It seems like ages ago when my kids and I spent a week in Hong Kong. We stayed next to Garden Hill, an area I knew because of the eponymous Garden Bakery. The bakery building is gorgeous.One evening after a long day out, we returned to our hostel and the kids wanted to … [Read more...]
Best Intentions
So today I was supposed to be landing in Laos for a week-long writing retreat to workshop my new manuscript. But along with everyone else, 2020 has not been what we expected. So I'm still in Chicago, working on notes for the now-online writing workshop from Authors At Large that … [Read more...]
Blog Tour–Afterlife
I'm so excited to participate in Julia Alvarez's blog tour for her new novel, Afterlife. Alvarez is the international best-selling author of two dozen books, including In the Time of Butterflies and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. In Afterlife, Antonia Vega is about … [Read more...]
The Jumbo: the end of an era?
With recent news of the closing of Hong Kong's iconic Jumbo floating restaurant, there has been some much talk on social media about this famous restaurant that once upon a time was top on the tourist circuit. The Jumbo was always included in postcard packs in the 90s--and maybe … [Read more...]
Warhol in China
There's a fabulous Andy Warhol exhibit making its rounds in the United States and it recently came to Chicago. From what I've seen in person and on social media, it was one of the most popular Art Institute shows in recent years. I recently learned of a 2013 book titled, Warhol … [Read more...]