ice vice

wonder | wander | women love our ice cream. Nothing gives us more license to indulge than summer in New York City with temperatures soaring in the 90s. 

We kid you not when we claim summer in this concrete jungle is like being stuck in the armpit of hell. Hence the native New Yorker's addiction to ice cream. We feature the history of ice cream in our museums, for heaven's sake. 

Italian duchess Catherine de' Medici, credited with introducing ice cream into Europe in the 16th century

Another driving factor - NYC is a hub and mecca of diverse cultures and traditions. Self professed foodies who avidly hunt out our gastronomic delicacies and delights. 

storm watch: summer tempests

It's been a very violent summer, weather wise. wonder | wander | women love cloud gazing, and we are fanatic photographers of clouds in every mood, but Mother Nature has been especially photogenic this year. Photogenic and temperamental.

Gallery Indigena & indie art

On a recent visit to Canada, wonder | wander | women blogged about the Inuit art featured at the AGO in Toronto.

WoaWomen Urra in Stratford, Ontario

Before we even set foot at the AGO though, we had fallen in love with much of the First Nations arts and crafts exhibited in Gallery Indigena in Stratford.

Gallery Indigena - Stratford, Ontario

Tunirrusiangit: Inuit artists sharing their gifts

Our identity as Filipinos who grew up on the islands is the bright, distinguishing thread through the creative life of wonder | wander | women - our blogs, our writing, and our art. Ethnicity is not something learned.

We learned to speak English, we learned the Catholic traditions and our history as colonials. We learned how to speak and read Filipino, but Filipino is who we are; that's why we sympathise so much with other indigenous artists of colonised countries.

From the AGO exhibition

aloha nights

wonder | wander | women were at the Aloha Nights exhibit of the New York Botanical Gardens recently. 

Our selfie in front of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory