A photographer's take on poached eggs
Bernard Testa is this newsletter’s favorite photographer.This is because he’s the only one willing to endure its insufferable working conditions (all play...
ON THE SCENE | Truck drags motorcyclist underneath, leaving a trail of shoes, debris, and death
(WARNING: This entry contains images that some viewers and readers might find disturbing.) An empty delivery truck ran over a motorcycle, dragged its driver...
PHOTOS | Residents return to homes submerged by volcano's ash
The trip to Cavite was ad hoc, impromptu, and a host of other foreign-sounding words that could be used to refer to three grown men who almost got lost on...
PHOTOS | Volcano Island engulfed in ash
(Text and photos by Bernard Testa) Roberto Sentiles (center) and members of his family as they pose for a picture in a shelter. Sentiles‘ livelihood...
The gin and tonic: A drink my friend's mother would love
Sign up now (A slightly different version of this piece was published on a defunct Web site.) To those who haven’t tried it yet, a gin and tonic is arguably...
Sex, a sledgehammer, and a suitcase filled with money: A book review
A review of Mata: Memoirs of a Master Mariner, published in 2011 by the Mata Family, 200 pages (A slightly different version of this piece was published on a...