My first snowboarding experience

by Matt Dela Peña

Blurry iPhone pic. Because iPhone.

Since moving to Oregon nearly eight years ago, I have never been to the Cascades. My family has a chronic fear of driving in snow. Thus, it has been quite embarrassing to know that so many of my friends from places like Hawaii have already managed to visit that part of my own state. So yesterday, I went snowboarding for the first time.

It's more delicious in Pampanga

by Matt Dela Peña

If there's one thing I'm proud of for being Kapampangan, it's the food. Lutung Kapampangan, or Kapampangan cuisine, is widely considered to be the best and most refined cuisine among its regional counterparts in the country. (Even though my favorite food is laing from Bicol.) The saying goes: if you're Kapampangan, you know how to cook! (Not true.)

Not just on The Strip

by Matt Dela Peña

Most people go to Las Vegas for The Strip. Facts unchecked, it is probably where 100% of the city's tourism revenue comes from. As an Oregon hipster, I wanted my Sin City experience to be less mainstream, so I sought after a local who knew more things to do in the city than just hop around the hotels that surround Las Vegas Boulevard.