This is one of my favorite photos from Hong Kong 24 years ago, so I'm surprised I haven't posted it before.I remember I was with my father and we were passing through Hong Kong after a couple weeks in Thailand. We were en route to Shanghai and later Beijing, but stopped in … [Read more...]
Small town China back in the day
With my upcoming return to China--the first time I'll be there in almost 18 years--I've been feeling a bit sentimental about the old days even though they weren't always that easy.I recently flipped through old photos from Hidden River, the small city in Hubei province where … [Read more...]
Ray Hecht
I met Ray Hecht last year at a book reading in Hong Kong and it was there that I heard he was coming out with a new novel this year. I recently read and reviewed this novel, South China Morning Blues (Blacksmith Books, 2015), a clever and unique story of twelve young people in … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
So in 1982, my family vacationed in Mexico City. My dad was not a beach person and preferred big cities to ocean resorts. That's where I get my love of cities, although I wouldn't say no to another holiday in Bali (which I took with my mom 8 years after this photo was … [Read more...]
Meeting Dr. Sun
Last night I attended my second film in Chicago's Asian Pop-up Cinema series this fall. The films come from all over Asia, and last night's was from Taiwan. Meeting Dr. Sun was billed as a comedy about a couple groups of high school students who plan to steal and sell an old … [Read more...]
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