Masskara!

Checked off my bucket list going to a Philippine fiesta!

Fresh (and really affordable) seafood, decadent cakes, tasty BBQ,  24/7 drinking over 3 days, crowded streets, extravagant masks and all around good times with good friends.

Oh yes.. and a side trip home to see family, friends and squish-able doggies.

textures: holy week '11

I love patterns. I love textures. Here's a look at my holy week trip through design-tinted glasses. 

 Kitchen flooring in the over 100-year old Locsin home (Jaro, Iloilo)

  Stone steps at the Talisay Ruins (Talisay, Bacolod)

  Ornate old frame on wall of Balay Negrense (Silay, Bacolod)

  Rosaries galore being sold at Jaro Cathedral (Jaro, Iloilo)

   Exterior facade of Jaro Cathedral (Jaro, Iloilo)

   Open window at Jaro Cathedral (Jaro, Iloilo)

  Friends making way out of banca (Jordan, Guimaras)

   Bamboo at Trappist Monk Abbey (Jordan, Guimaras)

   Door at Miag-ao Church door (Miag-ao, Guimaras)

   Miag-ao facade (Miag-ao, Iloilo)

   Street side cotton candy as (one of many) roadtrip snacks (Iloilo) 

     Empty glass bottles (Jaro, Iloilo)

    Light switch at Nelly Gardens (Jaro, Iloilo)