It's hard to believe I was in Shanghai this time last year. I hadn't visited in twenty years and a few months, and figured I'd return in style for the World Congress on Art Deco during the first week of November, 2015.The Yangtze Hotel was one of my favorite buildings during … [Read more...]
The Ladies’ Room
Last night I attended the Chicago book launch for The Adventures of Fat Rice (Ten Speed Press, 2016), the long-awaited cookbook from Chicago's only Macanese restaurant, Fat Rice. The restaurant is one of my favorites anywhere. Earlier this year, I blogged about The Bakery, Fat … [Read more...]
The Hong Kong skyline
I've always found the Hong Kong skyline to be therapeutic. Back when I was 19 and new to the city, I found solace in the tranquility of the harbor and the strength of the buildings. This is what it looked like just before I left a year later in 1991.Now it's changed a … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
It's always difficult to leave a place you love. When I was in a cab leaving Paris this summer, I teared up because I wasn't ready to leave. When I left Hong Kong last year after a very brief layover--as my mom and our good friend stayed behind for a few more days--I cried on the … [Read more...]
On a Hong Kong tram
When you travel alone, as I used to do almost exclusively in my early twenties, it's always nice to find places where one can just blend in with the environment. In Hong Kong, that would be their iconic trams.In my twenties, I wandered around Hong Kong on my own a lot, but … [Read more...]
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