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Share Last night I attended a reading with author Ayelet Waldman. It was a fun, entertaining event. It was also something I sort of helped plan. Months ago, Ayelet asked her Facebook friends to come up with some cities she should visit on her paperback tour for Red Hook Road (Random House, 2011). I suggested [...] Share You don’t know how thrilled I am to feature another guest blog post from Ali Swanson. Vietnam is very close to her heart in many ways and she’s so thoughtfully written about her father’s and her experiences there on this day that commemorates the Fall of Saigon 36 years ago. Here’s Ali: On the morning [...] Share click to enlarge I’m so thrilled to share another guest blog by Ali Swanson, a good friend who lived in Vietnam in 1992. Here’s Ali: Ahhh, the Hotel Metropole, a HaNoi classic! During my semester in VietNam, they were refurbishing this grand dame of colonial hotels. Sometime in April or May of ’92, the [...] Share Old Hanoi When Ali Swanson guest blogged yesterday, she sent me a couple of images of the old Magasins Reunis building in Hanoi. For the life of me, I couldn’t successfully embed the link in the text. So here’s one of those images. It was quite a beauty even in black and white (another [...] Share State Department Store (formerly Les Grands Magasins Reunis), HaNoi, VietNam, 18 May 1992. The sign on the front of the building says something to the effect of, “Follow the direction of Party Resolution #7 in daily life.” I’m so excited to share with you this guest blog post from the phenomenal Ali Swanson–world traveler, [...] |
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