To see them all gathered in one room, lit with the soft glow of a late spring sunset, the bustling sprawl of Calgary’s city center in the background — it was remarkable to think about the roads that led them here, and the relationships that brought them all together.
Read MoreA Seat at Our TableThis story is based on my experience of mothering two kids in the diasporic Filipino-Canadian community. One of the places we frequent is the Calgary Public Library, a wonderful place that our family enjoys visiting. During one of those visits,
Read MoreInang Hinahabi
In many ways, I was fated to love music, not least for having been named after its patron saint, an act of magical thinking by an ironically tone-deaf father. A big swath of my childhood memory involved the steady stream of music my father played in the house.
Read MoreVisitation of the Madz
Sanna Velasco had the most beautiful problem. Her blog, Woman Scribbles, had been experiencing a deluge of massive traffic from everywhere in the world.
The reason: her blog was about baking. Specifically, baking bread.
Read MoreBread and Better
She once sold four Toyota cars in one day. And this, while Calgary was in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. To say that Cynthia Pineda is a good saleswoman does not do her justice. In her role as Filipino Marketing Director for Heininger Toyota, Cynthia is at the top of her game.
Read MoreDriven to Succeed
For a Filpino motorist traveling eastward on 12th Avenue in Calgary's Beltline, one glance is all it takes to clock the predominantly blue mural of two dancing figures and quickly realize, “Hey…that’s tinikling!”
Read MoreFlit. Freeze. FilipinX!
One of my fondest memories growing up was my daily walk to our neighborhood bakery early in the morning. Before going to school, my father would send me to the bakery with a few coins to buy fresh pandesal and several slices of margarine.
Read MoreSpanish Bread-A Filipino Bakery Classic
