Foot and Fire

  In-house made wines and cheeses are the cups of tea of La Vie Parisienne but the place offers varied food favorites from pasta, sausages and pizza. The place is cozy and a dinner in the place is highly recommended because the al fresco dining experience offers a beautifully-lit garden and nice cozy roof decks. It drizzled when I got there last July 2018 with a friend whom I shared with the book-hunting experience at the Big Bad Wolf in Cebu City. I bought Syrah wine some standard wines and some cheeses.   ***   ***   ***   *** \ I love this door! *** I'm not a fan but since we headed to Sirao Garden , we just passed by the Temple of Leah since they are located on the same way. I really don't like the concept which is a trying-hard copycat of some Greek Temple f gods and goddesses, and the gold image of Leah, and even the fact of calling it a temple. But then, it is admittedly, a pretty instagrammable place....

I still read nonfiction from time to time but I am now fascinated with nonfiction that I bought memoirs, bios and autobios at the recent BIG BAD WOLF BOOK SALE in Cebu City, all for myself. Here, I'm sharing to you my provisions for the next two years, hahahahha!! Oliver Sacks is a classic read. BBW carried other titles there, though not all of his works (I can't find his bestselling The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat!!!). So I chose Hallucinations and An Anthropologist from Mars. He was a physician and taught neurology. I read reviews of his books in Brain Pickings and saw the movie Awakenings (based on Sacks' book of same title) which features Robin Williams as Sacks. I can't wait to start even one book of his. If i can, i'll pick up Hallucinations first. Now, I'm hallucinating that I can do that real soon. Stanley, The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal.  Who does not love Africa when one was still small and full of wonde...