I was so excited to recently find these old photos from my house in San Francisco. If you've read Good Chinese Wife, you may recall some of these rooms. They were where I spent the last two years of my first marriage. This was the house on Newhall Street.Our house looked like … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Where the Peacocks Sing: A Palace, A Prince, and the Search for Home
I recently learned about Alison Singh Gee's memoir, Where the Peacock Sing: A Palace, A Prince, and the Search for Home (St. Martins, 2014). And when I heard it's mainly set in Hong Kong and India, I pushed it to the top of my to-read list. And boy was it worth it.Alison … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
I recently rediscovered this photo and at first glance it looks like I could have been with Jake somewhere in China. But in fact it was Chicago, where I started taking him for dim sum almost as soon as we moved back home.I still take my kids--three of them now--to Chinatown … [Read more...]
Hong Kong 1996
I love finding old photos that I haven't seen in years, maybe decades. And when those photos were taken in Hong Kong, even better. Before the days of the camera phone, it took a special effort to take photos--and keep them. So I'm thrilled to show these from March and December … [Read more...]
My dad in Hong Kong
While I've written a bit about my mom's family and their trips to Hong Kong starting in the 1960s, my dad also spent some time in Hong Kong visiting me over the years. He was always a big city person (my parents honeymooned in New York City) and took to Hong Kong as soon as he … [Read more...]
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