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Filipino Colonial Jewelry
“You should see the gold cuffs I inherited from Mama, Toto.” a dear lady friend of Old Leyte lineage told me. I have been fascinated with Filipino Colonial Jewelry for many years now… more →
remembrance of things awry
Filipino Colonial Jewelry
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toto gonzalez wrote 3 months ago: “You should see the gold cuffs I inherited from Mama, Toto.” a dear lady friend of Old … more →
"Maleldo 2009"
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Flores, not Bella
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toto gonzalez wrote 1 year ago: At elegant dinners, especially in the company of highly accomplished and therefore superior individu … more →
Intramuros of Lost Memory
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toto gonzalez wrote 1 year ago: There are those who say that Intramuros should be preserved because of its sheer historical importan … more →
"Wherever Sugar Grew"
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toto gonzalez wrote 2 years ago: Many years ago, Joey Panlilio asked his grandmother, the regal and enduringly lovely Dona Luz Sarmie … more →
Holy Week blues
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toto gonzalez wrote 2 years ago: It is my ambition to be a normal Filipino and flee the city during the annual Holy Week break and he … more →
The Untold Splendors of Old Pampanga
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toto gonzalez wrote 2 years ago: In the late afternoons, a group of affluent Filipiniana collectors and connoisseurs, as well as auth … more →
"La Inmaculada Concepcion"
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toto gonzalez wrote 2 years ago: *unfinished* … more →
A dinner in Old San Miguel District
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toto gonzalez wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday evening, I found this journal entry of 30 May 2000, Tuesday, 1400 hours: “”I h … more →
Memorable Manila Houses
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toto gonzalez wrote 3 years ago: There were many beautiful houses in Manila… In the 1800s: The Paterno residence, Calle San Seb … more →
Abra... cad... Abra!
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toto gonzalez wrote 3 years ago: We were in the group of Patis Tesoro and the other members of the ”Katutubo” Foundation … more →
Chichi Bacolod
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toto gonzalez wrote 3 years ago: We wouldn’t have had it any other way… We had to be guided by a genuine Bacolodnon … more →
Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, 1983
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toto gonzalez wrote 3 years ago: I visited Sarrat, Ilocos Norte again in 1991. By that time, the 18th century Santa Monica Church wa … more →
Bacolor, Pampanga before 1991
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toto gonzalez wrote 3 years ago: It was an old Filipino town that had inexplicably managed to retain its Old World Elegance… at … more →
"Herr Doktor"
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toto gonzalez wrote 3 years ago: Some of the most brilliantly hilarious evenings of my life were spent high above Ayala Avenue, in an … more →
The celebrated Quiason portrait
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toto gonzalez wrote 3 years ago: “Senor Don Cirilo Quiason y Cunanan y su esposa Senora Dona Ceferina Henson y David con sus do … more →
Familia Quiason de Santo Rosario, San Fernando, Pampanga
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toto gonzalez wrote 3 years ago: Don Cirilo Quiason y Cunanan ( o 1842 ) had two brothers and a sister, and they lived in Barrio Sant … more →
