The ethnic retail market is a reality in the United States. It’s a vibrant component of a truly diverse community. I don’t want to be stereotypical in my observations but here’s what I’ve noticed in my travels around the San Francisco Bay Area:
1. Many Chinese Americans own dry cleaning services.
2. Many Asian Indians own liquor [...]
Filed under: Marketing & Public Relations, Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on January 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
In my one my blog entries, I talked about the joys of taking a gratitude break through squirrel-watching. Shortly after I wrote the posting, I badgered Sanny Leviste of Visual Moment.com, a friend of many talents especially in environmentally-sustainable advocacies, to find the photos that I had requested him to take of a squirrel. He [...]
Filed under: Marketing & Public Relations, Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on January 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
This is the e-mail that I sent out to thank our readers and contributors. Congratulations to my niece, Lauren Dado, for being honored with the “WikiPinoy of 2007, People & Society category” recognition also.
From: Lorna Dietz
Date: Jan 6, 2008 9:08 AM
Subject: FilipinaImages.com, advocacy blog & news portal (social change), wins WikiPilipinas’ Newsmakers of 2007, [...]
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December 1, 2007
I’ve been travelling so much within the past two months. Maintaining my blog, I can see now, takes a lot of perseverance and commitment. So much to share with my family and friends. BUT It’s one day at a time… and today, as I look out and observe the overnight San Francisco Bay [...]
Filed under: Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on December 1st, 2007 | No Comments »
Update as of 9:53 p.m., October 3, 2007:
I’ve received a lot of e-mails today — some people calling for a boycott of ABC.com to official statements from Filipino community-based organizations like NaFFAA, asking ABC.com to do the right thing. My Fil-Am Network yahoo group just received this e-mail from the East Coast-based based Kevin Nadal, [...]
Filed under: Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on October 2nd, 2007 | 8 Comments »
9-11 in New York was rainy and damp — yet the fashionistas had a field day! A Filipina designer, Monique Lhuillier, showed off her Spring Collection at Bryant Park on Fifth Avenue. Her parents, especially my role model (with a warm, welcoming personality and down-to-earth aura to complement her business ventures and philanthropic advocacies) Amparito [...]
Filed under: Marketing & Public Relations, Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on September 25th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Last week, I made a new intention. I want to thank my family and friends for gently reminding me to take care of my health. Especially my coach, you know who you are, you “dogged” friend! An adversaria refers to “a collection of notes, remarks, or selections.”
Since RadiantView.com is more focused on my marketing, [...]
Filed under: Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on September 5th, 2007 | No Comments »
August 26, 2007
This morning, I received an e-mail from one of my friends in the Filipina Women’s Network 2006 Future Search Summit google group about the Malu Fernandez fiasco. I decided to write a blog entry a week after the Pinoy blogosphere rocked cyberspace with the story. This is because I wanted to find out [...]
Filed under: Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog"), Writings and Musings on August 26th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Let’s share cat stories for Cat Appreciation Day. This special occasion occurs only when I declare that a celebration be prepared for honoring cats, your cats, and everyone’s cats — the domestic kind, I mean. If we have a Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, then we need a Cat Appreciation Day. Simple logic. [...]
Filed under: Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on August 16th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
August 15, 2007
In my marketing, public relations, community service, and event management worlds, the keyword “sexy” means “attractive,” “appealing,” “hip,” “trendy,” “in vogue,” “fashionable, “in style,” “contemporary” and all the positive adjectives you can think of.
Dr. Belen Lardizabal-Dofitas, a gorgeous, multi-talented Filipina mom (a.k.a. my youngest sister) from Quezon City, Philippines breastfeeds her almost-five years [...]
Filed under: Non-Profit Connections, Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on August 15th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
