Now that spring weather has arrived in Chicago, it's time to put away my winter sweaters. Well, maybe not quite yet. It can still snow here in May. But as the temperatures reach into the 80s, I've had to dig into my summer wardrobe.Several weeks ago I found these fun Hong … [Read more...]
The House of a Thousand Arseholes
First impressions. Everyone has them.In my teens, when I thought of Hong Kong, I didn't picture burnt-red sampans or jungles of neon signs jutting from restaurants, bars, and massage parlors. No, when I thought of Hong Kong back then, I thought of Connaught Centre, also known … [Read more...]
Argyle Street Camps
I love history. And when I've lived it, even better!In 1990, I saw a notice at my university in Hong Kong for volunteer English teachers at a Vietnamese refugee camp. Actually, it was called a detention centre.I wanted the job. Ever since my mom took me to a low-key, … [Read more...]
Waterloo Road–then and now
Several years ago I stumbled upon Martin Booth's memoir, Golden Boy (Picador, 2004), also known as Gweilo (Doubleday, 2004) in the UK--about his boyhood in Hong Kong.As a young boy, Booth lived in the Fourseas Hotel and roamed the streets of Kowloon on his own in the early … [Read more...]
R&R at Kai Tak Airport
In the 1960s and 1970s, Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport teemed with soldiers on rest and relaxation from Vietnam.But there were others who traveled through Kai Tak on their way to or from Saigon.In the mid-60s, my uncle was at Kai Tak waiting for a flight out after a trip to … [Read more...]
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