ShareGIANT Langka from our Tagaytay garden: Don’t they just make you smile? Harvested 3 huge ones just last week, and another one over the weekend. When it came to cutting them open, didn’t want to stain my fingers with the smell, so took a knife and fork and sliced away methodically. Was surprisingly therapeutic, felt [...]
Share …Nuvali goat herd — Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo! Taken in Avida Parkway Settings Nuvali on January 2, 2012. A slight turn to the left, and here’s the view (towards the West). That’s the perimeter wall of Venare, with trees from the Green Zone already showing. Any guesses what [...]
ShareI love guyabano, I can eat one whole fruit for breakfast everyday! Whenever we chance upon an especially sweet fruit (we love it when it’s also soft, literally like cotton), we set the seeds aside and try to sprout them for planting: The other week, we were excited to see these small guyabano seedlings (seen [...]
ShareMy dad is the rah-rah boy for the banggerahan, a window and sink extension common in traditional Pinoy kitchens, and he asked for a banggerahan-inspired window to be installed in our Tagaytay house: It comes in handy for displaying planters, or just for good old ventilation, similar to horizontal ventanillas we saw in Treveia’s green home: [...]
This is a beautiful vacation home in Canyon Woods, Tagaytay, with three bedrooms, 2 toilet & baths, and a powder room. Lot area: 255 square meters Floor area: 320 square meters JUST MOVE IN! The house is fully furnished and ready for you to just move in: HABITAT Furniture Timber kitchen with refrigerator, gas range, rangehood, microwave [...] Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →
For my dad’s 65th and my kuya’s 31st birthdays, we trooped to our favorite places in Tagaytay– Bawai’s and next door Chateau Hestia, deep in the residential rows of Lagusan Drive. Bawai’s is a Vietnamese restaurant, lutong-bahay style, and is owned by the Tatlonghari family. The word “Bawai” is actually grandmother in Vietnamese, and whenever [...] Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →
With quiet views of the Tagaytay hillside, this charming four-bedroom home can well be your private enclave in one of the most visited cities in the Philippines. This home was built on sloping terrain, and overlooks a lovely terraced flower garden that faces the Tagaytay mountainside. The house is spacious and refreshing, with four large [...] Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →
Only two months ago, these bushes were low and mostly flowerless.. What a surprise to see them in overgrown mode! There must be something about Tagaytay rain– ang lulusog ng halaman! Taken by my brother, Pete on Sept. 23, 2008. More pics here. Other Tagaytay pics:Hardwood Furniture in TagaytayOn the Way to Tagaytay, March 13, [...] Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →
I first visited Manos Greek Taverna with two girl friends over a year ago. Always with a soft spot for anything homemade (i.e. made with love), I’ve since listed it as a Tagaytay favorite. A greek-style carinderia, Manos is a roadside restaurant along the main Tagaytay road (on the opposite side of the ridge) about [...] Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →
I first heard of Mr. Moo’s when a friend pointed it out on the way to Punta Fuego last year. She said her dad just looooves their fresh carabao’s milk. Early this year, finally decided to give it a shot– and I regret not having given in sooner! The chocolate carabao’s milk was exactly like [...] Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →
I am Johanna -- an artist, professional real estate broker and new resident of Nuvali.
Follow my adventures in My Nuvali Home as I find beauty in this new eco-city south of Manila, build my dream green home, and transition towards everyday green living in the Philippines.
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