Sen. Loren Legarda’s secret hideaway is in the midst of the bustling commercial district of Caloocan and Malabon cities right where you would expect a hardware or a sapin-sapin store.
But Loren’s hideaway, just off Samson Road in Malabon, is a tree-shaded sanctuary, where bougainvillea shrubs carpet the lawn with their fuchsia blooms; where homes from the ‘30s, ‘50s and ‘60s stand proudly still, as if on a Sampaguita Studios set.
All that she is, she confides, is deeply rooted in this place.
Joanne Rae M. Ramirez, Philstar