Papas 78th birthday was a simple and intimate celebration of the family. It was his wish to celebrate only with the family. His idea was to have a long table in one room, where the family could talk and get bonded. Somehow we were able to grant his wish but since we don't have enough room, we extended tables to the garage and in the backyard. Nevertheless, the family were able to talk and had a fun night.
Started out with a prayer from auntie Ida, giving thanks for all the blessings, for blessing papa another year, and for that moment that the family were able to spend another celebration. Then we sang the birthday song but before the blowing of candles, papa had a short message for everyone basically thanking the family for coming and making his birthday more special. Later part of the party, they started singing their old favorite songs. Auntie Sayong, auntie Thelma Mapes and auntie Mayet offered songs for the celebrant. The others sang and or chanted with them. The last guests left at 1 am.
As for the food, aside from what we prepared at home, most of the family who came brought food for the party. There were puto and dinuguan cooked by mama, caldereta, chicken cordon bleu, fried chicken, palabok, baked salmon, tempura, laing, kare kare, cupcakes for dessert, mango cake, caramel bars, biko, turon, mixed fruits and a lot more.
The kids were happy to see their cousins too. They stayed upstairs in one of the rooms and got busy playing with their ipads. The new member of the family, our baby Charlotte stayed with the the older guests. She was just in the corner listening maybe to the talks of the older folks.
The Sulatnons in southern California had their annual celebration of the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the patron saint of the town. The theme this year was Hawaiian and it was held in Norwalk California.
The party started off with a Mass with the offering for the sick and remembering the deceased members.
It was moving, with the sulatnons gathered on that moment praying for the sick including my papa.
Dinner was served after the mass. Loads of food in the buffet table for the guests to indulge. While everyone was busy with their food, program for the night started. A welcome speech from the sponsor and another talk from a committee member. The music started to play then the party started. It was enjoyable to see my fellow sulatnons and other guests having fun in the dance floor. They dance to the chacha, swing, couples dancing to the tango and even kids having fun in the line dance. The kuracha is part of the tradition and will always be part in fiesta celebration from the waraynons.
This fiesta celebration gives way to gather not just sulatnons but waraynons in California and or from other states. This year it was crowded with visitors from other towns. Ate Marissa and kuya Ed my cousins from La Union, were among our guests. It was good to see the presence of Melanie Baldado and her kids in the party too.
This year sponsors came up with the Hawaiaan theme. Surprisingly, the guests were up to it and dressed up to their best hawaiian costume.
Part of the program was a hawaiian dance by adult couples in the event. The program was hosted by kuya Alvin Cadalin and uncle Hermi Solidon. The event was a success.
Bublagan, the after party was held at auntie Thelma Mapes residence. It was a lunch party by the members. The conversation centered on the previous event, the fiesta party and catching up with fellow sulatnons.
The Broad is a contemporary art museum in Downtown Los Angeles. The museum is named for philanthropist Eli Broad, who financed the $140 million building which houses the Broad art collections. The museum offers free general admission to its permanent collection galleries. It opened on September 20, 2015.
History
Since 2008, Eli Broad and the Broad Art Foundation had been considering different sites for a museum forthe art
collection. In November 2008, the news surfaced that Broad had
approached Beverly Hills about building his museum at the southeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard. In January 2010, he revealed that he was considering a 10-acre parcel on the campus of West Los Angeles College in Culver City. Meanwhile, in March 2010, the Santa Monica City Council approved an agreement in principle to lease the city-owned 2.5-acre parcel next to the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
to Eli Broad for $1 a year for 99 years while also contributing $1
million toward design costs. Broad would have paid the rest, an
estimated $50 million to $70 million. In August 2010, Eli Broad announced formally that he would build a museum in Downtown Los Angeles.
He agreed to pay $7.7 million for a 99-year lease. Officially
characterized as a grant, the money subsidized affordable-housing units
at The Emerson, a high-rise residential tower next to the museum.
The agreement also includes an $8.5-million government share of the
cost of the museum's outdoor plaza and government payments of up to $30
million to reimburse Broad forbuilding the museum's underground parking
garage. Under that buy-back provision, the garage eventually will be
government-owned. In an invited architectural competition for the project in 2010, six
architects were asked to present preliminary designs. They included
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and his firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture; Swiss pair Herzog & de Meuron; Christian de Portzamparc from Paris; Japanese duo Ryue Nishizawa and Kazuyo Sejima of SANAA; and Diller Scofidio + Renfro from New York.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro were eventually chosen by Broad to design the
approximately 120,000-square-foot museum, which includes exhibition
space, offices and a parking garage. In February 2015, Eli and Edythe Broad hosted a public preview of the new building, attracting some 3,500 visitors. The museum was due to be opened by Broad and his wife on Sunday, September 20, 2015.
Collection
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The Broad houses a nearly 2,000-piece collection of contemporary art, featuring 200 artists, including works by Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, and Roy Liechtenstein. Notable installations include Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room – The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013), Ragnar Kjartansson’s expansive nine-screen video The Visitors (2012), Julie Mehretu’s 24-feet-wide canvas Beloved (Cairo) (2013), and Goshka Macuga’s photo-tapestry Death of Marxism, Women of All Lands Unite (2013).
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The collection has been described by the Washington Post as including too much "high-end trash" but "even though the bad overwhelms the great, there are great works throughout." The building will also serve as headquarters for the Broad Art Foundation's lending library of contemporary works.
The Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA (though its self-claimed location is in the city of Malibu, California[2]), is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The Getty Villa is an educational center and museum dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. The collection has 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD, including the Lansdowne Heracles and the Victorious Youth.
The UCLA/Getty Master’s Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic
Conservation is housed on this campus. The collection is documented and
presented through the online GettyGuide as well as through audio tours.
HISTORY
In 1954, oil tycoon J. Paul Getty opened a gallery adjacent to his home in Pacific Palisades.[3][4][5]
Quickly running out of room, he built a second museum, the Getty Villa,
on the property down the hill from the original gallery.[4][6] The villa design was inspired by the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum[6] and incorporated additional details from several other ancient sites. It was designed by architects Robert E. Langdon, Jr. and Ernest C. Wilson, Jr..[7][8] It opened in 1974,[9] but was never visited by Getty, who died in 1976.[5] Following his death, the museum inherited $661 million[10] and began planning a much larger campus, the Getty Center, in nearby Brentwood.
The museum overcame neighborhood opposition to its new campus plan by
agreeing to limit the total size of the development on the Getty Center
site.[11] To meet the museum's total space needs, the museum decided to split between the two locations with the Getty Villa housing the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities.[11]
In 1993, the Getty Trust selected Rodolpho Machado and Jorge Silvetti
to design the renovation of the Getty Villa and its campus.[11] In 1997, portions of the museum's collection of Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquities were moved to the Getty Center for display, and the Getty Villa was closed for renovation.[12] The collection was restored during the renovation.[9]
A Roman Villa Recreated—early 1970s
The Getty Villa is modeled after a first-century Roman country house, the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, Italy. The building was constructed in the early 1970s by architects
who worked closely with J. Paul Getty to develop the interior and
exterior details.
Buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, much of
the Villa dei Papiri remains unexcavated. Therefore, architects based
many of the Museum's architectural and landscaping details on elements
from other ancient Roman houses in the towns of Pompeii, Herculaneum,
and Stabiae.
Gardens are integral to the setting of the Getty Villa, as
they were in the ancient Roman home, and include herbs and shrubs
inspired by those grown in ancient Roman homes for food and ceremony.
The Getty Villa Reimagined—1996
Renovation of the Getty Villa began in 1996. Visitors now
start their visit in a spectacular open-air Entry Pavilion, then
progress along a scenic pathway to the heart of the site. With each
building at a slightly different elevation, visitors experience the site
as an archaeological excavation, every perspective offering new
discoveries.
Visitors' first view of the Villa is through the Barbara and
Lawrence Fleischman Theater. This 500-seat outdoor classical theater was
also created based on ancient prototypes, and links the Cafe, Museum
Store, and Auditorium to the J. Paul Getty Museum entrance.
The renovation incorporated modern designs that harmonize
with the Getty Villa's original style. Wood, bronze, glass, travertine,
and wood-formed concrete echo the Villa's materials. In addition to the
Entry Pavilion, a new staircase was installed, and galleries were
renovated with details inspired by Roman and modern models. Skylights
and windows were installed to fill the space with light.
Antiquities in the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection
The Getty Villa houses the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection
of approximately 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities. Over
1,200 works are on view in 23 galleries devoted to the permanent
collection, with five additional galleries for changing exhibitions.
With objects dating from 6,500 B.C. to A.D. 400, the
collection contains monumental sculptures as well as artifacts of
everyday life.
Galleries
The galleries are arranged by theme and include Gods and
Goddesses, Dionysos and the Theater, and Stories of the Trojan War,
among others. This approach enables visitors to view the artworks in the
context of their use in classical societies, encouraging a deeper
understanding of the ancient world.
Exhibitions and Collection
The Permanent Collection
of the Getty Villa is comprised of approximately 44,000 Greek, Roman,
and Etruscan antiquities; more than 1,200 items are on exhibit in 23
galleries. There is also a small collection of Cycladic objects, dating
from 3000-2200 BCE.
Many of the galleries
are arranged by themes, including Women and Children in Antiquity,
Stories of the Trojan War, Monsters and Minor Deities, and Wine in
Antiquity.
The Villa is frequently and erroneously said to be in the city of Malibu,[12][20] but the site is in the city of Los Angeles in the community of Pacific Palisades and has a Pacific Palisades mailing address.[21][22] The Malibu city border begins a mile west of the Villa.[23] The museum itself perpetuates this error,[24] to the irritation of Palisades residents.[25]
Started out with a prayer from auntie Ida, giving thanks for all the blessings, for blessing papa another year, and for that moment that the family were able to spend another celebration. Then we sang the birthday song but before the blowing of candles, papa had a short message for everyone basically thanking the family for coming and making his birthday more special. Later part of the party, they started singing their old favorite songs. Auntie Sayong, auntie Thelma Mapes and auntie Mayet offered songs for the celebrant. The others sang and or chanted with them. The last guests left at 1 am. 
As for the food, aside from what we prepared at home, most of the family who came brought food for the party. There were puto and dinuguan cooked by mama, caldereta, chicken cordon bleu, fried chicken, palabok, baked salmon, tempura, laing, kare kare, cupcakes for dessert, mango cake, caramel bars, biko, turon, mixed fruits and a lot more.
The kids were happy to see their cousins too. They stayed upstairs in one of the rooms and got busy playing with their ipads. The new member of the family, our baby Charlotte stayed with the the older guests. She was just in the corner listening maybe to the talks of the older folks. 
