I was going through old photos at my mom's today and came across these from Hong Kong 25 years ago. I'm not sure how I missed these before, but today was the first time I'd seen them in a quarter of a century.I've posted photos from my orientation at the Chinese University of … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
I bought these dessert molds in Hong Kong last year as gifts for my two little ones. All this time I thought they were mooncake molds. My kids know mooncakes well and like to eat them around the Mid-Autumn Festival. But I never figured out how the mooncakes got to be so thick … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Twenty years ago tomorrow, this is what I was doing.Wedding motorcade:Red qipao:Fancy food at my family's table:Food for thought! … [Read more...]
Chinatown Summer Fair in Chicago
I dragged my little kids and husband out to Chinatown this morning to attend the annual Chinatown Summer Fair. We've experienced above-average temperatures this weekend (97F yesterday and 91F today), so we left home before the sun was at its hottest.The Summer Fair was held … [Read more...]
The water taxi to Chinatown
Some days stand out more than others and yesterday was definitely one of them. My friend Natasha asked a while ago about going to Chinatown for dim sum with our kids. So rather than taking my normal route of one of two major Chicago highways, I suggested taking the train and … [Read more...]
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