Today marks the second year since my publication date for Good Chinese Wife!Although the hype around many books tapers off after a year, I've been happy with the continued interest in Good Chinese Wife. Since last July 29th, which marked the first anniversary, I've … [Read more...]
A taste of the Philippines
Yesterday, my mom, family, friends, and I attended a fun and informative program at Chicago's Field Museum about the Philippines and food. The Field Museum is one of Chicago's great gems, but it doesn't have a permanent exhibit dedicated to the Philippines. What it does have is … [Read more...]
Field trip to The Bakery
A couple weeks ago, my favorite Chicago restaurant opened a Macanese-style bakery--called The Bakery--so a couple friends and I (with my little ones in tow) planned to drive across the city to be there on opening day. But the bakery goods went so fast that the owners informed … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Sympathizer
It was almost 25 years to the month that I found myself in a hotel lobby in Danang, Vietnam, surrounded by a couple dozen Vietnamese men and women, the former far outnumbering the latter. A couple of the men were fiddling with a VCR connected to a color TV while the rest of us … [Read more...]
Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society
My author of the month for July isn't one, but many, who all contributed to the 15th edition of Imprint, the annual anthology of the Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society, which celebrates WIPS' 25th year.To check out Imprint, click on here. … [Read more...]
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