Good Chinese Wife is one year old today! It's been a year beyond expectation and would take another book to thank everyone who read my memoir, promoted it, and wrote reviews. These are just some photos that highlight events this first year. My book launch was held at Sandmeyer's … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Domino Diaries
When I recently came across The Domino Diaries: My Decade Boxing with Olympic Champions and Chasing Hemingway's Ghost in the Last Days of Castro's Cuba (Picador, 2015) by Brin-Jonathan Butler, I was attracted to the cover. But what really sparked my interest was the … [Read more...]
A summer of sentimental movies
For the first time as a mother, I've had eight days of 5-hour stretches completely to myself. Two of my kids were in all-day day camp and the other was either volunteering at sleepover camp or on a college tour a time zone away.So what did I do with all this free time? If … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Twenty years ago tomorrow, this is what I was doing.Wedding motorcade:Red qipao:Fancy food at my family's table:Food for thought! … [Read more...]
Chinatown Summer Fair in Chicago
I dragged my little kids and husband out to Chinatown this morning to attend the annual Chinatown Summer Fair. We've experienced above-average temperatures this weekend (97F yesterday and 91F today), so we left home before the sun was at its hottest.The Summer Fair was held … [Read more...]
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