I launched this blog in 2008. My mini-me.
New study on Asian Americans & their $ issues: Making America Work
February 27, 2015
What are the economic realities of being Asian American? For the many answers to that question, a new report was released today. It’s filled with interesting details, including comparison numbers […]
Off-Broadway: 10 reasons to see “Kung Fu”
February 21, 2014
Hurry — don’t miss “Kung Fu,” a new play about the late, great superstar Bruce Lee. This colorful Off-Broadway production has actors and sets that are constantly in motion. In […]
March 11, 2013
As a non-runner, shopping for new running shoes was a chance to explore a world I didn’t know existed. I highly recommend the experience as a way to get on […]
Go see David Henry Hwang’s “Dance and the Railroad”
February 25, 2013
The other night, I sat in a beautiful, darkened theater on W. 42nd Street, sipping a Rum and Diet Coke while watching a play that first moved me 32 years […]
In praise of the suburbs, or, why I’m never moving back to NYC
February 18, 2013
I never thought I’d lived to see the day when anyone would call my life in the suburbs a hot trend. But that’s what The New York Times is saying, […]
How to become a model in Seventeen magazine, Part 3
January 28, 2013
My daughter, now 17, is modeling right this minute in Seventeen magazine for the third time. She’s 17, in Seventeen…sweet!!! The experience taught both of us even more about how she […]
How to drink scotch like a real badass Asian
December 20, 2012
I’ve always enjoyed Johnnie Walker Red. As a kid in Chinatown, it was the liquor of choice served during most of the 10-course Chinese restaurant banquets that we attended. But […]