There's nothing like a good Chinese meal on a cold damp winter evening.Twenty years ago I partook in this dinner out in the Jiangsu countryside with my friends the Chens and their extended family.Mr. Chen's father is the gentleman facing my camera, wearing the furry hat … [Read more...]
My First Chinese New Year, 1991
I spent the afternoon today ushering in the Year of the Rabbit with a group of friends in the Chicago suburbs.Although the outside temperature crept above freezing, we enjoyed a banquet of tasty Cantonese food indoors in the comfort of central heat.But my first Chinese … [Read more...]
Book of the week–If You Lived Here
About a year ago I spent a long weekend with my husband in San Francisco. On that trip I brought Dana Sachs's memoir, The House on Dream Street (Seal Press, 2003) with me everywhere. On BART, MUNI, on the ferry across the bay, at the Napa train station. I read it during every … [Read more...]
Metropole Hotel, Hong Kong
As a companion piece to Ali Swanson's fabulous guest blog yesterday, I just had to include this photo of an old beauty--Hong Kong's own Metropole Hotel.Hong Kong has actually been home to several Metropole hotels over the centuries. (The most recent Metropole was re-named the … [Read more...]
Guest blog–Ali Swanson and Hanoi’s Hotel Metropole, 1992
I'm so thrilled to share another guest blog by Ali Swanson, a good friend who lived in Vietnam in 1992. Here's Ali:Ahhh, the Hotel Metropole, a HaNoi classic!During my semester in VietNam, they were refurbishing this grand dame of colonial hotels. Sometime in April or … [Read more...]
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