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When the longing for authentic Pinoy dishes strikes in the U.S., Isla Grand stands ready to transport your taste buds back to the Philippines.

Carmina is traveling to the United States to spend time with her family. My dad planned a family gathering for Mother's Day at their favorite Pinoy restaurant . Since reservations aren’t possible, we arrived an hour early to ensure we could get a table for twelve before everyone else showed up. As my dad approached Isla Grand , the branch we visited in Pleasant Hills, California , the host at the door said they could prepare a table for twelve at five o'clock. Later, the server called my dad's name and guided us to our table. The place was bustling with people enjoying meals and celebrating Mother's Day. On our first visit to Isla Grand, I was captivated by the décor, noticing many native items that gave the place a fancy yet authentic Filipino feel. They usually have a live band, but unfortunately, there was no entertainment the night we went. My family had spoken highly of Isla Grand and encouraged us to try the Filipino dishes we’ve been missing from back home. Lech...

Twine To Connect

Problem occurs in a marriage sometimes the spouses are over whelmed from their problems that occurs to them and emotionally they start to look for an attention that comes from someone they meet randomly. Some people find it easier to talk about their problems to a stranger than someone who knows who they really are and when we find a person to cry and share our pain with sour our love transfer to someone else. There are so many people who come across who drifts away from reality and goes beyond in some pattern in their life the twines them to connect to another person. To some people it is a common pattern that they take to make their life more complicated than how it is really is or they find it more challenging to add on another person in their life. I’ve heard so many stories from other people and stories we also see in any social media but when you sum up the other person who gets involved there comes a point in life you are destroying someone else’s life. Ri...

Traveling Within Your Reach in the Philippines

We always hear someone saying there are places they would like to visit places because they have seen from their friends who had recently traveled. When we see our friend’s picture we start to envy them and we tend to follow or copy them because the area that they have traveled has caught our eyes. Sometimes people envy other people because they wish they could find the time to travel just like a mother and a daughter are exploring with one another. As we aged we look at ourselves and we don’t realize we should travel while we can still walk and enjoy our money because they saved up we cannot bring it with us. There are people who work really hard but don’t see the opportunity to give them time to travel and live the life the fullest in their mind they need to earn the money for other priorities listed in their mind. I love traveling and exploring new places right now I feel helpless I would love to go out and explore like anyone else who might feel the same way. ...

We Look, Share and Discover

Changing places often people become drawn and to adapt the feeling sense they are comfortable where they are at it doesn’t matter if you are in a new home with an environment you wish to keep a full life time. Sometimes we are being tested to see if we can manage the new changes that come our way. Sometimes changes are good in our life but sometime we want to keep the same pattern we do daily. Of course new pattern are also good and gives you a push to look for a new challenge in your life. When we are staying in our home a lot comes in mind and when you have already done the entire task you run out of other things to do. This is me right now I am done with to do list and now I am lost and just standing in one place trying to do what is next. I decided to my list of places I would like to visit when I travel to my home town places I have never been too and would like too: Big Sur Pescadero Mono Hot Springs Muir Woods Murals, Sacramento Google Grand Can...