Yesterday the New York Times published an article about how Hong Kong's old walk-ups are experiencing a grand restoration. Millions of dollars are being poured into these old apartments to give them a modern, comfortable feel.With all the demolition of old buildings and … [Read more...]
Drinking with Hemingway in Havana
I'm not much of a drinker. In fact, it's so low on my radar that I've missed out on many a cultural tradition because I haven't ordered a drink.I visited Singapore with my parents months before my first marriage. We rambled up to the Raffles Hotel, joining hundreds of … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Lucky Girl
After all the tragic Chinese stories I've read--many of them memoirs--you'd think I'd become immune to the sadness and chauvinism in these books.But it never works that way. This week I read Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood (Algonquin, 2010), which just came out in … [Read more...]
The Year of Living Dangerously
No one was more disappointed than I when Mel Gibson went off the deep end last decade. When my family got cable television in 1983, one of the first movies I watched during our free month of Cinemax was The Year of Living Dangerously. Most Americans probably remember Mel … [Read more...]
Slow boat through China
What a beautiful poster. Blue skies, purple mountains, green pastures.I took this same Yangzi River cruise shortly after my first wedding 15 years ago. I kind of wish Butterfield & Swire had arranged it, though.My parents, uncle, then-husband, and I boarded the boat … [Read more...]
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