Pinto
No work! (Almost) No traffic! No aggravation! Last Thursday we went up to Pinto Art Museum in Antipolo for a change of scenery.
All photographs taken with a phone by RickyV.
We forgot to ask if the Pinto Cafe by Bizu was open for the holidays. It wasn’t, and we didn’t go all the way to Antipolo to eat at a Chic-Boy. Rene recommended the old reliable Vieux Chalet and we found directions online. (Verb of the week: i-googels. As in, Petra, i-googels mo nga sa iPad yung ano. Goo-gehls, the way Kuya Germs says ‘girls’.)
Our lunch was so good it didn’t occur to us to take photos haha. (When you eat there, try the five-cheese pizza, the lamb shoulder, and the ever-popular sausages and raclette.)
Our friends visited the galleries while we walked around the gardens. Fabulous as the art collection is, we were more fascinated by the trees and shrubbery. And we’re not even the outdoorsy type.
Do you know how odd it is to be in a car in which everyone is singing I’m Every Woman by Chaka Khan except the one who is a woman? (We picked up an important bit of trivia: Whitney Houston did backing vocals on this recording, which she covered some years later.)
Which reminds us of our friend’s office Xmas party some years ago. They hired a Chaka Khan impersonator who sang Through the Fire while drawing circles on the floor with a spritzer bottle of kerosene. Then during the chorus she lit the circle. Through the fire…whoosh!
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April 8th, 2012 at 20:19
“Which reminds us of our friend’s office Xmas party some years ago. They hired a Chaka Khan impersonator who sang Through the Fire while drawing circles on the floor with a spritzer bottle of kerosene. Then during the chorus she lit the circle. Through the fire…whoosh!” >>>> BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrdddddd!!!!
Sakit sa bangs!!!
Nakapanood naman ako ng performance ng Through the Fire sa Laffline a few years ago. Doon sa part na, “Through the test of tiiiiiiiiiiiime…”, ibinaba nung performer yung mic sa sahig habang bumibirit palayo para kunwari maabot niya yung high note hahaha! Kinailangan ko ng oxygen sa kakatawa LOL!