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Multimedia creative Martin Romero and his journey through fashion and fitness
By Dominic Garcia We met at Bryant Park on 42nd and Sixth. After exchanging pleasantries, we mused on how long it had been since we last saw each other while we made our way toward a Thai restaurant in Queens. “Probably during one of our friend’s birthdays,” he said. Multimedia creative Martin Romero is broad-shouldered […]
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The consulate and the Fifth Avenue crosswalk: The story behind a stunning Christmas card
By Cristina DC Pastor It has all the elements of a perfect photograph: balance, vantage point, and precise timing. The fact that this image of Philippine Consulate officers and staff was taken on frenetic Fifth Avenue during the busy Christmas season makes this photo of Cesar ‘Boyet’ Loverita one of his brilliant shots. Boyet recalled […]
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How Glenn Maningas reinvented the wedding industry on the East Coast
By Cristina DC Pastor Born in Pagbilao in Quezon province, Glenn Maningas created MPW in early 2000 after working in the IT industry. He was one of many foreign IT professionals hired in the U.S. in anticipation of Y2K-related computer malfunctions. When his contract expired, he decided to switch careers and “follow my passion.” With […]
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Sexting just for fun not to hurt victims: new study
Sexting, which is becoming a popular recreation among young adults, ironically led to the humiliating downfall of a 52-year-old New York politician, Anthony Weiner. Weiner was digitally transmitting intimate photos of himself to teen girls. The father of one of the girls spoke to the press. Other women came forward with their own selfie tales […]
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How spoiled Malibu became a Sanctuary City
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. The beach city of Malibu — where Tom Hanks, Cher and other Hollywood luminaries have homes — recently became a Sanctuary City. Malibu City Hall voted on March 14 to adopt the Sanctuary City status as a gesture of solidarity with undocumented immigrants, many of them Hispanics working in construction […]
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Inside Dominatrix Joyen Santos’s world of ropes, latex, leather, and tease
By Cristina DC Pastor She walked on stage looking sultry and ready. There at the Highline Ballroom, dominatrix Joyen Santos did her thing: a suspension act bridging burlesque and bondage. The audience was silent at first, erupting in wild applause when it was all over. At the recent Annual New York City Asian Burlesque Extravaganza, […]
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Independence Day Parade: Beauty queens on floats, toddlers on strollers, and a swinging Teddy Boy Locsin
By Lindy Rosales It seemed everyone who is Filipino American was on Madison Avenue on June 4 for the Philippine Independence Day Parade. The nurses, the teachers, the beauty queens, the singers, the Masons, frat men, comedians, babies on strollers, the Ivatans, the photographers, the Duterte diehards, FilAms who love Marawi, government executives, the badminton […]
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Fake website, genuine friendship
By Cristina DC Pastor “Gary Abasolo for Jersey City Mayor.” @abasoloformayor. Founded June 2014. Dedicated to Jersey City’s favorite son. 156 Likes. Nothing about this Facebook page strikes the reader as amiss. But if you’re from Jersey City, you know that lawyer Gary Abasolo, 47, was never a candidate for mayor. Not in 2014 when […]
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Pleasant, frothy memories of the Waldorf
By Rene Pastor For 15 years, I have been going to the Waldorf Astoria for the Sugar Club Dinner, an annual ritual for many commodities journalists. It’s one of those nights where I put on my best coat and tie and hope nothing spills from my soup or that I remember to use the right […]