Chesca & I arrived at Kadence's High School Graduation Party

July 9, 2022. Algonquin, IL. Alaina and Arvin were helping set up in the front lawn when we arrived early afternoon.

Congratulations Kadence Rivera & Jacobs Class of 2022!

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Happy Birthday Malou Espinas!

- 6/17/2025 10:49:00 AM

Maligayang Bati, pinsan! Flashback to our first meeting in the Philippines. This was at a mall in Marikina right? Cheers cousin, with sago't gulaman! Join ka dito. Join us & help build our Fil-Am online community. Please leave a comment, and click to follow our website IL.pinoybuilt.com . Click on a tag below to browse.

When we left Chicago for California

- 6/03/2025 02:22:00 PM

Posing in front of our 1976 Cutlass Supreme June 3, 1979. Sunday. Chicago, IL. Thanks to timeanddate.com , I can confirm it was a Sunday when we drove off from Chicago. Photo credit goes to Tito Narding. He was there when Joy, my Lola and I arrived in Chicago three years earlier; he was the only one there to see us off. I distinctly also remember Joy and I had one more week at school at St. Sebastian School (so we missed the last five days of school). Maybe I told one friend, Brian, that we were moving. I should have said bye to Mrs. Martha Schreiber, my 5th grade teacher. At least, Mrs. Goldader (my first ever teacher in the USA) is my friend on Facebook. I uploaded this to Facebook in 2012. I'll have to re-scan for better resolution when I come upon the original. Across the street from Warren Barr Tower, where we lived, my mom just had to cross the street to go to work back then. Good times! In front of Illinois Masonic Hospital where my mom worked. 1976 Oldsmobile Cutla...

Warren N. Barr Sr. Tower, our home in Chicago

- 6/03/2025 03:49:00 PM

Not 'Bye Chicago'; See you soon. June 3, 1979. Sunday. Chicago, IL. My parents lived here for four years; Joy and I called Barr Tower home for three years. At first, we lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Apt. 805. After my lola, Joy and I joined my parents, we moved into Apt. 1202, a two-bedroom apartment. June 3 was our last day at Barr Tower & Chicago. We were moving west to Cali. We took our time, making it a 5-day trip/vacation from Illinois to California. On my lap, I carried a fishbowl with our 6 goldfish the whole way. 📷 Tito Narding Photo credit again to Tito Narding. My dad commented in our family chat: When we were crossing the Mississippi, I felt sad. Looking at the rear view mirror I whispered thank you Chicago. We will be back. I would move back by myself in April 1989. Promise kept. I recently found my April 1989 photos (last ones in Vallejo, and first ones in Chicago). I'll scan and upload as time allows. Warren N. Barr Sr Tower in 2018 Below i...

Cheers St. Sebastian Classmates

- 7/12/2022 10:06:00 PM

Having beers with fourth grade classmates! Vince, Jose and I were classmates in fourth grade in St. Sebastian School. They both moved after fourth grade unfortunately so we never got in touch until I found Vince's wife, Reina, on Facebook. St. Sebastian School (before it became a parking structure for Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital where my mom used to work) was on the corner of Halsted and Wellington. Per Google Maps, it is 0.6 miles away from Graystone Tavern. Cheers Vince & Jose! Thanks for meeting up! L-R: JF PERSEVERANDA, VINCENTE TIBUDAN, JOSE TIGTIG At the Graystone Tavern after the Chicago Cubs game

Tito Narding, Happy Birthday! 🎂

- 7/10/2024 08:41:00 AM

The Rivera Family, my sister & me Flashback to December in Chicago, IL. This was the last time my sister and I got to visit Chicago with both Jun and Allan there, my brothers from another mother. December 1991. Chicago, IL Join us & help build our Fil-Am online community. Please leave a comment, and click to follow our website IL.pinoybuilt.com . Join one of our sites in California: Los Angeles , Sacramento , San Diego , San Francisco , San Jose or Vallejo . Click on a tag below to browse.

Chesca's Chicago Celebration Commences: July 6

- 7/06/2022 02:08:00 AM

Chesca's first time in O'Hare International Airport Hello Chicago! July 6, 2022. Chicago, IL. Chesca at United Terminal. Cheers Chicagoland Fil-Ams! Join us & help build our Fil-Am online community. Please leave a comment, and click to follow our website IL.pinoybuilt.com . Join one of our sites in California: Los Angeles , Sacramento , San Diego , San Francisco , San Jose or Vallejo . Click on a tag below to browse.

Senator Duckworth says Hegseth's tenure has been a failure, blasts focus on troops to U.S. cities

- 6/18/2025 02:25:00 PM

Sen. Tammy Duckworth criticized Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for what she called a period of "failure" during his time atop the Pentagon. Duckworth also decried the focus on renaming bases and warned against sending troops to police U.S. cities. Ladda Tammy Duckworth[3] (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving since 2017 as the junior United States senator from Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017. It's time for Pete Hegseth to let the military get back to its actual job and stop forcing it to do DHS's. If he wants to be DHS Secretary, he can apply for it once he's fired from the job he has due to his incompetence. pic.twitter.com/3qoQ6TeGE8 — Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) June 18, 2025 Duckworth to Hegseth: "You are blowing through money like...