Today marks the 61st anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.Happy National Day!Not to be confused with Double 10, Taiwan's national day, October 1st is celebrated across China and in Chinatowns around the world.Looking back at 61 years of … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Lost Lustre
After reading Bill Clegg's spellbinding memoir, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, I craved another memoir about New York. And as luck would have it, I won in a GoodReads raffle Josh Karlen's new memoir, Lost Lustre (Tatra Press, 2010). And that's what I read last … [Read more...]
Weekend splurge
I feel like I've been off the computer for weeks.My husband traveled to Philadelphia for four days last week, including the weekend. In his absence, I went a little crazy with our new Blu-ray machine and its streaming capabilities. I watched half a dozen movies, some I'd seen … [Read more...]
Combination Platter
Today I watched a movie I hadn't seen in 17 years. Back when I was single and responsible only for myself, I headed over to the Dupont 5 theater in Washington, DC, after work one afternoon and saw Combination Platter, an indie film about a Chinese restaurant in Flushing, New … [Read more...]
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Has 20 years really passed since my first Mid-Autumn Festival? Hard to believe.When I moved to Hong Kong for the first time, I knew nothing about this holiday. I clearly remember roaming the open air markets in Tai Po, about twenty minutes south of the China border, and … [Read more...]
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