Last week Grace Lin's new picture book, Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Knopf, 2010) came out.And just in time, too.On September 22nd, people across Asia and in Chinese communities around the world will gather with their families to celebrate … [Read more...]
Around the world with Pan Am, 1948
My grandparents took their first overseas trip in 1948, the same year this Pan Am ad came out.While they sailed across the Atlantic for that inaugural trip, they later flew on airlines like Pan Am and TWA to most of the continents portrayed in this ad.I love the … [Read more...]
Gearing up for the Mid-Autumn Festival!
Last weekend I took my oldest son to Chinatown to meet friends for dim sum. On our way out, we stopped in a Chinese grocery and bought a box of mooncakes in preparation for the Mid-Autumn Festival, my favorite Chinese holiday. Not only are mooncakes a treat at this time of year, … [Read more...]
Serving the Crown
I've always been fascinated by the Sikh community in Hong Kong.In this old postcard (and by old, I'm talking 100 years), these Sikh policemen are standing over a couple of criminals who look like they've seen better days.A long time ago I read how the British employed … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man
The grass is always greener. People always want what they don't have, right?In Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man (Little, Brown, 2010), literary agent Bill Clegg seems to have it all: a rise so quickly through the New York literary world that by the age of 30 he opens his … [Read more...]
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