Our Ray of Sunshine

Sage, short for Solana Alvarez Genabe, celebrates her first month today. Since her birth, I have taken about 500 million photos of her. But since I cannot share all here, I have selected 15 of my favorites.

with her abuela: my mom

with her dad: Drach

with her mom: Maite

Paris, 2011

As I prepare for another trip, I cannot help but reminisce on the last major trip I took in 2011. Since I did not have an active blog then (so publishing photos was limited to my Facebook account) please indulge me as I (re)share the experience with you, my dear readers.

As my love for photography is rooted in portraiture, let me start by sharing photos of the friends I was with. To this day, we still call ourselves Team Europe, and each one of us, a Euro-chum. The team is made up of my sister Maite, her then boyfriend, now husband Drach, Dsj (pronounced dish), Gigi and yours truly.

Left to right: Dsj, Maite, Gigi and Drach, Jardin du Luxembourg

Drach, outside Père Lachaise Cemetery

Dsj, Paris Subway

Maite having her first cafe near our home

Gigi, Sacré-Cœur Basilica

Drach and Maite, Musée du Louvre

Dsj and Gigi, Outside Quick - Paris' Jollibee

A Walk In The Clouds

Here are more photos of Tagaytay. My 3 day stay was quite the experience as I've never seen it so wrapped up in fog. Til then, I thought the "Tagaytay weather" was a myth (Lol). Although we were pinned down to our hotel almost the whole time, the weather was kind enough to let us have a safe journey home, which included a quick stop at Bag of Beans (with photos) & Rowena's (no photos).