Cook Like a Chamorro: Beef Tinaktak
I had a lot of fun shooting and creating this video for the Guam Visitors Bureau. I’m working to expand the series so if you know someone who cooks bomb Chamorro food and isn’t...
Latitude13 : On an island in the sun
The Chamorro Jawbreaker
Here’s a thing I wrote in 2015 for Island Time magazine about Tita’s Bakery and guguria: In 1965, Mariquita “Tita” Leon Guerrero was a young wife and mother who also worked as a cashier...
How the Guam Westin Became the Guam Westin
The Westin Resort Guam celebrated its 20th Anniversary last month. I wrote some stuff for their PDN anniversary supplement but my favorite part – the story of how the Guam Westin became the Guam...
Fouha Rock
In the Chamorro story of Creation, Fu’una used her spirit, at her brother Puntan’s request, to divide her brother’s body and use it to create the universe. With his back she made the earth,...
Beyond Manila: Puerto Princesa
Note: I originally wrote this travel story for the Pacific Daily News. (part 3 of 3) Puerto Princesa, Palawan Roughly 1,780 islands and islets make up the whole of Palawan, and some of the...
Beyond Manila: Puning Hot Springs
Note: I originally wrote this travel story for the Pacific Daily News. (part 2 of 3) But with all the city has to offer, the Philippines is much more than Metro Manila, and many...
Beyond Manila: More to see in the Philippines
Note: I originally wrote this travel story for the Pacific Daily News. (part 1 of 3) The Philippines is composed of over 7,100 diverse islands, and one could spend a lifetime exploring them all....
Guam’s Greens and Fairways
With seven public golf courses across the island, one could say Guam is the golf capital of Micronesia. There’s a reason our tourists often arrive with their clubs in tow: Year-round summer weather means...
How to Make Friends with Guam Locals
Someone in the Guam subReddit asked why was it so hard for someone new to the island to make friends with locals and it got me thinking. Advice for Guam newbies usually includes make...
Duk Duk (Hermit Crab)
Not surprisingly, you don’t see a lot of duk duk in Tumon anymore. Maybe that’s why I follow them around whenever I see them on other beaches. This guy is one of the biggest...
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