I learned this weekend that a social media friend passed away in Scotland at a young age from cancer. Although I'd never met Nick, he regaled many with stories of growing up in Hong Kong and balls at the Peace Hotel in Shanghai, where he wore a kilt.When I traveled to … [Read more...]
An evening with Lenora Chu
Last night I had so much fun meeting Lenora Chu, author of Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve (Harper, 2017). She was reading at Common Good Books in St. Paul, Minnesota, a super cozy bookstore in a fun area near Macalester College. … [Read more...]
Hong Kong pawn shop signs
So many of Hong Kong's neon lights are gone now. Some streets look completely bare compared to a decade or two ago.But I've noticed that the pawn shop signs are still going pretty strong. If pawn shops have closed up, the signs are of course gone. But if they're still … [Read more...]
Miffy dim sum in Hong Kong
When my little ones were really young, we'd rush downstairs on Saturday mornings just like I used to do when I was their age. With the advent of cable TV, the novelty of Saturday morning cartoons wore off three decades ago. But there was still something special on TV some years … [Read more...]
The sterilization of Nathan Road
Back in the early 90s, it was common to hear in Hong Kong that travelers either loved it or hated it. I never understood the hating part. Hong Kong was still pretty much at its peak with Kai Tak Airport, old double-decker buses, and neon. Neon was everywhere and one of the most … [Read more...]
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