been laying off the camera  over the last few days. decided to do the following layout to get some ideas going. I’m excited to head home and start cranking out some work. I’m here for another few days, have plans to take some pics of the really old Catholic church across the street and the [...]

Took an overnight ferry to the island of Cebu where I get to hangout in Sibonga- one of my most favorite places on earth.
This is the town my mother grew up in and over the several visits I’ve made here over the years the thing that I love most is realizing that I have very simple, [...]

My sister in law Karissa  is a total fan of making lists of good stuff, so I am dedicating this post to her since it is good practice and my list will also offset my previous posts dealing with the harsh realities here.
But first a little update:
Spent the last 2 days on the Island of [...]

Hungout with Aji and Nikki, yesterday making our way around the congestion of Manila. With such dense population it is hard to get around and the term personal space is a mere concept.
But Manila is a place of extremes. While you may find yourself wondering: Where did all these people come from? a few hours [...]

Something that has always had a mesmerizing affect on me during all the previous visits to the Philippines is the news.
7 years ago, I spent 3 months here after I graduated from college. During that time the Philippines was in the process of trying to impeach then President Joesph Estrada.
For the entire duration of my visit, the papers and [...]

of muggy island warmth!
I stepped off the plane around midnight last night to be greeted by the musty and warm scents of Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International airport. Typically, musty is something that I don’t really appreciate. But in this case it is like finding a hidden treasure at the bottom of a box that has been hidden [...]

Thanks to all the scrapbookers our family servers were down for most of the weekend.  But instead of fixing it, we decided that we would simply do without and just celebrate our newest addition’s christening…

Margeaux is such a sweet girl. She was just the right amount of fussy and smiley and we were all happy to be together. [...]

the thing I love about midweek visits is that I get to be a part of my friend’s daily lives. I Love getting to see the dynamics and specifics of their normal routines and also like the idea that my visit shakes up that routine a bit too.
but when you spend a couple of days with Ali the dynamics [...]

getting to spend the next couple of days hanging with Ali and her family. Catching up, scheming and brainstorming and in between doing so, getting to play with a small project she’s prepping for next weekend’s CKU Detroit…
we get to be artist’s together and its super fun.

It’ll send me off on the international trip with [...]

ok folks, its the day that I’ve been waiting for. Today marks the day I am officially free to roam about the globe. But I start my 30 days of freedom not by getting on to a plane, but finishing up the last few things, paying some bills, packing, and writing out that excrutiatingly painful [...]