unfold beyond kitchens and commissaries, as in the case of The Fatted Calf in Tagaytay, which recently...
Mojo risin’: A tale of set meals and endless mojitos
by Igan D’Bayan - July 18, 2024 - 12:00am
We’re on our third mojito on Fourth of July Thursday at TGI Friday’s at One Ayala Mall and we’re starting to contemplate the universe and our place in it.
Philippines Pavilion’s ‘Structures of Mutual Support’: From the Biennale to Bulacan
by Igan D’Bayan - July 6, 2024 - 12:00am
How architecture is realized, materializes out of blueprints and AutoCAD interfaces, and goes beyond the aesthetic and the theoretical illustrates that, at its core, it is a practical discipline.
Moving in Stereo: Why do audio fools fall in love?
by Igan D’Bayan - July 2, 2024 - 9:31am
It’s like comparing Ryan Adams to Bryan Adams. Soundproofing differs from acoustic treatment in a listening room.
Let’s go Krazy
by Igan D’Bayan - June 13, 2024 - 12:00am
Let’s start in medias res like in a Homeric saga. But this story involves garlic, lots and lots of it.
Fritz Hansen, Poul Kjærholm & the dimensions of timeless design
by Igan D’Bayan - June 8, 2024 - 12:00am
Timelessness is an aesthetic.
Mountain song: PHL Pavilion brings the aura of Banahaw to the Biennale
by Igan D’Bayan - May 20, 2024 - 12:00am
Well, I stand up next to a mountain…
Daily grind & morning rituals
by Igan D’Bayan - May 16, 2024 - 12:00am
There are stories about coffee that transcend the mere act of drinking a cup to kickstart one’s day. (You’re not going to meet deadlines and engage in side quests at the same time while in that netherworld...
Shadows fall and I try
by Igan D’Bayan - May 12, 2024 - 12:00am
Heck, my mother constantly murdered the English language. But she was the wisest person I have ever known. She was Yoda and Obi-Wan rolled into one (or sometimes Darth Maul whenever I’d come home drunk).
A raising of curtains: Senator Loren Legarda & the story of the PHL Pavilion in Venice
by Igan D’Bayan - May 6, 2024 - 12:00am
It was a question that launched a fleet of intents.
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