I noticed yesterday how the Discover Hong Kong ad campaign has really minimized Kowloon in its US magazine advertisements.Quelle horreur!There's so much to do in Kowloon. Here I've come up with 8 (because it's a lucky number in Hong Kong).1. A rice/noodle/congee … [Read more...]
Book of the week–French Lessons
Today is Bastille Day, so how a propos that I'm reviewing Ellen Sussman's new novel, French Lessons (Ballantine, 2011), which I read last week.French Lessons is a delightful novel centered around three Americans who find themselves in Paris. The book takes place over the … [Read more...]
Asian lunch boxes
I love lunch boxes of all types. I always carried one to school when I was younger, before it became uncool.But now I'm thinking about buying some kind of environmentally-friendly, BPA-fee container to tote around all the food I bring for my kids when we go out, even just to … [Read more...]
Betty Ford, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Chinese censorship
With the passing of Betty Ford last week and the purported death of former PRC President Jiang Zemin, all sorts of random images are spinning through my mind.First of all, check out this photo of Betty Ford in Beijing back in December, 1975. The PRC leadership was falling … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Oriental Wife
Last week I picked up The Oriental Wife (Other Press, 2011), a new novel by Evelyn Toynton and looked forward to a light summer read.I'd read the description on the back cover and thought nothing could be worse than growing up Jewish in 1930s Germany. Sure, after the main … [Read more...]
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