Category Archives: Honorary Filipino

My new family.

Uncle Lakay’s Labuyo Peppers, Vol. 1

Kim’s dad has been grow­ing and pick­ling these lit­tle “labuyo” pep­pers since he was a boy. They are incred­i­bly hot. We sent some to Luke for Christ­mas. Kim Kim Eats an “Uncle Lakay Pep­per” from Justin on Vimeo. Luke Lakay Pep­per Tast­ing from LW on Vimeo.

Rex Navarette

I know that I have been with Kim for a long time now, because I can watch this video and legit­i­mately laugh heartily at 99% of the jokes. The basis of most Filipino-American humor hinges on the clash between the two cul­tures, par­tic­u­larly the lan­guages and the result­ing accent. I’d say the major­ity of jokes

Fil-Am Frustration

I have been try­ing to get Kim to blog almost as long as I have been doing it myself. She is a wealth of knowl­edge about a broad range of top­ics and, I, being a believer in the power of the inter­net and of the free dis­tri­b­u­tion of infor­ma­tion, think her thoughts could be enlight­en­ing

Adventures Of A Big Dumb White Guy

What a great title. I wish what I was about to say was as excit­ing. Some­times I need a break from the cof­fee served in our office and I take a quick stroll down the street to Daily Grind Unwind in Vir­ginia Beach’s Town Cen­ter, the owner of which hap­pens to be Fil­ip­ina. I believe