A couple weeks ago, my favorite Chicago restaurant opened a Macanese-style bakery--called The Bakery--so a couple friends and I (with my little ones in tow) planned to drive across the city to be there on opening day. But the bakery goods went so fast that the owners informed … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Sympathizer
It was almost 25 years to the month that I found myself in a hotel lobby in Danang, Vietnam, surrounded by a couple dozen Vietnamese men and women, the former far outnumbering the latter. A couple of the men were fiddling with a VCR connected to a color TV while the rest of us … [Read more...]
Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society
My author of the month for July isn't one, but many, who all contributed to the 15th edition of Imprint, the annual anthology of the Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society, which celebrates WIPS' 25th year.To check out Imprint, click on here. … [Read more...]
The prettiest dim sum in Chicago
My mom and I were in Chicago's River North district today for an NYU new student/parent meet and greet. Although Jake is working in Wisconsin all summer, we thought it would be fun to check it out and to get some of our questions answered.After it was over, we were walking … [Read more...]
Art Deco in Paris
I learned about Art Deco in Shanghai, but went to its birthplace last month and stumbled across a few residential buildings with beautiful Art Deco characteristics. I thought I would find more such buildings, but that's probably because I wasn't able to see the whole … [Read more...]
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