Anthony Bourdain :the philippines

Anthony Bourdain No Reservations on the Travel Channel finally went to Philippines. I'm a fan of the show, tony is like the rock star of food critic:)! He's been to almost all the Asian's country but not in Philippines It's great that they air the show last night. i already know that tony filmed the show several months ago by reading one of my favorite food blog in Philippines. Overall the the show is great, what i most like is when he said the Filipinos are damn too nice:)! I just hope they have more time to explore more part of the Philippines and experience a lot more cuisine that other provinces offers.I like that he went to dampa. And tried some street food but not much like Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern when he visited Philippines. Anthony Bourdain No Reservations- the Philippines captured the Filipinos love for food, the hospitality for guest and of course the most important sharing it with family and friends. Here are some video clip from the show. Have a great day everyone!

Stark Museum of Art in Orange,Texas

I always like going to museum when I'm growing up I joined trips to see different museum in different cities. Even it's far from our place as long i know It will be great to see it. I like my kids to experiences to see museum too.One caught my eyes is Stark Museum of Art. And it's located in the city of Orange, Texas.
This two-story building houses an extensive collection of American Western art and artifacts.

The Stark Museum of Art houses one of the nation’s most significant collections of American Western art. They different collections including Western Art, American Indian Art, Decorative Arts, and Rare Books and Manuscripts.

The Stark Museum of Art presents special changing exhibitions to explore themes in greater depth or with new approaches. Special exhibitions offer an opportunity to view an individual artist’s art in concentration or to delve into a topic. The Museum provides educational resources for the general public and for students, teachers, and researchers. To increase enjoyment and appreciation of the arts, the Museum uses the collections and exhibitions for object-based learning experiences.With Free Admission you can have a great experience that you can share with your family and friends. They have guided tour for groups just call for appointment.

The Museum Store furthers the Museum’s educational outreach goals by offering products related to the exhibitions on view. Items in the Museum Store include books by and about artists represented in the museum as well as posters, magnets, catalogues, note cards, and limited-edition gifts that coincide with special exhibitions. So we can all a souvenirs on on this great place.

The Stark Museum have connection to The Stark Foundation. The mission of the Stark Foundation is to improve the quality of life in Southeast Texas by encouraging, promoting and assisting education, the arts, and health and human services.

You can get more information on Stark Museum of Art by visiting their website. And also explore City of Orange,Texas a small town with a world class culture and has a lot to offer!

tagaytay

my whole family travel to tagaytay for a day trip. The weather is great when we're on the road, it took us nearly 3 hours arrived in calaruega church,a very solemn and beautiful church, it's very popular for wedding.

when we got there they are preparing and decorating the church for a wedding, the church ground is the best for wedding pictures they have great landscape with lots of plant and beautiful flowers. the church is inside a monastery so you will see many nuns and priest around. you will feel the serenity of the place even there are many tourist around.
after the church we left to have our lunch in Leslie's restaurant, it has great view of taal lake and and offer many filipino foods which many said is very good, of course it will depend on your taste buds:)the restaurant have a native feel, there are lots of people so there a bit waiting time to get out table for 14 people.well the food taste good nothing very special but with the cold weather the food get cold easily. overall a good restaurant with a great view of taal lake perfect for picture taking.

beach escapade

We spend a night in pearl farm beach resort in samal island Davao, it's 45 minutes boat ride from wharf. The beach is great, we have the samal house a cottage on stilts perched above the sea and we have a very beautiful sunset., their Maranao restaurant have good selection of food in the dinner buffets but of course a bit high price compare to the other resort. their even have group of singers serenade you while you eat. the resort have 2 good size swimming pool and a white sand beach. my hubby and kids together with my sisters went swimming in the beach while I have a great massage in Ylang Ylang Spa because I'm not feeling well and got light fever, the spa is great it really make me feel well, I'm the only one there even it's they only put one client or couple so you will have quite and have privacy throughout the session.. the resort have some filipino actors guest that weekends, they have this show just like survivors or somethings, that what the ladies in the spa are talking about:) anyways the resort have good facilities, but the rooms need renovation but i guess they already starting on the other rooms when we are there, a bit loud we're lucky we are not next to that room being renovate:) we have a great time in the resort but i feel it's overprice:) and i still like the beach in panglao island or even boracay which when we are there i feel very crowded but still have the best fine white beach. so here's a few pictures from our vacation.

vacation in pinas- davao city tour

after my daughters birthday we went to Davao, we took a city tours which include Philippine eagle center, jack ridge restaurant where we have lunch -food is good , and davao crocodile park which we like better:)it's like a zoo with many different animals aside from crocodile, my son like the lions and yellow snake... we spent a night in paradise park resort because it is so near the city by boat but the rooms are not that impressive the beds are small and hard we even got their expensive room:) of course we got what we paid for,it's a affordable resort compare to the city hotels. the beach is great tough the water is clean and sand is white,overall a good stay.