Il Pirata

It was Easter. And my cousin (who just finished his nursing degree) was in town. So we met up at SM Mega Mall's Toy Kingdom before heading to Eastwood City's Il Pirata.

I first went there last year a few weeks after it first opened. I got to meet the owner's son (i remember Diona and I talked about him a little). What is unique to this place is that it looks like you are inside a pirate ship. Some may not like the novelty of the idea since it serves Italian food (but who says there can't be any Italian pirate ships ;P) But I like the food.

While there, we saw Paolo Contis, Isabel Oli and Keempee De Leon in another table.

Anyway, my cousin who is a professional dubber, has added script writing/editing (he translates and edits scripts of television series) as part of his bread and butter. He was convincing me to edit scripts. But when I found out how much they get paid vs the time they spend to edit, I was appalled! I'd rather stick to print, thank you. We joked about the writers' strike in the states, that we should probably also do the same here. But then, we are not as organized here.

Oh. A bucket with pizza at Il Pirata is P270 (from what I can remember).

House Cocktails

I didn't go out this weekend except that I went to a friend's birthday last Friday and had a bottle of beer. Yes, I just had a bottle. I didn't even finish it.

Anyway, cleaned my bag and found this strip of paper (it's actually part of an envelope) that had the mixes of Hey Jude's house cocktails.

Pearl Harbor - vodka, melon liqueur and pineapple juice

Cape Cod - vodka and cranberry juice

Bay Breeze - vodka, pineapple juice and cranberry juice

Melon Ball - vodka, melon liquer, orange juice

Hey Jude

I saw this HUGE can of San Miguel Pale Pilsen beer at Plato Platina, Saturday Night. Here is a shot I took for scale. Beer is P350 for a bucket and they will be coming out with a 6+1 promo once the clock strikes 1 AM soon.



Probably the bar with the primest location on the white beach (D'Mall area) of Boracay. Cocktails and beer here are discounted during Happy Hour (3:30 pm to 7:30) so these glorious drinks (Cape Cod, pinkish glass and Pearl Harbor, greenish drink) are P90 less 50% each. So for the price of 2 cocktails, I got to try 4 drinks.

Anyway, I was sharing I have seen this guy from Benchwarmers. walking. Jon Heder. And it turns out, it was him!


It's the first time I noticed Kasbah (near Discovery Shores). Beer is P40 during happy hour and is best enjoyed with the sunset (although I didn't get to try. I just imagine it would be really great!)

Blue Butterfly & The Grill

DOMINIQUE GRILL is beside Blue Butterfly (SML P21). It's the first time I saw it so it must be fairly new because last December, I was just at Blue Butterfly with my gay and gay-friendly friends. I'd say the crowd here is like Popoy's Grill which is also nearby (along Tomas Morato). But I didn't get to go inside since I was with mostly gay friends who are really at home and "familiar" with Butterfly.

BLUE BUTTERFLY
28 Scout Tobias St., cor Timog Ave., QC; Tel no.(02) 416-1784 "Small cozy bar and art gallery; Accessible by cab and plenty of parking along side street and Timog Ave.; Crowd: straight-looking/acting gays" -- found this description in another website

SML (P150/5 bottles) as of last Friday/Saturday morning. This establishment has two floors. On the first, is a small space for dancing. The second floor can be rented with videoke. The waiters and bartenders here have been around since it opened.

Had a coke light. I arrived at around 30 past 11. I really didn't want to drink but then I eventually gave in to a glass of rhum coke light followed by coke light and a separate shot of rhum. I got to mix my drink :)

It was the first time I met Joey who was a magna cum laude Math major, gay and happy :)

He's doing his PhD now...anyway, I remembered he was telling us about a program with a set of indicators that he developed which measured an "employee's happiness." Apparently, using happiness instead of satisfaction is also an indicator that he's gay hahaha so cute.