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...]
Three-book giveaway!
I am so incredibly excited to share this giveaway for three new memoirs written by American women who live and found love in Asia. Shannon Young's Year of Fire Dragons takes place in Hong Kong, while Tracy Slater's The Good Shufu and Leza Lowitz's Here Comes the Sun take place in … [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...]
Book of the week–The Shadow Hero
I was never into graphic novels until I bought my oldest son Gene Luen Yang's best-seller, American Born Chinese (Square Fish, 2008). I was looking for books with a Chinese theme and this one seemed like it would be of interest to a then-thirteen year old.A few years later I … [Read more...]
Dragon Boat Races in Chicago
I've been wanting to take my youngest kids to the dragon boat races in Chicago for sometime now and was excited it worked out for us this year. A decade ago I brought my oldest son to see this annual festival along the Chicago River near Ping Tom Park.It turned out to be … [Read more...]
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