The Rivera family, written down
A house on Mabini Street, a grandmother's pancit, and forty-one people at a table for twelve.
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Elena Rivera
Elena Rivera (1931–2018) was the eldest of four sisters, born in Cebu and married at nineteen. She ran the household on Mabini Street for fifty-one years, and taught every grandchild to cook her…
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The House on Mabini Street
The family house from 1953 until it was sold in 2004. Two storeys, a narrow garden at the back, and a kitchen that Elena refused to let anyone modernise.
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Lola's Pancit Bihon
Reconstructed from memory after Elena died, by three grandchildren who disagreed about nearly every step. This is the version they settled on.
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The 1978 Reunion
The last gathering held at Mabini Street, and the reason every one since has been at the beach. Forty-one people attended a house that comfortably holds twelve.
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Tomás Rivera
Tomás Rivera (1926–1994) married Elena in 1950 and spent thirty-eight years at the port in Cebu. He built most of the furniture in the house on Mabini Street, including the stairs everyone complains…
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The Fourth Step
Why nobody in three generations ever got back into the house on Mabini Street unnoticed, and what happened the one night somebody nearly did.
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- &Tomás Rivera1926–1994
- &Carlos Riverab. 1952
- &Ana Riverab. 1960
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