3 Best Ways To Turn Your Yard Into a Staycation Destination

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Looking for ways to help your family fully enjoy summer from the comfort of home? It’s a great idea to add fun features to your outdoor spaces. Here are three things you need to do in order to make your yard a fun-filled staycation destination that the entire family will enjoy.

1. Build a Swimming Pool

No backyard entertainment area is complete without an exciting in-ground swimming pool. Consult with pool installation professionals to help you design the backyard oasis that your family will love. Prioritize fun as you design your swimming pool and include features that each member of the family will enjoy. Some tried and true ideas include installing a pool basketball hoop, water slide and a classic diving board. Since your pool can be a great spot for outdoor relaxation, you could also think about installing an adjoining whirlpool tub. Your new swimming pool will surely become your entire family’s favorite place to gather together and enjoy the great outdoors.

2. Construct an Outdoor Kitchen

Love hosting backyard barbecues or intimate outdoor dinner parties? Having an outdoor kitchen in your backyard will give you a more sophisticated way to enjoy these fun gatherings. As you design and build your new cooking space, think of the appliances that you’ll be using the most. It may be smart for you to design your outdoor kitchen around a built-in grill if you plan on having plenty of barbecues. Add appropriate covering, such as an adjustable awning, to properly shelter you and your guests as you enjoy your bright and airy cooking space.

3. Enhance Your Landscaping

Set the stage for entertaining your family in the great outdoors by freshening up your landscaping. In addition to making sure your lawn is looking its best, plant plenty of colorful flowers, especially as a way to dress up the outer edges of your property. It’s also a great idea to plant privacy hedges around your property, and especially your backyard, to give your family a private space to relax and play. It may be helpful to hire a professional Landscape Maintenance service to free you from the time and effort it takes to keep your outdoor spaces looking lush and inviting. That means more time for you to enjoy your fun-filled backyard!

If you take your yard’s entertaining potential to the next level, you’ll be able to spend the summer making warm family memories. Follow these tips, make these improvements and you’ll create a backyard that you and your family will never wish to leave!

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The Spiral Buffet at Sofitel Manila

Last time I shared our short stay at Sofitel Manila last May/June. Though short, it was a great experience. I wish we can do it again but it was very expensive for us, haha. I should save for it first because I know our little boy will love it.

Anyway, you already saw the Superior Room where we stayed for 3 nights. It comes with buffet breakfast too at the famous The Spiral Buffet.

Oh please excuse my face here, natuwa lang ako mag-selfie kasi ang ganda ng natural light from the window of our room. Maganda din ang view outside.

Okay let's go straight to our The Spiral Buffet experience. Here's me with Daddy A and my colleague, Eric. We are all Chemists :)

And so we wonder if they knew we are Chemists because these were served to us. So sorry I forgot what these are, ang tagal na kasi e haha.

Magsosorry na ulit ako kasi most photos hindi ko na maalala. I will just show you around with some of the photos we took.

There are different breads.

Beside it, you can find these naman.

Daddy tried the noodles.

You can choose different ingredients and toppings.

At syempre naubos naman nya.

Honestly, we planned to take photos of all the stations. However, we got shy though there were many people taking photos and videos as well. I promise next time (may next time talaga noh?), I will took photos per station.

Actually, the food variation is overwhelming. But I still choose pinoy food.

This is my full plate.  bacon, pancit, longaniza, crispy pusit, tapa, boiled egg and of course sinangag.

Sabi ko nga e, food variation is overwhelming. Hindi mo alam saan mag-uumpisa.

Kung medyo diet ka, there are green vegetable salad.

There are fruits, juices and smoothies.

We  are looking for cakes but they are not included in the buffet breakfast. May bayad, but they have mouse cakes.

Syempre, I chose the mango flavor.

Grabe for three days, my breakfast plate was like this.

Tapos, take two pa. Haha!

Lastly, what I really love at The Spiral Buffet is their taho. I had these in those three days of buffet breakfast.

Nakakatuwas din that there are Mamang magtataho talaga inside.

And here we are, mukhang manas na mukha during our last breakfast at The Spiral Buffet.

We're planning to go back there to just dine. But like what I have said in my last post, I need to save for it. Mahalia e, hehe.

Have you tried dining at The Spira Buffet?

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Our Short Stay at Sofitel Manila

Last May 30 to June 1, we had an opportunity to stay at Sofitel Manila for the 2018 Chemistry Congress.

We checked in at around 8 in the evening. We got a Superior Room with buffet breakfast for two persons.

This was the morning view from our room.

And this the Superior Room where we stayed for 3 nights.

It has two beds.

A TV and an office table.

It has a mini bar.

The bathroom.

It has a shower room but no bath tub.

The bathroom door has this mirror where we took OOTD photos every morning before going to the seminar.

I really like that our room has this wide office table so Daddy and A have a space when we needed to make reports.

And oh I love their tea.

By the way, we also went at the pool side of the Sofitel to see the view of Manila bay.

We tried to catch the Sunset and it was cloudy but the view was still fantastic.

We took some photos there and I wish Matthew was with us. He would have enjoyed the pool and the sights.

Although it was just short period we enjoyed our stay at Sofitel. Daddy and I have been planning to have hotel staycation. Sofitel is a very nice hotel however, their rate is expensive for us. Still, I recommend Sofitel and will share the buffet breakfast at the Spiral Buffet on my next post. So stay tune!

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