After reading Bill Clegg's spellbinding memoir, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, I craved another memoir about New York. And as luck would have it, I won in a GoodReads raffle Josh Karlen's new memoir, Lost Lustre (Tatra Press, 2010). And that's what I read last … [Read more...]
Weekend splurge
I feel like I've been off the computer for weeks.My husband traveled to Philadelphia for four days last week, including the weekend. In his absence, I went a little crazy with our new Blu-ray machine and its streaming capabilities. I watched half a dozen movies, some I'd seen … [Read more...]
Combination Platter
Today I watched a movie I hadn't seen in 17 years. Back when I was single and responsible only for myself, I headed over to the Dupont 5 theater in Washington, DC, after work one afternoon and saw Combination Platter, an indie film about a Chinese restaurant in Flushing, New … [Read more...]
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Has 20 years really passed since my first Mid-Autumn Festival? Hard to believe.When I moved to Hong Kong for the first time, I knew nothing about this holiday. I clearly remember roaming the open air markets in Tai Po, about twenty minutes south of the China border, and … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Thanking the Moon
Last week Grace Lin's new picture book, Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Knopf, 2010) came out.And just in time, too.On September 22nd, people across Asia and in Chinese communities around the world will gather with their families to celebrate … [Read more...]
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