I was delighted to hear news from my sister that surfers are coming in by the droves on a daily basis for the end-of-the-year surfing events at San Juan, La Union. This means more business for our family’s restaurant, Halo Halo de Iloko. Maybe it’s the changing of the tides at this time of the [...]

We went to La Union for my lola’s funeral last week. As we left Sison, Pangasinan, we crossed the same bridge that I have crossed many many times since I left home to go to college in Manila. It’s the bridge that marks the boundary between La Union and Pangasinan. I call it the [...]