Last week I blogged about attending a book signing with Susan Conley, author of The Foremost Good Fortune (Knopf, 2011).It was so enjoyable to meet Conley and get my book signed. Time escaped me somehow, so I didn't finish her book until after her reading.But it was well … [Read more...]
Traveling light: three months and three outfits
If there's one thing I've learned in my travels, it's to pack light. My mom gave me this advice many years ago:Pack the minimum amount of clothes you think you'll need. Then take out half those clothes before you zip your suitcase (or backpack).I took that advice to heart … [Read more...]
The search for a perfect qipao
I'll never be chosen for a best-dressed list, but over the years I've found one tried-and-true rule: I've never gone wrong with a qipao.The qipao (pronounced chee-pow) is known as a cheongsam in Cantonese. Originally a Manchu design, a modified, form-fitting version … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Orientalist
Twelve years ago I read an article in The New Yorker about 1930s writer Essad Bey, aka Kurban Said. What stayed with me all these years was that Tom Reiss, the author of the article, revealed that Bey/Said was in fact a Russian Jew named Lev Nussimbaum.Reiss expanded the … [Read more...]
Hong Kong colonial architecture then and now
When I landed in Hong Kong 21 years ago, I assumed I'd find streets like this one.Sadly, that wasn't the case.My mom took this photo in 1962 in Hong Kong's Central district. Now Pedder Street looks more like New York than a outpost of the British Empire. Gloucester … [Read more...]
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