Weekend with Zacky
‘The nerve of that Zack, dragging us all the way to Antipolo in this Arrakeen heat,’ we complained as the Welcome arch came into view. As expected, there was heavy traffic on Ortigas Avenue Extension (but not nearly as heavy as it will be in May, fiesta season). All our complaints died on our lips the minute we saw the house.
According to our lovely host who allowed us to pollute his furniture, the house was built in Navotas in 1917. A few years ago, it was moved piece by piece to a hilltop in Antipolo.
The layout of the house was changed slightly to make it less complicated.
They kept all the Art Nouveau details.
The occasion was Zack’s. . .debutante party. We couldn’t light all the candles because we’d have to alert the fire department. Happy birthday, we look forward to reading your novel, Leche. No really, the title of his novel is Leche.
P.S. Since you asked: It’s a private residence, not open to the public. You have to be invited. Like a vampire.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
April 19th, 2009 at 19:52
i want to see the house myself. is it open for public? is this a resto?
April 20th, 2009 at 00:41
WOW!!! Wish I’m the owner of this beautiful, beautiful house. My dream is to buy, restore and live in an old house like this or better, a Spanish era house. But it would just be a dream, unless I win the jackpot in the lotto and I never buy a ticket. Every time I see an old house ‘biting the dust’, I feel a great lost, like Maximo Viola’s house in San Miguel, Bulacan. Only a small foundation is still standing! I remember that it was still there in the 80s.
April 20th, 2009 at 09:51
Zack Linmark?
April 20th, 2009 at 11:11
Used to have this big, unrequited crush on Zack way back in college. Sir O Campomanes introduced us to Zack after a lecture. I think I acted like a simpering idiot.
I loved Rolling The R’s so much that I wrote a paper on it for a friend who got the needed credits. Such geekiness. =)
Happy birthday Zack!
April 20th, 2009 at 14:03
hahaha! i like the buffy vampire-lore reference.
lovely house. i think i saw it once in one of them interior decorating magazines.