Now that school is back in session, I'm sad to leave summer behind. Besides swimming, my summer was consumed with many trips to Chinatown for dim sum, which my kids love. And what's not to love?How a propos that I just received Liza Chu's awesome Dim Sum: A Survival Guide … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Eating Smoke
After waiting all summer for the release of Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent into Drug Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland (Blacksmith Books, 2011), I was elated to receive it this Monday. Averaging 100 pages a day, I finished it today despite chasing after four kids (I'm … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Postcards from Nam
This week I read a haunting novella by Uyen Nicole Duong about pre-1975 Saigon and Vietnamese exiles post-1975. Postcards from Nam (Amazon Encore, 2011) is the third installment in Duong's three-book series.A Harvard-trained lawyer, Mimi was living in Washington, DC, in her … [Read more...]
Return from Bishkek
So yesterday my niece returned from a three-week trip to Kyrgyzstan. She's 8 years old and visited her maternal grandparents for the first time. The best thing about hearing of someone's travels is actually to see her photos. And here are a few she snapped:This yurt is … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Crossing Centuries
I've always been fascinated by international car travel. And I'm not talking about driving from France to Germany or from the US to Canada. Yawn. I mean real cross continental car travel. A friend's mother once drove from Kuwait to London. The world really seems small when you … [Read more...]
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