Jessica Zafra's Blog, page 338

Radiohead-head

On the occasion of the release of the new Radiohead album NME put together 50 Incredibly Geeky Facts About Radiohead. And we read the whole list. A couple of factoids: * Jeff Buckley was a bigger influence on Radiohead than they would perhaps today admit. 'The Bends' producer John Leckie, recalling the profound effect seeing [...]

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Karinderyang sosyal

Petra and Pilar is on the ground floor of JAKA Center, Export Avenue corner Pasong Tamo, Makati, telephones 887.5168 and 893.5531 loc. 480, 481. We'd been planning to visit Petra & Pilar for ages but never got around to it, you know how it is—you resolve to try new restaurants and end up eating at [...]

Garry Kasparov reviews Bobby Fischer biography

Photo: Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer after Spassky won the first game of the 1972 World Chess Championship, held in Reykjavík, Iceland. Fischer went on to win the championship. Read The Bobby Fischer Defence by Garry Kasparov in NYRB. When I was a kid the world chess championships were front-page news—they were another front in [...]

Saturday in the Park with Art

Photos taken with my phone at last year's Art in the Park. In the summer, frizzling hot. Art in the Park, the annual affordable art fair of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines, Saturday, 19 February 2011 2-10 pm at the Jaime Velasquez Park in Salcedo Village, Makati. Featuring 40 galleries, artist groups and creative [...]

Underwear that will kill your sex life

Apropos of Auntie Janey's agony column, here are 10 Pairs of Underwear That Will Destroy Your Sex Life, on Flavorpill.

Auntie Janey's Old Fashioned Agony Column # 3

Dear Auntie Janey, What's the best way to deal with other people's breakups? I ask this because I'm the kind of person who tends to be friends with the couple, especially when I've known both of them as friends since the very beginning of their courtship—and especially when the relationship becomes something close to long-term. [...]

Mr. Pacquiao—and His Hair—Goes To Washington

Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Filipino Congressman and eight-term world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao on Capitol Hill. Pacquiao, the Ringmaster, and His Traveling Circus, in the NYT.

Mr. Pacquiao and His Hair Go To Washington

Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Filipino Congressman and eight-term world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao on Capitol Hill. Pacquiao, the Ringmaster, and His Traveling Circus, in the NYT.

Karinderyang sosyal

Petra and Pilar is on the ground floor of JAKA Center, Export Avenue corner Pasong Tamo, Makati, telephones 887.5168 and 893.5531 loc. 480, 481. We'd been planning to visit Petra & Pilar for ages but never got around to it, you know how it is—you resolve to try new restaurants and end up eating at [...]