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...]
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...]
Book of the week–A Chinese Wedding
Twenty years ago I moved to Hong Kong and quickly splurged on a book I spotted at the South China Morning Post Bookstore at the Star Ferry. It was Simon Elegant's novel, A Chinese Wedding (Piatkus Books, 1994). I devoured it in a number of days.And then I went on to basically … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Remembering Bruce Lee
Like many Hong Kong aficionados, I feel giddy every time a Bruce Lee movie shows on cable TV. So when I learned of a new memoir by one of Bruce Lee's costars in Way of the Dragon (or Return of the Dragon as it's known in the US), I was game!Remembering Bruce Lee and Jon … [Read more...]
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