Flowers in the meantime
While I get my theme and blog together, that shouldn’t stop us from continuing our chats right? Right! So have a seat in this makeshift chair for awhile, and let me tell you about the weekend. With pictures to boot! We went to Ming’s Garden and Bag of Beans in Tagaytay.
Ming’s Garden is owned by former First Lady Amelita Ramos. This is a restaurant that serves a limited variety of Filipino dishes and shows off a collection of herbs, plants and flowers. The service was warm, the ambiance casually pleasing, but the food was just okay (translated: expensive yet average-tasting). So I contented myself with the fresh air and taking pictures of the pretty blossoms instead. 
Twitters
Like cotton candy and ballet slippers
Bud-dy buddies
Buddies in bloom
The plants with spider branches
Not quite there yet
Yawning little pinkies
I surrender!
I’ll love you forever.
Mums for our Mums
Fertilize me!
Peacock in the Bathroom
Earthling
Bouganvillea: flowers from my childhood
Ubeng Talulot (Purple Petals)
Get lost in the greens
Spot the hearts
Then off my family and I went to Bag of Beans. It’s a quaint coffee shop which I love for its kickass frozen cheesecake and lovely garden.
Greens at Bag of Beans
Like a cross between a cabbage and a lily
Fresh from a shower
Feisty little flowers
Three Pinkies
An Orb and Two Blooms
Beautiful Bloomer
Shadows and Light
Petals on a Tablecloth
Save the best for last: Frozen Strawberry Cheesecake
I hope you enjoyed viewing the images as much as I enjoyed walking through the gardens. Which ones did you like best?
May 13th, 2008 at 3:27 am
i’ve picked my faves: buddies in bloom, and that strawberry cheesecake!!! and why oh why, those flowers in the tablecloth look so homey to me, gently calling me for an afternoon tea…and some strawberry cheesecake…i can’t shake it off my mind now. whew.
btw, ming’s garden has been featured s-e-v-e-r-a-l times already on magazines and even on travel channels, that i really really want to see it too.
May 13th, 2008 at 4:01 am
I’ve been taking garden photos lately too, it’s so beautiful right now! Your photos are beautiful, thanks for sharing Toni. The birds you found are so funny!
I’ve updated my link love page and added you now! 
May 13th, 2008 at 5:01 am
CHEESECAKE!! Hands down
May 13th, 2008 at 5:13 am
Love the earthling, fresh from a shower, shadows and light, petals on a tablecloth and, of course, the cheesecake!!
Now, I miss my camera. Still didn’t get a new lens because my shopping priorities keep switching. lol
Wanna visit Tagaytay the next time we go to Pinas. Haven’t been there yet!
May 13th, 2008 at 9:11 am
i loved everything, hehe! thank you for sharing the pictures, ang ganda ganda ganda.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:26 am
woohoo, buti at napadpad ako dito!
that’s one of my must-do when we visit manila again, stop by tagaytay. nakakamiss!
May 13th, 2008 at 9:50 am
one of my favorite entries in your new URL
siempre puno ng pictures eh! Just love it!
May 13th, 2008 at 10:08 am
ay ang cute ng paa (ng manok, wehehe)
yung buddies in bloom parang chemical formula
tas yung i surrender, tingin ko yung mga kamay pa nga ang tormentor dahil sinara nya yung kulungan
May 13th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I love the Buddies in bloom, they look so delicate. And also the bougainvillea, it reminds me of my home town.
May 13th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
i like your play with the gloves, cross bet cabbage & lily and beautiful bloomer..oh and “fertilize me” sounds kinda funny hahaha!
May 13th, 2008 at 3:26 am
i’ve picked my faves: buddies in bloom, and that strawberry cheesecake!!! and why oh why, those flowers in the tablecloth look so homey to me, gently calling me for an afternoon tea…and some strawberry cheesecake…i can’t shake it off my mind now. whew.
May 14th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
wondeful pics! i like the petals on a tablecloth pic the most! and thanks for bringing me to the site of Bag of Beans. I also enjoy going there.
Congrats on the new home!
May 19th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
i’ve read an article about ming’s garden in a mag but i have yet to visit it. thanks for the pictures, feels like i have already
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