So my mom is packing for a few weeks in Japan and is making plans for where she'll go once she touches down at Narita. Although no stranger to Japan, she hasn't been there in about 15 years.If you could ask for anything from Japan (within a reasonable size range, of course), … [Read more...]
Chungking Mansions
Chungking Mansions has been a Hong Kong institution since 1962, the year my mom first went to Hong Kong. But as I learned--the hard way--neither my mom nor her family ever ventured into the bowels of this backpacker hostel and Indian restaurant jungle (which back then was more of … [Read more...]
The Year of Living Dangerously
No one was more disappointed than I when Mel Gibson went off the deep end last decade. When my family got cable television in 1983, one of the first movies I watched during our free month of Cinemax was The Year of Living Dangerously. Most Americans probably remember Mel … [Read more...]
Suzie Wong is alive and well in China
Okay, so I admit I have an obsession with Suzie Wong. I know it's not the most PC thing in the world.But as Hong Kong prepared to return to China at the stroke of midnight on July 1, 1997, its colonial history became quite fashionable in the expat world. Many of my friends … [Read more...]
Hotel Merlin, 1960s
The New York Times printed an article today about luxury hotels in China (including Hong Kong).Call me old-fashioned, but I kind of miss the old school hotels in Hong Kong. Sure, I like luxury just as much as the next person, but when it comes to hotels, there's something to … [Read more...]
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