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Thai Airways International ad, early 1960s Thai Airways International ad for Hong Kong My friend Charlene sent me these vintage ads from Thai Airways International. The ad on the left reads: The happiest combination in Far East travel is now offered to you on the fabulous Royal Orchid Jet Service. To the traditional Thai hospitality, superb cuisine, [...] Sun Ya Hotel, 1961 Sun Ya Hotel, 1966 Okay, I’m officially obsessed with the Sun Ya Hotel. I found these two photos, one from 1961, a year before my mom stayed there, and the other from 1966. Even back then, Nathan Road was hopping with street and sidewalk traffic. A document published in 1961 by the [...] Shanghai Shadows by Lois Ruby Last week I revisited young adult fiction, a genre I hadn’t read in decades. I learned of Shanghai Shadows (Holiday House, 2006) by Lois Ruby last year when a friend was preparing for a trip to China with her 9 year old daughter. She asked friends on Facebook for names of [...] JAL ad, 1969 If this 1969 ad from Japan Air Lines seems outdated, think again. My favorite part of the ad reads: … you’ll always remember the way you got to Hong Kong–if you let us take you there. For the service on Japan Air Lines is legendary–starting with the classic bow of the kimono-clad hostess as [...] E & O Hotel, Penang, Malaysia, 1991 I love old colonial hotels. While I’ve only stayed at two–the Eastern & Oriental (E&O) in Penang and the Peace Hotel in Shanghai–I’ve been fortunate to dine in several: the Raffles in Singapore, the Peninsula in Hong Kong, le Grand Hotel d’Angkor in Siem Reap, and the Nacional [...] Taiwan, 1965 Last year I came across this postcard from my grandparents to my great-grandma. They sent it from Taiwan in 1965. In the postcard, my grandma wrote to her mother-in-law: We are here at airport to leave free China. Just said goodbye to Judy [my mom]. She goes to Manila this afternoon — [...] Mr. Ding's Chicken Feet: On a slow boat from Shanghai to Texas Over the weekend I read Mr. Ding’s Chicken Feet: On a slow boat from Shanghai to Texas (University of Wisconsin Press, 2006) by Gillian Kendall. It’s a short read, about 240 quick pages and kept my attention from start to finish. Kendall wasn’t the [...] Wan Chai, Hong Kong I checked e-mail first thing this morning, as I do every day, and was excited to see an alert from The New York Times, informing me of an article in today’s paper about Hong Kong. So when I clicked on the link and saw the article was from the travel section, about [...] Chinese character for "spring" In Chicago we celebrated the last official day of winter with temperatures in the high 60s, plenty of sunshine, and tulip leaves sprouting through thawed soil. But alas, as most Chicago springs go, a wintry mix of snow and wind is in the weekend forecast. When I first heard the term “Spring [...] I just finished Kitchen Chinese (Avon, 2010), Ann Mah’s debut novel and boy am I hungry. My husband bought fixings for Moroccan chicken tonight, so at least we’re spicing things up. (We did have Chinese last night!) The thing I loved about Kitchen Chinese was that it went beyond food. The subtitle reads “A Novel about [...] |
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