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Lazy Weekday Lunches of Filipino Food in Roosevelt Island

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I owe it to myself and to my friends to share about these lazy weekday lunches that Roger Calvin would be hosting in his apartment in Roosevelt Island. These lunches started nearly 2 years ago, with some other friends who were visiting from California, and I happened to get myself invited. It was a start of a warm friendship with Roger, who has become one of my mentors, so to speak (I have not told him about it, but he certainly has provided me with wonderful insights on how to go about with the roads and byways that cover the path we all happen to call "life"). Roger Calvin has led a fascinating life himself, and has looked like he's got most from what life showered him. He's retired from full time worklife that included a movie career as a matinee idol, mixed with other endeavors when he relocated here in the US, and seems to be enjoying much of it, and would just be traveling back and forth to locations that fancies him. He, even shares me his ongoing projects