Last summer, on our whirlwind Europe tour, we stopped in Paris for a few days, and I left mostly disappointed. I’m not sure what I expected, but it’s probably safe to say that I had imagined dinners in cozy brasseries, strolls along narrow cobbled streets, and other such romantic scenes. Instead, I found an aloof, sprawling city that stank of pee and offered mostly sub-par food. I couldn’t help feeling that Paris, despite it being the French capital, was a poor representation of…
July 2015 travel re-cap: former favorites, friends, and the French life
Let’s completely ignore the fact that I’m more than two months behind, shall we, and jump right into this. So here is a quick little July travel recap…. errr… at the beginning of October. (And don’t be surprised if you see re-caps for August & September real soon too). June 30 – July 7: Wroclaw, Poland July was a really good month in a lot of ways. For one, we started the month with a week in Wroclaw, one of my…
I’m headed to Japan! (… At least, trying to…)
Dear travel gods, I only ask to please be delivered to D safely, and hopefully with all my marbles in tact. I think I may be losing a few hour by hour. This is the worst travel between two destinations I’ve ever experienced. You see, I started my journey at approximately 10 pm last night in Los Angeles. I was already pretty tired but still in mostly high spirits. After close to two months apart, I was going to rejoin…
A Day in the Life: Los Angeles
Well, hello there. This is the longest blog/social media break I’ve ever taken. I honestly wanted to provide updates (see last post if you don’t already know that I flew home on family emergency), but each time I thought about it, the activity of writing seemed like a huge tiresome chore I wasn’t up to tackling. And I deeply apologize for leaving comments unanswered – the first time ever I allowed that to happen! – but I read each one…
Homeward bound: when life presents the unthinkable
So, change of plans. I’m writing this from the Rome airport, where I will soon board two flights that will land me home in Los Angeles in approximately 21 hours. I had hoped that I didn’t need to write about this because I honestly hoped that things will get well enough that there would be no need to. But that is not the case. So now I’m not sure how to write about it, so I’m just going to cut…
Life, purpose, and a new future
I can always tell when I’m going into a slump. I’ll stop reading books, my emails will go ignored, maybe even my hair will go unwashed. Instead, I’ll spend a little more time playing games, too many hours watching mindless shows, and days thinking about writing instead of writing. Lately, I’ve been in a slump. And hence the lack of regular posts. I have so, so many things I want to share, but instead of the beautiful fluid sentences in…
Breakfast around the world, Vol. 1
I have a confession: I’ve never been a huge fan of breakfast. Breakfast is usually cereal hastily gulped down before rushing to school, toast being nibbled at a work desk while reading emails, or in most cases, just a cup of tea slowly getting cold as the demands of the day take priority. But on weekends, breakfast is an activity to be enjoyed slowly. And then breakfast becomes a spread of my mom’s homecooked traditional Chinese items, a leisurely brunch with…
Grandma’s kitchen: a taste of my childhood
Through numerous foodie adventures over the past year and change, I’ve fallen in love with many new foods. My mouth waters at the thought of salty garlicky bun cha in Hanoi and spicy succulent khao kha moo in Thailand and soft pungent French cheeses. And of course, who can forget my ultimate profession of love to the pierogis of Poland? But even with all the newly discovered favorites, when it comes to comfort food, there is still nothing, nothing, that…
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