Family fun at Pinto Art Gallery!

We just came home from Batangas but before I talk about our trip south, let me tell you about our trip east! I grew up in Antipolo but I've never really explored the hills of my childhood home. So I've been bugging Vince for maybe 10 years or so to go on an Antipolo road trip.

Finally, last month, we did! We were really just there to visit Papa but it was such a lovely Sunday afternoon and we decided, my younger brother and I (because he was bored since his wife was out of town), to drive up to Pinto Art Museum. We're just in pambahay haha because we really didn't think we were going anywhere but Papa's house.

Here are a few photos of our gorgeous art-filled afternoon:
When I'm a donya na, I will have a huge garden and have a four-poster bed in the middle of it.

A few of my favorite sculptures. Vince and I realized that we were more interested in sculpture than paintings.

There is a baby inside the tummy of that sculpture. The boys were freaked out. They thought it was a monster, so I had to explain to them that the woman and I were the same, that we were both pregnant and there was a baby inside me, too. Vito's reaction: "Ewww."

Iñigo: "Dodo."

Vito: "Horse!"
Vito: "Dead guy! Sword killed him!"
Iñigo: "Torto!"

The balcony sits on top of a waterwall. My boys look so tiny! (P.S. Don't worry about Iñigo—my sister is holding him. She just knelt down and hid when we took this photo.)

With Vito and my younger siblings, Jacqui and Theodore. Jacqui is a theater actress, Theodore is a musician.

Pinto is a 2-hectare estate so be prepared to do a lot of walking. Since it's on the side of a hill, there's a lot of stairs to climb and sudden drops. So if you're bringing your kids, be very vigilant. There's not just the art you have to make sure they don't destroy but also lots of steep stairs to navigate.

All over the property are several buildings housing paintings, sculptures and installations. There are viewing decks, too, for appreciating the vast gardens and the far off Manila skyline.

Me and my boys! Vito didn't like his picture taken. That's his thing now.

Iñigo enjoying a tiny fountain. He must've spent an hour there! Silly rabbit. He got so soaked, too!

After Pinto, Theodore said he knew this place called Tamerlane that served really good food, so we agreed to eat there. It was a carinderia!!! I didn't think a place called Tamerlane would be a carinderia haha. So after our hoity-toity afternoon browsing through art, we had grub haha.

It was very good grub, too. Tamerlane is an inihaw place and wala silang spoon and fork so kamayan talaga siya. Grabe super sarap! The best stuffed squid I've had in my life! And I've eaten at really expensive places but I have never had stuffed squid like that! Best squid ever. We had pork barbecue, the squid, some big fish... Gosh, I don't remember. Theodore ordered a lot. We also had tons of rice. After all the climbing up and down we did, we were famished! We ate so much! Iñigo had so much fun playing and eating with his food. Vito, my more sophisticated son, wanted a spoon. Oh well!

And that was our family fun at Pinto Art Museum! Happy weekend, dear readers!

UPDATE: Here's more on Tamerlane's Ihawan written by my friend Jennie Aspacio on her blog, My Tummy is Full. It's really a carinderia, okay, so manage your expectations! I was a little freaked out when we parked haha because hindi na ako sanay sa carinderia and then wala pang kubyertos. But it's super worth it, friends! The food is super sarap!

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