“Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
Since her teen years, Lyna Larcia Calvario has been her family’s designated and volunteer party planner—for babies’ baptisms, kids’ birthdays and teens’ sweet sixteens. She would always come up with nice details to make the parties look unique and feel personal.
Billed as a Filipino culinary showdown, the 2nd annual “Kulinarya” was held last Saturday, January 21st, at Carnelian-By-The-Bay, a charming two-story restaurant right behind a San Francisco landmark, the Ferry Building. And during this balmy day, with the sun out, and just a touch of cold in the air, the organizers couldn’t have picked a better day. People streamed to the venue, packing the restaurant to the rafters. The main dining room was transformed to three mini kitchenettes where the contestants prepared their menu; while in front of them a gallery looked with interest at the proceedings. Each of the contestants seemed to have a whole “barangay” cheering for them.
A jazzy Bay Area welcome is set for US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K. Thomas at the Intramuros Restaurant in South San Francisco on February 4.
An editorial in a major Canadian medical journal Monday urges doctors to conceal the gender of a fetus from all pregnant women until 30 weeks to prevent sex-selective abortion by Asian immigrants.
BATON ROUGE — A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that the conditions that Filipino teachers were subjected to when brought to Louisiana qualifies their case to be heard under the federal human trafficking law. According to DailyWorld.com, US District Judge John A. Kronstadt’s ruling is the first time the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) [...]
The House of Representatives commended two Filipino-Americans who are Papal Benemerenti Award honorees, the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, California reported.
The hunt for the fugitive Jovito Palparan Jr. is one more reason for this Filipino-American activist to be merry this Christmas.
“It’s nice to be back home.” Home to 43-year-old Dr. Melvin A. Sarayba is The Medical City (TMC) in Pasig City where he finished his residency training in Ophthalmology in 1999.
Last Friday, December 2nd, way over at the end of Pier 39, where views of San Francisco Bay are smash-mouth, in-your-face spectacular, the gourmet Japanese restaurant, Hana Zen, saw a gathering of the Who’s Who in Filipino American media, business, and community leadership. The occasion? The first joint Christmas celebration by the San Francisco Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce (SFFACC) and the Philippine-American Press Club (PAPC) where Josephine Romero, outgoing Philippine Trade and Industry Commissioner, was given a fitting send-off for a job well-done, and pioneers of the Filipino American media were honored with the annual PAPC Torch Bearer Awards.
They came without sleep, and brought their friends, families and credit cards. Filipino shoppers barreled their way into Black Friday malls with abundant energy, patience and a well of good humor and shopped till they dropped.
Filipino-American businesswoman and philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis was awarded the Trailblazer of Democracy Award by The Eleanor’s Legacy organization on October 24, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
