Last weekend my maternal grandmother celebrated her 95th birthday. Everyone at the party remarked how fit and alert she looked. To me, she hasn't changed much since my earliest memories, going back 40 years now.Grandma Kohlhagen, as my brother and I called her (Nama to her … [Read more...]
View from the Peak, 1962
I have recurring nightmares about this scene.I'm back in Hong Kong, my flight for Chicago leaves in less than 24 hours, and somehow in two weeks I never made it to the Peak or to the Tsim Sha Tsui harborfront. 13 years away from Hong Kong and I can't manage to see what I went … [Read more...]
A day in the clouds, 1962
I found another box of old slides at my mom's apartment last week. When I saw a box labeled "Hong Kong, 1962", I claimed it for my own (or at least until I could scan them).This is one slide in that new batch.My mom took this photo in the summer of 1962, months before her … [Read more...]
Wuhan street food
Last week I boiled up some tang yuan for the 15th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, otherwise known as the Lantern Festival.I meant to post something about tang yuan, or gooey chewy rice flour balls filled with red bean, black sesame, or peanut paste. But I ducked out the … [Read more...]
An evening with Amy Chua
With all the hype centered around Amy Chua's new book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Penguin, 2011), I jumped at the chance to hear her live last week.The Chicago Tribune sponsored the event, featuring a live interview moderated by Trib literary critic Elizabeth Taylor … [Read more...]
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