It’s been nice to get out of the cold and into the warm Arizona desert this week. All good things must come to an end, but here’s to hoping for spring to reach Chicago sometime soon! … [Read more...]
A visit to the Museum of Chinese in America
Earlier this month when I took two of my kids to visit my first-born, I took the little ones to the Museum of Chinese in America, a place I'd wanted to visit for a long time but somehow hadn't gotten around to until then. It's in an unassuming building, so if I didn't notice the … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Little Red Guard
I read this book earlier this year, just before the Lunar New Year, and wasn't sure I'd be as captivated by another Cultural Revolution memoir as I've been in the past. You know when you've read so much about one topic that you can't possibly think there's anything more one can … [Read more...]
Interview with Amy Thomas, author of Brooklyn in Love
I'm extremely excited to interview author Amy Thomas, author of Paris, My Sweet (Sourcebooks, 2012) and now a new memoir, Brooklyn in Love: A Delicious Memoir of Food, Family, and Finding Yourself (Sourcebooks, 2018). We not only have the same publisher, but are also returned … [Read more...]
Ringing in the Year of the Dog
Last Saturday the kids and I celebrated the second day of Chinese New Year with friends at Chicago's Peninsula Hotel. We've been going there for afternoon tea around Chinese New Year for the last few years, but this is the first year we've been there for their lion dance. The … [Read more...]
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