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President/CEO of a pioneer children’s interactive museum in Manila, NINA YUSON enjoys sketching places she visits. Charming in their simplicity are her sketches of Southeast Asia (page 64). Her books, Nina’s Travel Sketches (various regions), are available at Ayala Museum, Manila and Hallmark, Orange County, USA. She says: If I could spend Mother’s Day with my mom, we would have a happy family get-together and honor her to her delight! The best thing I ever took home was food to share and plants to appreciate and grow in our garden!
Pampanga-based PAOLO FELICIANO teaches economics at U.P. Clark while making a name in interior and wedding photography. A scion of the family behind Calfurn, the Angeles City-based furniture manufacturer that supplies to US brands like Crate and Barrel, he travels to Albay for a taste of authentic Bicol cuisine (page 76) and a little luxury (page 80). He says: If I could, for Mother’s Day, I would take my mom backpacking in Europe. The best thing I ever took home was my wife. www.paolofeliciano.com
You might’ve recognized ROBIN ESROCK from his Nat Geo show Word Travels. During a Vegas stopover, he lists down his top 10 restaurants in the city (page 54). He says: If I could spend Mother’s Day with my mom, we would eat and spa and shop, but most importantly, just spend time together, which is what every mother really wants. The best thing I ever took home was my health. I’ve beaten malaria, disasters, and all sorts of things that could go wrong, and yet never did. www.moderngonzo.com
Melbourne-based writer and Lost at E-Minor contributor XAVIER TOBY puts together a guide for some serious Los Angeles shopping on page 60. He says: If I could spend Mother’s Day with my mom, we would go to lunch, then the movies to eat our bodyweight in popcorn. The best thing I ever took home was myself, after being away [from home] for four years.
10 M A B U H A Y
May 2011