New Blog Theme.

As those who have been here before can see, I've made some major changes to the theme of this blog. It isn't that I had great problems with the old theme - I rather liked it - but I felt that I needed to personalize the background with my own photo. Unfortunately, the theme I was using wouldn't allow for a background photo.

Part of this change is motivated by a need to make some drastic changes with the Dumaguete Website. The site is not "ready for prime time" when it comes to being mobile friendly. Even when viewed on a desktop PC, the website is less than stellar, but it's a disaster when viewd on a mobile device. I'm not a web designer; I know a little html, but when I try to follow Google's advice on making the website more "mobile friendly" I'm in way over my head.

I can't make heads or tails of it.

I own the url www.dumaguetecity.net and I tempted to create another blogspot blog designating that url as the destination. It would involve quite a bit of work......and thinking. The contract with my webhost still has about a year left. There isn't a deadline looming. Just my own sense of aesthetics.

Harolds Mansion - Dumaguete.

During my most recent walk about town taking photos, I took a couple of photos of Harolds Mansion.

I thought it was about time to change two of the photos used on the website. The photos that I had been using were not two that I had taken myself, but rather two photos I found on the Internet. These older photos had the outside of Harolds Mansion painted pink. As one can see from these new photos, Harolds Mansion is currently a light bluish green.

Not only did I replace these photos, but I removed a link to a website, which is no longer active.

In addition to these updates, I've included a Google map to Harolds as well.

Our Mother of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church

As chronicled in yesterday's post [The Rollin' Pin] I spent a good deal of time last Tuesday, walking around the city, taking photographs for the Dumaguete website.

In that post, I mentioned my stopping at a little cafe for coffee and pastry. Later on in my journey, I also stopped at Our Mother of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church for another respite. This is the Catholic parish where my wife, my son and myself attend Mass. We enjoy this particular church because, not only is it a beautiful building in a beautiful location, but many of the Masses are in English.

Several years ago, I took a few photos of the church which made their way onto the website but I didn't really take enough photos to do justice.

While I was at Our Mother of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church Tuesday, I took 20 additional photos. I've added those photos to photo section of the website this morning. Clicking on the individual JPEGs will take one to a larger image.

In addition to the photos, I placed a Google map on the page to lead folks to the church should they desire to visit. I've also placed the map below.

The Rollin' Pin.

Tuesday, the day after writing my last post on this blog, I went into Dumaguete to take photographs which might end up, in one way or another, on the Dumaguete website.

Starting on Rizal Blvd., I made a snake-like path to Harolds Mansion, then a left on Amigo, left on Mango Ave. to Aldecoa Dr. by Silliman Univ. Hospital up to Real.

This was on foot.

Before Cang's, I took a tricycle back to Perdices. It was quite the exercise.

Early in my adventure, I took a left off Flores - which up until now, I believed to still be Rizal Blvd.-. This little road had no name that I could find on any Google map of the area. For those familiar with the area, you'll find the Charles Bachelor Building and Calderon Hall.

It was on this little road - next to DSS Fireworks- that I came upon a cafe called The Rollin' Pin. As one can see by the photo, The Rollin' Pin specializes in coffee, pastry and snacks. I couldn't resist the urge to stop in for said pastry and coffee.

I had the coffee, of course and a deliciously flaky pastry that looked a like a cinnamon roll - without the cinnamon. It was called a Norwegian something or other. I can't recall the exact name.

My little snack was very enjoyable. However, the most surprising thing about The Rollin' Pin was their choice of music playing in the background.

Voodoo Chile from Jimi Hendrix' 1968 Electric Ladyland  LP.

For anyone interested in finding this wonderful little cafe, I've included a Google map showing the location of DSS Fireworks. I've since learned that the name of the street is Cantada St.


Update:  I just learned that the cafe has it's own Facebook page.