A pack of Marlboro reds. Pizza from a convenience store. Necklaces from a loved one. A pair of Chucks. Glow-in-the-dark bracelets. They may mean nothing to you or me, but to writers and artists Evan Tan and …

Is it obvious that we can’t resist anything paper and handmade? After yesterday’s canvas-lined pencil cases, yet another irresistible discovery at the Rockwell Urban Bazaar was this pack of blank handmade note cards with floral impressions by Catrina Paulino.

Who says you outgrow your love for pencil cases when you grow up? These canvas-lined pencil cases we saw at Rockwell’s Urban Bazaar last Saturday just tugged at our stationery- and craft-loving hearts that we couldn’t help but snatch up a couple of them.

If you’re like me and craving for some good old Russian cookies, you can find Gina Dejoras of the Russian Cookie House and her Eastern European pastries at the Sunday Souk, Rockwell’s newest weekend market, on April 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 …

If you’re the old-fashioned kind who likes to send out real cards during birthdays and holidays, you’d love these gift cards from Indie Art.

A stationery and gifts company established in 2002 by Marge Defensor-Manalaysay, Indie Art produces graphic design prints on paper and fabric, created and locally manufactured into stationery boxes and home and office accessories.

Coffee beans from Sonny Belotindos [0918-3895187]. If you want to try how his coffee tastes like, a cup is sold for only P20.

If Makati has its Salcedo and Legaspi markets on weekends and Ortigas has its Banchetta, Quezon City residents do their weekly marketing on Sundays at Market One, at the back of the Lung Center of the Philippines.

Sundays at Market One is family day, and we found parents and their children gathered around tables, sharing a meal bought from vendors who sold prepared food such as beef mechado, laing, morcon. One stall sold lechon from Cebu, while another grilled tilapia before your eyes.