Cakes and Ale
Went to Tina’s birthday brunch. Brought the Baroque Birthday Cake by Carlo Estagle: chocolate with sculptured sugar frosting and orange liqueur, or as I prefer to call it, Kill All The Grown-Ups. As always, I picked up all sorts of advice and bits of information. A random sampling:
(1) If you’re staying in a hotel, keep your toothbrush in the room safe. Ambeth is serious about this. Don’t leave your toothbrush in the bathroom, where the cleaning person may be tempted to use it to scrub the toilet.
(2) RayVi says if you’re lucky enough to score tickets to a play starring Al Pacino, don’t sit in the front rows. The great man sprays. True, this would not be a problem if you have a fantasy about being spat at by Michael Corleone.
(3) The 16th century Tagalog word for “binabae” or effeminate man was “bayogin”.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
July 20th, 2007 at 19:25
not commenting on the recent post, but whoa! what happened? your site seems…”busier”!!
July 24th, 2007 at 10:31
I have to agree, the new site design seems a bit busy. But it’s your blog after all.
That cake looks so yummy though. Old-fashioned cakes are the best! I also like Estrel’s Caramel cake. I miss cakes from ‘pinas. Actually, all kinds dessert from there.