My week was literally half work, half play. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were super productive work days for me. I was able to submit a couple of articles, script edits, write a few blog posts and attend our PH editorial meeting for theAsianParent.com. Thursday and Friday were partly spent doing some house chores, but mostly I watched Mad Men. From late last week til the end of this week, I managed to watch all of the first three seasons. Yep, I’m hooked, obviously.
I think that the highlights of my past week came on the two Saturdays that bookended it. Both were spent in Tagaytay, my favorite quick escape. Last Saturday was spent discovering the gorgeous QiWellness Living Tea House and Bath House with my ABC loves (as in Alabang Bloggers Club – you will be reading a lot about this fun group in the coming posts), our significant others (or what I like to call the Prince Charming Crew), and a few other blogger friends from the south. We were treated to an amazing 8-course Yin Yang dinner, complete with Asian-inspired cocktails and glasses of wine. What a treat! It was just the date night that we mommies needed.
This Saturday (as in today) was spent with MrC. He and I went on an early anniversary lunch date at Taal Vista Hotel. If you’ve been visiting this blog for a while now, you’ll remember that we celebrated our 2nd anniversary at Taal Vista last year. We had the chance to catch the opening of Culinary Gems, a series of special lunch and dinner buffets to celebrate the hotel’s 75th year. Over the next few weekends, featured guest chefs will put their spin on local favorites as part of the buffet offerings.
I was beyond excited to meet Chef Fernando Aracama. Oh my gosh I just love this man’s cooking. Love with a capital L. I know for a fact that I will be dreaming about his Beef Adobo sa Tuba.
Blogging about both amazeballs Saturdays soon. I actually missed posting a few stories I had lined up for the week. Confession: It’s because I chose to watch Mad Men instead of writing. Maybe I should treat myself to an episode AFTER I finish publishing or adding a post to my queue. Sounds like a pretty good idea to me.
How did you guys spend your week? Any interesting stories?
So you had such a great weekend and enjoyed it a lot too.My weekend was also not so bad actually.
Good to know that you enjoyed yours. 🙂
I’m sure you’ve learned a lot from Chef Fernando Aracama. It’s always fun to visit Tagaytay.
I love Tagaytay! And yes, I now want to experiment with Ilonggo food. His flavor combinations are insanely good.
Wow I love reading about the ABC group looking forward to reading more about them in your future blog posts..
Yay, I’m glad to hear that coz there are lotsa ABC posts coming up hehe.
I wishme and my family can travel as well but I think its me who has the problem..maybe I fear about the travelling time, cause I’ve seen lots of accident In means of transportation., lol I dunno maybe next yr. Anyway this is a nice way of easing stress too. Thanks
I love road trips, but I agree that they can be scary coz there are so many crazy nuts on the road!
Very nice weekends for you and really enjoyed it. Sooner, you’ll find yourself in another weekend trip.
I hope so! Even quick day trips really help me relax. It’s a great way to prepare for a hectic week ahead.
Wow you had a great week indeed! Mine is not so exciting the rain just ruined my schedule but I am still glad coz I launched a new website this week and I’ve been busy putting it up and planning for my first ever blog post. 😉 And best of all, I’m healthy (I’m in a medical condition that at the moment I’m just staying at home to recuperate), and for that I am thankful. 😉
Ash, just a got back to reading your blog! Been really busy! Happy anniversary Mrs C! What a lovely week you had