This mural is new in my mom's Chicago neighborhood. I've walked past this street many times in the last 17 years and was wondering what would happen this little parking garage. There is so much new construction all around. But this is perfect, especially given the atmosphere in … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Start, Love, Repeat
Today is the publication date of my agent-sister, Dorcas Cheng-Tozun's debut book, Start, Love, Repeat: How to Stay in Love With Your Entrepreneur in a Crazy Start-Up World (Center Street, 2018). I've known about her book deal for a while now and have loved following her … [Read more...]
Book of week–Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve
I'm not a perfect parent. And I'm not an expert in education. Years ago when I was first divorced and raising my toddler as a single a mother, I didn't speak Mandarin to him even though he spent his first two years hearing it from his grandparents (for the first year) and his … [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...]
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...]
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