It's been one week into the Year of the Rooster and I thought I'd show the US postage stamps commemorating the Lunar New Year. In past years sometimes the animal is hardly visible on the US stamps, but this year the rooster is quite prominent. I love how the designer incorporated … [Read more...]
Volunteering with refugees in Hong Kong
When I moved to Hong Kong in 1990, the territory was home to 55,000 Vietnamese refugees. The US and other western countries had stopped taking in the numbers of refugees they admitted in the last half of the 1970s and early 80s (even though the US caused the crisis in the first … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Neon Panic
I have such a large to-read pile that it sometimes feels overwhelming and impossible to get through. But when I recently received a copy of Charles Philipp Martin's novel, Neon Panic (Vantage Point, 2011), I had to start it right away. As if the cover wasn't enticing enough, the … [Read more...]
Year of the Rooster at the Peninsula Chicago
I always love going to the Pen over Lunar New Year and this year did not disappoint. My family and some friends met up for afternoon tea today.The Lobby Lounge was decorated with a few festive trees.We had a choice of the regular afternoon tea menu and a … [Read more...]
My only Chinese New Year in Hong Kong
I was thinking today of the years I spent in Hong Kong and realized I was only really there for Chinese New Year right before I left the Territory for good. It was 1998, I was pregnant, and unable to travel back to Hubei Province (doctor's orders!) to visit my in-laws. So I … [Read more...]
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