Rustic Mornings with Friends

Since October 15, Tuesday, was a holiday, it was a perfect time for me and my friends to finally meet-up.  It was a very belated birthday blow-out of iMom.  We agreed to go at Rustic Mornings located in Marikina City.  The place was jampacked when we arrived around 9:30 AM.  It took almost an hour before we were given a table for five.  It was a bit hot but we were all in a pretty good mood so we patiently waited while standing near the counter area. We understood it was a holiday and breakfast seems to be their peakest hours.

What made the waiting more bearable was the friendly staff.  They are genuinely friendly, move swiftly attending to customers, composed, neat, with genuine smiles. For me, I spent my waiting time checking the place, and of course, taking pictures of the place, my friends, and myself. :)

The food was fine, nothing spectacular but presentation is good. The price is almost the same compared to other restaurants, about P150 - P300 per head.

Shared by all, Bread Basket, with fruit jam, and butter, p150

iMom's Sausage Platter (Bratwurst and Cheese Sausage,  Toasted Rye Bread, 2 Sunny Side Up Eggs, P215

CessnaPlane's Frankfurter, Cheese Omelet, Garlic Rice, P220

Teacher Julie's All-Veggie 3-Cheese Omelet (with Tomato, Zucchini, Onion, Green Bell, Mushroom), P195

President Mama's Waffles, Buffalo Chicken Strips, Salad with Marinara Chipotle, P250

Mine, Country 3-Egg Cheese Omelet with Bacon and Potatoes, P185

Everyone had coffee of course. It's good, priced at P65, with one free refill for the Americano.

As the name tells it, rustic, the place makes use of crude materials as their decorations which blended well giving us a countryside ambiance. I like it. Electric fans are provided for each table if I am not mistaken, for the al fresco dining area.

Yes, the place is full of plants but good that I did not see mosquitoes or other insects flying around. :)

This is where the dining area starts. 

This is the counter area, also al fresco. I like the masks hanging on the wall.

One side of the wall in one of the dining sections is peppered with framed paintings, pots, and synthetic crustaceans. 

This is yours truly in one of the interiors of the restaurant, with my OOTD, haha. I blend well, right?

I like the embossed flower in yellow paint finish. It's nice, dainty.

Us Girls: TeacherJulie, iMom, Me :), CessnaPlane, PresidentMana

I want to go back here with  my family. It's a bit far from our place but we can schedule. :)

Rustic Mornings
#11 Isabelo Mendoza St., San Roque,
Marikina City
Business Hours: 8 AM - 4 PM
Contact #s:  5106914, 6812461, 0917-7005810

Three Months After

What happened to my blog? I haven't posted anything for ages. Three months, going on four.  Between June and now, a lot of things have happened and a lot are happening. I just got to open my blog now. Once again I have this nagging feeling to up my blog, be an active blogger.  And if I will do active blogging in spite of all the other areas of my life which preoccupies me, I have to do a lot of networking. I mean be active and really give some thought of what I really want to do with my blog. And how I am going to do it.

First things first. Let me just see myself updating this, not out of obligation, but because I really love what I am doing. You know, blogging and telling the world (who might not even care, haha) what's happening in my life and in my mind.  Let me just see how I will hold up and I'll play it by ear - what am I really going to do with my blog. I'll try to post first. I'll see how I'll go about networking because checking other people's blogs is really time consuming. But then yes, if I really want to do something, it won't just be wasting time but should be productive for me. There are a lot of blogs out there which share the same interests as mine and are really worth reading. I learn from their sharing, it's fun too, and it won't hurt to reach out to other people. As a matter of fact that's one of the many worthwhile ways of using social media - reaching out.

So there. I feel the blogging bug again. Let us see. It has always been my motto that there is always time if I really want to do something. "No time" is a lame excuse.  :)))

Man of Steel

We were supposed to watch Man of Steel on June 16, Father's Day, but obviously we couldn't wait. We decided to watch it late last night on the second to the last screening schedule.  The theater was full. We anticipated this so I reserved online in the morning. It's good I did that.

I have to agree with one of the reviews that Man of Steel flies but it didn't soar. I cannot pinpoint what is lacking.  Maybe there is none.  Maybe because it's just not the Superman I grew up with with theme songs and the clumsy Clark Kent. 

My interest in wanting to absorb how Chris Nolan presented this Superman reboot was what kept me from being bored with all the flashbacks which are, of course, necessary and a bit unsteady film shots, which I don't think are necessary.

I like the confusion the movie explored with Clark Kent as a child.  I like the way Jonathan Kent tried protecting his son and Martha Kent's unconditional love for his "cute" child as she said it, haha.  All these elements humanized Superman.  The movie was successful in this part. 

The non-stop action on the last 30 minutes or so of the movie just leaves you glued admiring the CGI. Just how did they do that?  Buildings after buildings collapse and crumble. You can almost feel the pain of Superman and General Zod when they throw each other and hit and go through high rise buildings.

I appreciated how the story unfolded. It was not hard for me to grasp the movie team's idea of humanizing  Superman. I highly welcomed it.  It didn't rob me of the Kal-el or Clark Kent's superhero character.   I also appreciate not seeing the red underpants in exchange for the more masculine outfit. 

The casting was perfect. Let me focus on Henry Cavill.  I remember he was also considered, at least by fans if I remember it right, to be the Edward Cullen in Twilight.  I didn't like him then.  I never did even when I first saw a preview of Man of Steel last year.  I thought he just didn't fit the role. 

But I take back my words.  My husband was the first to be engrossed with Man of Steel watching the 13-minute publicity special.  I watched the Man of Steel featurette and from there, I was convinced Henry Cavill is the perfect humanized Superman.  

Henry Cavill is the perfect actor to play Chris Nolan's reboot of Superman 2013. Let me quote this from one of the reviews I read, Review:  In 'Man of Steel," Henry Cavill Soars Over an Erratic Plot, "He's a superb choice for someone who needs to convincingly convey innate modesty, occasional confusion and eventual strength." 

I like Henry Cavill smiling and no facial hair, haha! (Image from Fiz X Entertainment.)

I also like to think that, unlike other actors who played Superman, Henry Cavill can get out of the shadow of the superhero.  His looks are so dramatic he can play roles in a rom-com for starters. I hope to see a lot of Henry Cavill in the big screen, not just as Superman.