Big beige banana
“Close your eyes.” The specialist intoned a prompt to drift into the drone. “Can you see voices?” Some see better in music. I could not. So I snapped back from hypnosis, panting like I just…
Abstract art exhibit explores women’s place in the world
Abstract artworks by globally acclaimed female artists, including those from the Philippines, deck the walls of the Met Manila this month to illustrate the equally abstract fight for the place of women in the world.…
What’s funny?
Italy recently brought an entire opera-house bombast to Tondo.Over lunch weeks before, Italian ambassador to the Philippines Marco Clemente called it “an experiment.” “With apes?” I thought. We’ve seen baby monkeys get attached to surrogate…
Master Chef Takeshi Fukuyama
It was a field day of sorts for Manila’s haute society of gastronomes, serial eaters-out and critics who scored a reservation last weekend at Solaire to be served, tableside, by serious high-dose chefs from white-tablecloth,…
NFT burgers to designer charcuterie: Food finds at Food on Four
A new wave of lavish international flavors comes to a marathon of menus that Food on Four in SM Aura is bringing — with three times the charm — to the curious or the hungry at Fort in its latest…
What’s on the Finestra menu from three Michelin-starred chefs
Three of the world’s best chefs are whipping up wonderful stuff at Solaire Resort and Casino. Think Michelin-star chefs who’ve also swept best-of lists, who’re in town from 13 to 17 March in celebration of…
An Italian dream
The audacity of bringing up Taylor Swift at the dining table. It’s like eating lunch in front of the TV! That’s how it hit me, and I wager others with us there, too, who secretly…
Based on true stories
Raffy Alunan once feared being caught in a furious exchange of hot lead. It was 1986, and he was out in the streets partaking in a fast-moving montage of events that restored democracy and ousted…
A ‘Nutcracker’ afternoon
It’s some pulley train ringing sleigh bells elsewhere, or a rapid volley of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.” But Raffles Makati transforms for the holidays with a retelling of Pyotr Ilyich…