Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Tampa, Florida





Love my florida chicas ;)

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Running Around Philadelphia

Great Urban Race 2010: Philadelphia
29th Place out of 300 + Teams!!

Field House before the race
Clue #7: Take a picture of the game piece belonging to the most played (commercial) board game
Tac Toe Challenge #1: High Five a stranger in uniform
Tic Tac Toe Challenge #2: Dive into a Fountain with your partner
Tic Toe Challenge #3: Take a picture of all the teammates with a stranger with 2 visible tattoos
Clue #2: Make your way to the square with the famous inscription "Beneath this stone rests a soldier of Washington's army who died to give you liberty." Get a taste of military training by completing in a mini-boot camp session!

Rock n Roll Half-Marathon
Our first half-marathon included 7,000 participants!
Rockin out because we completed the race in 2 hours :)
Thanks, friend, for continuing to push my limits and make me go further than I think I can!

Sunday, August 29, 2010

New York City for the Sex & the City Tour!

Time Square!!
Sex and the City Tour: Cupcake Stop!
Central Park
Our Dinner Spot

Friday, August 20, 2010

Next stop in PI: Fontana

The Famous "Razon's"

Dad's Medical School

Outside the capitol

Making Buko Drinks

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Mall of Asia and Corregidor Island

Bigger than Mall of America. Nice.

Corregidor
Island that is the entrace point to Manila Bay and therefore a major naval defense point for the Philippines in WWII






Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Pagsanjan

Visiting Lucy's house was a real treat. This house is made out of 100% bamboo. Growing in the trees surrounding her house were an abudance of rambutan and buko--my two favorite treats in the Philippines!
Rice fields.
We took a thirty minute canoe ride between 2 major mountains to see the falls.
The first fall...
...finally made it :)

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Papang's 95th Birthday and Dinner in Languna

Villa Escodero in San Pablo, Laguna



"Age does not protect you from love, but love to some extent protects you from age.”
-Jeanne Moreau

Monday, August 16, 2010

Walking Food Tour of Manila


The Alumni at his high school
Manila Hotel
Jeepney
Very popular form of public transportation and each one pimps their ride as they see fit, love it.
Showpow Bolabola
Precolonial mansion in Manila where a traditional lunch was served

St. Augustine Church
Only building in Intramuros to not be destroyed by bombing during the World Wars

Eating Lumpia in Chinatown

Bahay na Bato
Colonial homes built with stone bottoms and wooden tops to withstand the earthquakes

Sitting on top of the wall that used to surround Intramuros