Tonight I braved the elements to attend a reading for one of my favorite authors. I first learned of Rachel DeWoskin when she wrote her ground-breaking China memoir, Foreign Babes in Beijing (Norton, 2005) and have loved all her subsequent books.She has a new novel titled … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
One more photo from the stack I rediscovered last weekend. My mom took this photo of me snapping a shot of the Batu Caves in Malaysia, near Kuala Lumpur.Although I think we were both looking forward to the Indonesia part of that trip (can you say Bali?), we just loved … [Read more...]
Amy Sonnichsen
Amy Sonnichsen isn't just the author of the forthcoming middle grade novel in verse, Red Butterfly (Simon & Schuster, 2015). She is also the mother of five and a former China expat (she lived in Tianjin for almost a decade). But she also grew up in Hong Kong! How cool is … [Read more...]
The Cathay Cinema on Borneo
I remember seeing the Gerard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell movie, Green Card, when I went to Malaysia with my mother.But it wasn't until I became reacquainted with my travel photos this past weekend that I realized it was at this lovely old Cathay Cinema in … [Read more...]
Behind the scenes at the E & O Hotel
I had a close call in Penang, Malaysia. Back when I traveled there with my mom, I was super stubborn and didn't want to spend a lot of money on hotels/hostels. But my mom was determined to stay at the grand old Eastern & Oriental Hotel.There was a youth hostel next … [Read more...]
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