Ever since I turned 40, my husband Tom, number one son Jake, and I have been going to hole-in-the-wall restaurants for my birthday. We've done Ethiopian, Costa Rican, Korean, and last night Vietnamese.We trekked out to New Chinatown, an area on the northside of Chicago … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
My mom is off on another vacation today, this time to France. She and a few friends will spend 10 days in Bordeaux, but they're not (necessarily) going for the wine. They traveled there to check out a village they've read about in some mysteries.Although this photo has … [Read more...]
The Grandmaster
Last night I dragged my 15-year-old son and a friend of his to see Wong Kar-wai's latest film, The Grandmaster. I'm not super into the somewhat-recent kung fu flicks, although I loved Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But to me, anything by Wong Kar-wai deserves a cinema … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
I've posted this photo before, but it never fails to send chills down my spine.Phnom Penh, 1965.My mom took this photo that summer, a decade before the country would descend into its darkest era. But even in 1965, things weren't all rosy. The Vietnam War was escalating … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Looking for Palestine
I have to admit that I picked up Najla Said's new memoir, Looking for Palestine (Riverhead, 2013) because she's Edward Said's daughter. But almost as soon as I opened the book, I found an open, heart-wrenching story of an Arab-American woman who could have written this book no … [Read more...]
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