I read with teary eyes today that Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize this morning.Liu is the first person from mainland China to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and a writer at that. Almost as soon as the news was announced, though, it was censored in China.I find it sad and … [Read more...]
Northwest Orient, 1947
Over the weekend, I took number one son to a lovely bar mitzvah in Minneapolis. It'd been years since I'd flown into Minneapolis, but I still noticed something different about the airport.Northwest Airlines is gone.Living close to one of the busiest international airports … [Read more...]
Happy National Day
Today marks the 61st anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.Happy National Day!Not to be confused with Double 10, Taiwan's national day, October 1st is celebrated across China and in Chinatowns around the world.Looking back at 61 years of … [Read more...]
Weekend splurge
I feel like I've been off the computer for weeks.My husband traveled to Philadelphia for four days last week, including the weekend. In his absence, I went a little crazy with our new Blu-ray machine and its streaming capabilities. I watched half a dozen movies, some I'd seen … [Read more...]
Combination Platter
Today I watched a movie I hadn't seen in 17 years. Back when I was single and responsible only for myself, I headed over to the Dupont 5 theater in Washington, DC, after work one afternoon and saw Combination Platter, an indie film about a Chinese restaurant in Flushing, New … [Read more...]
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