Jukebox/MYM

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The vintage jukebox and checkered floor are some of the elements that create classic Americana at Johnny Rockets.  The jukebox is a reproduction Wurlitzer 1015.

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Episcia/Today's Flowers #26

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Flame Violet (Episcia)

If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness. ~ Therese de Lisieux

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Sinigang na Tanguigue

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Sinigang na Tanguigue (Spanish Mackerel) served hot in a clay pot.  For non-Filipinos, sinigang is a light soup cooked with a souring agent like tamarind, tomatoes, guava or calamondin.  Aside from fish, pork, beef or shrimps can also be used.  Vegetables are also added such as okra, taro corns, daikon, water spinach, eggplant and yard-long beans.  Green finger pepper is usually added to enhance the flavor.

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Signs: Good question

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From R.O.X.---Recreational Outdoor Exchange at Bonifacio High Street

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Midweek Blues: Blue Hour

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After sunset, Jan. 9th, 2011

Each moment of the year has its own beauty...a picture which was never before and shall be never be seen again. 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Mellow Yellow Monday #6

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The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.

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Purple Petunia/Today's Flowers # 25

A profusion of purple at a lamp post in Seattle.


When I look down, I miss all the good stuff when I look up, I just trip over things. ~ Ani Difranco

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Baked scallops

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Baked scallops, my appetizer at Gerry's Grill in the Manila Ocean Park.

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Signs at Mambucal

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Signs at the Mambucal Resort in Negros Occidental.  Mambucal is popular for its cool climate, waterfalls and hot springs, a favorite getaway 30 minutes from Bacolod City.  It is perched 1,200 feet above sea level at the foot of Mount Kanlaon, an active volcano.

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Midweek Blues: Fountain

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Look within.  Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. ~ Marcus Aurelius

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Eastwood Mall, Quezon City

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Mellow Yellow Monday #5: Vase

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A yellow ceramic vase at the foyer of an old mansion in San Juan.

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Thistle/Today's Flowers # 24

Love withers with predictability; it's very essence is surprise and amazement.  To make love a prisoner of the mundane is to take its passion and lose it forever.  ~ Leo Buscaglia

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Garlic Squid

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Garlic Squid at Jatujak, a Thai bistro.

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Edsa billboards [Signs, Signs]

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A few billboards along Edsa, a major thoroughfare in Metro Manila.  Oops, I forgot to include a translation earlier---loosely translated, it says, "stretched muscles have the energy that never quits". The model is a local action star, Robin Padilla.

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Midweek Blues: Banca

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Blues along the South China Sea.  A small banca, a type of outrigger boat, used by local fishermen in Santa town, Ilocos Sur.  

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Mellow Yellow Monday #4

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A night shot at Eastwood's Citywalk on my way to get some dessert at Cheesecake, etc.

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Butterfly Bush/Today's Flowers #23

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The simplest  things are often the truest. ~ Richard Bach

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Vegetable Medley

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Yes, I am doing my best to eat healthy.  Here's a meatless dish, a seductive medley of stir-fried vegetables flavored with oyster sauce. The fresh veggies were delightfully sweet and crisp.  

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Midweek Blues: Glass Lamp

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Something blue caught my eye when I visited a friend's ancestral home.

May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart.

  ~ an Eskimo proverb

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Mellow Yellow Monday #3

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Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Desert Rose/Today's Flowers #22

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All it takes is one bloom of hope to make a spiritual garden.

~Terri Guillemets

Wishing you a prosperous and hopeful New Year! 

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